The following is found at:

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/new.shtml

Google Indexes PDF Files

   Jan. 31, 2001. In a major break with the tradition of other search
   engines, Google has begun indexing the full text of Adobe Portable
   Document Format (PDF) files. These are identified in Google search
   results with a [PDF] designation at the front. Instead of a cached
   copy of the full PDF file, Google offers a text version. Google does
   not offer a way to search only their indexed PDF files, but just
   adding PDF as an extra search term can often bring up some results.
   Try laser pdf to see an example of the documents that may now be
   found.

   According to Chris Sherman's report, Google has already indexed 13
   million PDF files. Full implementation on all Google's search clusters
   is not due until Feb. 5, so you may or may not find any PDF files in
   your results (and for the search above) until that time. Either way,
   this is a significant addition to their already large Web database,
   and it means that Google may well find even more documents not
   available from other search engines.

"Nothing needs so reforming as other people's habits." -- Mark Twain


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