There are reviews that the filetype operator inside Google Search has stopped working, it has not. It would not work if you add extra search operators to it, like a website command to see a particular file kind on a particular kind. Google has mentioned it’s seemingly a bug and they’re engaged on bringing it again.
In case you seek for PDF recordsdata on this particular website utilizing the command [site:seroundtable.com filetype:pdf] you at the moment get zero outcomes:
However on the whole, if you’re looking for PDF recordsdata or different filetypes for a particular question, that also works simply tremendous. For instance; [google quality raters guidelines filetype:pdf]:
Replace: It is likely to be fastened, it really works for [site:cnn.com filetype:pdf]:
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, mentioned on X, “That is in all probability a bug. I am passing it on to our workforce to analyze.”
That is in all probability a bug. I am passing it on to our workforce to analyze.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 28, 2024
Posted over right here, in all probability a bug, and we’ll look into it:https://t.co/xBECFWmmdX
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 28, 2024
That is in all probability a bug on filetype, and we’re trying into it.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 28, 2024
That is in all probability a bug, and we’re it.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 28, 2024
Oh, Google dropped the cache link a month ago.
So it is a very particular bug within the checklist of so many Google bugs this month (that is simply February):
Discussion board dialogue at X.
Replace: Google fastened the difficulty shortly after I posted about it and confirmed it was fastened later:
It seems to be fastened now; sorry for the inconvenience.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 28, 2024
