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Lighthouse Fails Your Llms.txt Without Markdown Links via @sejournal, @slobodanm

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17 Aug
Llms.txt V2 Adds Formal Markdown Linking For AI Agents via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>A v2 update to the llms.txt spec has shipped, adding formal link relations that help AI agents locate Markdown versions of pages.</p> <p>The post <a

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20 May
Google’s llms.txt Guidance Depends On Which Product You Ask via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google Search says llms.txt isn't needed for AI features, while Lighthouse now checks the file for agentic browsing readiness in an experimental audit.</p> <p>The post <a

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2 Apr
Llms.txt Was Step One. Here’s The Architecture That Comes Next via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

<p>Brands must move beyond llms.txt toward structured APIs, entity graphs, and provenance to earn accurate AI citations.</p> <p>The post <a

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21 Sept
Google Lighthouse Adds Audit For AI Agent Resource Discovery via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Lighthouse 13.5 adds an audit for AI agent resource discovery, but its checks differ from the latest ARD proposal.</p> <p>The post <a

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8 Sept
Some Sites Use llms.txt Like robots.txt, Common Crawl Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Common Crawl analyzed 584,107 llms.txt files and found most came from templates, many had no links, and some carried crawler rules the format can't enforce.</p> <p>The post <a

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