Search Engine Land

Meet llms.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling

Find out what llms.txt is, how it works, how to think about it, whether LLMs and brands are buying in, and why you should pay attention. To meet the web content crawlability and indexability needs of ...

Google adds LLMS.txt check to Chrome Lighthouse

Google says llms.txt is not needed for AI search visibility, but Lighthouse now flags whether sites have one.

Google’s llms.txt Guidance Depends On Which Product You Ask

Google Search says llms.txt isn't needed for AI features, while Lighthouse now checks the file for agentic browsing readiness ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Is OpenAI Crawling LLMs.txt Files? Google Says It Won't.

Recently, Google said that no AI system is currently using the LLMS.txt file. But maybe some are starting to? OpenAI may be starting to discover and crawl LLMS.txt files on websites. While Google's ...