As of mid-2026, no major AI company parses it, Google has stated it is not required for Search, and Ahrefs found 97% of llms.txt files received zero requests in May 2026. There is still a narrow case ...

Google's John Mueller answers whether llms.txt could be seen as duplicate content and whether it makes sense to use a noindex header with it. Google’s John Mueller answered a question about llms.txt ...

Google has updated its guide for optimizing for generative AI search help document to clarify that (1) LLMS.txt files don't help or hurt with search rankings and (2) AI files, markdown files, etc are ...

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 ...

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, ...