Deep dive
Understand the details behind AI search.
Open a topic when you need its explanation or provider evidence. For the steps to take on your website, start with the quick guide.
What an AI answer draws on
Compare how providers use training, search indexes and page retrieval. Read the documented scope and limits for each product.
ReadCrawler roles and controls
Look up search crawlers, training crawlers and user-requested fetches, with provider links for verification and access settings.
ReadHow social content can reach AI search
Reddit, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok: compare public crawl rules, search access and documented API partnerships.
ReadLocal search and business profiles
Understand searcher location, service areas, profile eligibility and business identity records. Compare local results in context.
ReadUnderstand and generate llms.txt
Create a draft from maintained pages, check the Markdown format and published response, and follow dated changes to the upstream proposal.
ReadUsing a coding agent to maintain the site? The optional agent instruction reference explains project files for those tools, separately from search discovery.
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