{"id":3674,"date":"2025-07-24T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:23:42","slug":"noindex-llms-txt-google-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/noindex-llms-txt-google-recommendation-3674\/","title":{"rendered":"Noindex Your LLMs.txt File: Recommends John Mueller"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 22, 2025, Google\u2019s John Mueller made an interesting recommendation: you might want to \u201cnoindex\u201d your llms.txt file<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reason? It can show up in search results when linked from other sites, confusing users who stumble upon it.<\/p>\n

Mueller wrote on Bluesky, \u201cThat said, using noindex for it could make sense, as sites might link to it and it could otherwise become indexed, which would be weird for users.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what exactly is going on here?<\/p>\n

What Exactly Did Google Say?<\/b><\/h3>\n

On July 22, 2025, John Mueller posted on Bluesky<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n

“Using noindex for it could make sense, as sites might link to it and it could otherwise become indexed, which would be weird for users.”<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

This came in response to a direct question from a user who asked whether Google might view LLMs.txt as duplicate content, and whether it should be noindexed to avoid confusion.<\/p>\n

To that, John clarified:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would only be duplicate content if the content were the same as an HTML page, which wouldn’t make sense (assuming the file itself were useful).\u00a0<\/p>\n

That said, using noindex for it could make sense\u2026\u201d So, we are looking at two things here:<\/p>\n