GIYF: [does google index svg text]I know that Google and perhaps others try to analyze the text in PDF files for purposes of SEO. Does the same hold true for svg? Since the svg file is essentially plain text it seems to me that it would be easier for a web crawler to scan svg as compared to pdf.
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Google now indexes SVG
googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/.../google-now-indexes-svg.h... - Cached31 Aug 2010 – You can now use Google search to find SVG documents. ... We index SVGcontent whether it is in a standalone file or embedded directly in .... They are designed to describe SVG images and their purpose, in addition to text. ...