Google says LLMS.txt files won’t harm or help your search rankings

Google clearly also states that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files.

Google’s Mueller Says llms.txt Can’t Help LLMs Differentiate Sites

Mueller argues LLM systems can't use llms.txt to differentiate between websites for discovery. He sees a narrow role once an ...
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Google says normal SEO works for ranking in AI Overviews and LLMS.txt won’t be used

Google said it won't be crawling your LLMS.txt files and just do normal SEO if you want to rank in its AI Overviews. Google’s Gary Illyes recently said that when it comes to ranking in AI Overviews, ...

Google: LLMS.txt Files Won't Help Or Hurt Your Search Rankings

Google has updated its guide for optimizing for generative AI search help document to clarify that (1) LLMS.txt files don't ...