llms.txt and content maps

llms.txt is a proposed convention: a plain-text file at the root of a site that lists its key pages with one-line summaries, written for AI tools.

Why it matters

It gives AI crawlers a short, curated map instead of making them guess from hundreds of pages. It works alongside the sitemap, not instead of it.

In practice

  • List services, key guides and contact pages.
  • Write each summary as a plain, true sentence.
  • Update it when pages change.

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Technical content explains products and methods precisely: specifications, standards, tolerances and how things are made or tested.

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The two readers

Every website now has two readers: the person deciding in seconds, and the AI tool they asked first.

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AI answer monitoring

AI answer monitoring means regularly asking ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI the questions your buyers ask, and recording what they say about you.

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