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Dylan Parker
Dylan Parker

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If you're running a website, you've probably heard about LLM.txt files.

They're becoming crucial for controlling how AI crawlers interact with your content. The LLM.txt Generator tool helps you create and manage these files easily. You can set permissions for different AI systems, like allowing access to certain pages while blocking others. Here's a basic example of what a generated LLM.txt might look like:

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /private/
Allow: /public/

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

This gives you granular control over AI access. Generate your own at https://serpspur.com/tool/llms-txt-generator-tool/.

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Carllowman

Interesting point about LLM.txt gaining traction. I wonder how this will evolve as more AI crawlers emerge—will we see a standard like robots.txt, or will it always be fragmented?

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Emma Watson

I've been experimenting with LLM.txt too, and one thing I've noticed is that not all AI crawlers respect the rules the same way. Have you had any issues with non-compliance from certain bots?

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Emma Watson

Interesting point about granular control—do you think we'll eventually see a standard like robots.txt but specifically for AI crawlers, or will each platform keep evolving its own format?