For Google, generative AI optimization remains SEO
Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode rely on core Search ranking and quality systems. Crawlability, unique value, strong content, relevant media, and Search Console measurement remain central.
AEO and GEO in practice
Use the labels to describe real work: answer useful questions, expose clear facts, maintain entity consistency, support claims, and make important pages easy to retrieve.
Where llms.txt fits
llms.txt is a community proposal for a curated Markdown map. Google explicitly says it does not use llms.txt or special AI markup for Search. GSC Pulse publishes it only as an experimental interoperability aid.
Markdown mirrors
The proposal suggests appending index.html.md to directory URLs. GSC Pulse provides noindex mirrors while keeping HTML canonical.
Crawler access
OAI-SearchBot is allowed for ChatGPT Search discovery. Anthropic documents that its bots honor robots.txt.
Primary sources
- Google AI optimization guideSource
- OpenAI publisher FAQSource
- Anthropic crawler guidanceSource
- llms.txt proposalSource
Turn this method into a repeatable Search Console workflow
GSC Pulse compares related properties, prioritizes the strongest signal, and opens the evidence described in this guide.
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