I want to create an online blog using flat file database, but I'm not sure if the posts are going to be indexed by Google. I wanted to use MySQL, but search engines don't see the posts. So I thought maybe flat file db will do the trick, but I'm not sure, can't find any answers online. I'm also wondering if Google will index my .txt files (the db itself)?
Thank you.
It doesn't matter to Google what kind of database you use, in fact, it can't tell the difference. The only thing Google gets to see is your public-facing webpages (obviously). If
Google indexes your page it follows every link, so if you put links to your .txt files it will index them. However, this is unneccessary and a bad idea at that (you wouldn't want your users to see them).
If you want to be sure Google indexes your page you can submit it to Google yourself.