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# Search press: v2 leaves Google guidance unchanged: Agent Ready HTML

> Search press: v2 leaves Google guidance unchanged, dated 2026-08-17, with its source and the kind of source it is. Read 2026-11-04.

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Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# 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.

Published 17 August 2026

Dated 17 August 2026. Source type: secondary source. [Read the source](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/llms-txt-v2/), 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](https://agentreadyhtml.com/llms-txt/).

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## Sources

1.  [Search Engine Journal: llms.txt v2](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/llms-txt-v2/) https://www.searchenginejournal.com/llms-txt-v2/, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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