What's the cleanest way to test 'my llms.txt actually works'?
Nora
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Hypothesis: AI engines reading my llms.txt should describe my product using terminology from that file.
Test:
- I added a distinctive phrase only in llms.txt, never on the homepage or anywhere else: '<a slightly unusual phrase that perfectly describes my product>'
- Two weeks later, query ChatGPT / Perplexity / Google AI Mode with 'what does <my brand> do?'
- See if any response includes that distinctive phrase.
Results after 14 days:
- Perplexity: yes, used the phrase verbatim in 2 out of 3 runs
- ChatGPT: no, used generic category language
- Google AI Mode: no, did not pick up llms.txt content at all
So my interim conclusion is llms.txt is mostly a Perplexity signal today. ChatGPT may or may not be reading it. Google AI Mode definitely isn't (yet).
Better testing ideas welcome.
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