Search press: v2 leaves Google guidance unchanged
In short
Search Engine Journal reported that v2 is the first revision of llms.txt and that the Google Search team still says it does not use the file, while the Chrome Lighthouse team audits it in the Agentic Browsing category. The searchenginejournal.com item bears on the llms.txt flag in the viewer.
Dated 17 August 2026. Source type: secondary source. Read the source, read 4 November 2026.
What it changes for a reader
- The llms.txt reference covers the proposal, the versions and the evidence on whether agents use the file. Open it.
On this site
Sources
- Search Engine Journal: llms.txt v2 https://www.searchenginejournal.com/llms-txt-v2/, read 4 November 2026
Last reviewed 4 November 2026