AI visibility / GEO
llms.txt
FRFichier placé à la racine d'un site (à l'image de robots.txt) qui indique aux moteurs IA quelles ressources indexer, quelles règles respecter et comment citer le contenu. ManuGEO publie un llms.txt avec instructions pour ClaudeBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot et Google-Extended.
ENFile placed at the root of a website (similar to robots.txt) that tells AI engines which resources to index, which rules to respect, and how to cite content. ManuGEO publishes an llms.txt with instructions for ClaudeBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended.
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More terms — AI visibility / GEO
- GEOSet of practices that make a website, company profile or content citable by generative AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). GEO complements SEO: it structures data, sources and semantics so an AI assistant can extract a reliable answer and name the company.
- RAGArchitecture used by AI assistants: before answering, the model queries a knowledge base (often the indexed web) to retrieve relevant passages. A well-structured GEO profile is more likely to be selected and cited at this retrieval step.
- SEOHistorical practice of optimizing for classic search engines (Google, Bing). SEO aims at ranking in a list of blue links, whereas GEO aims at being cited inside an AI-generated answer.