{"id":733592,"date":"2026-06-16T01:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-says-llms-txt-files-wont-harm-or-help-your-search-rankings\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:25:18","slug":"google-says-llms-txt-files-wont-harm-or-help-your-search-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-says-llms-txt-files-wont-harm-or-help-your-search-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Google says LLMS.txt files won\u2019t harm or help your search rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbde00fa57\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbde00fa57\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-says-llms-txt-files-wont-harm-or-help-your-search-rankings\/#Google_clearly_also_states_that_Google_Search_does_not_use_LLMStxt_files\" >Google clearly also states that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-says-llms-txt-files-wont-harm-or-help-your-search-rankings\/#Topics_on_this_page\" >Topics on this page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_clearly_also_states_that_Google_Search_does_not_use_LLMStxt_files\"><\/span>Google clearly also states that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>Google has updated its guide to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/ai-optimization-guide#mythbusting\">optimizing for AI Search<\/a> to clarify that having LLMS.txt files on your site won\u2019t harm or help your search rankings in Google. Google also made it clear that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Google wrote. <\/strong>I bolded the portion that is new, where Google wrote that Google Search does not use AI text files, markup or Markdown files.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to create new machine readable files, AI text files, markup, or Markdown to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear in Google Search (including its generative AI capabilities), as <strong>Google Search itself doesn\u2019t use them<\/strong>. Note that Google may discover, crawl, and index\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/crawling-indexing\/indexable-file-types\">many kinds of files<\/a>\u00a0in addition to HTML on a website: this doesn\u2019t mean that the file is treated in a special way.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google also added a new note that reads:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s completely fine if you decide to create and maintain LLMS.txt files (or other similar files) for other services or systems that use these files. Doing so won\u2019t harm (nor help) your visibility or rankings in Google Search, as Google Search ignores them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a screenshot of this section:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"950\" http: alt=\"Google Llm Doc Update Scaled\" class=\"wp-image-480271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-scaled.png 2048w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-1536x712.png 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-scaled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-scaled.png\" alt=\"Google Llm Doc Update Scaled\" class=\"wp-image-480271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-scaled.png 2048w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2026\/06\/google-llm-doc-update-1536x712.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dig deeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meet llms.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling<\/li>\n<li>llms.txt isn\u2019t robots.txt: It\u2019s a treasure map for AI<\/li>\n<li>Does llms.txt matter? We tracked 10 sites to find out<\/li>\n<li>Google adds llms.txt check to Chrome Lighthouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>There has been a lot of confusion around how Google Search handles LLMS.txt files and Markdown files, as well as other AI files.  In short, Google Search may discover, crawl and index them but those files are not used in any special way for Google Search. It is not going to help you and it won\u2019t hurt you for having them on your web site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-display\">\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-content\">\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Topics_on_this_page\"><\/span>Topics on this page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-links\">Google SearchArtificial intelligenceGoogleSearch engine optimizationGenerative AIGoogle ChromeHTMLLarge language modelLLMs.txtMarkdown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-show-extra-button\">+6 more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Google has updated its guide to optimizing for AI Search to clarify that having LLMS.txt files on your site won\u2019t harm or help your search rankings in Google. Google also made it clear that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files. 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