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97% Of LLMS.txt Files Got No Requests, Ahrefs Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGS
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16 Jun
97% Of LLMS.txt Files Got No Requests, Ahrefs Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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15 Jun
97% of llms.txt Files Never Get Read (137,000 Sites Analyzed)
Using Ahrefs Web Analytics and Bot Analytics, we analyzed the server logs and live traffic of 137K domains, plus the user agents hitting all of them. Here’s what we found. In late
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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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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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