Google: AI features and your website

What we recorded

Cited by the play ai-answer-llms-txt. Read 2026-11-10 (through a fetch tool that can summarise; spot-check exact figures). Google Search Central on AI Overviews and AI Mode. Says no new machine-readable files, AI text files or special markup are needed; standard SEO applies. Does not name llms.txt. Contradicts any claim that llms.txt helps in Google AI features.

Claims that cite it

• Google Search Central says there are no additional requirements to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode, nor other special optimizations necessary; the fundamentals of SEO apply. It does not name llms.txt. (strong)

Plays that cite it

• Ship llms.txt: a crib sheet for AI crawlers