"A month ago, Google added LLMs.txt files to many of its developer and documentation sites including the Search developer docs. As you know, Google pulled it off the Search developer docs within a day or so but the LLMs.txt files still remain on many of Google's other sites. As John Mueller from Google explained then, it was a sitewide CMS change, and John and many of those who operate the content on those sites, were not aware of the change."
"A new Reddit thread asks why do those Google sites still have those LLMS.txt files up. Does it mean these are used for LLM Discovery and so on. John replied to the thread saying, "Neither of these files are findable by default because they're not at the top-level on the site." "It's safe to assume that they're there for other purposes," he added."
Google added LLMs.txt files to many developer and documentation sites a month ago, including the Search developer docs. The file was removed from the Search developer docs within a day, but many other Google sites continue to host LLMs.txt files. John Mueller explained the deployment resulted from a sitewide CMS change and that site owners were not aware of the change. Mueller removed the file from the site he controls but confirmed other sites still have them. He stated the files are not findable by default because they are not at the site top-level and said they are likely present for other purposes, not for discovery.
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