Plain-English explanations
Understand what an llms.txt file is, what it can do, and where it fits in your AI visibility strategy.
Free AI discoverability field guide • New Media Local
Does AI know your business exists?
Learn how an llms.txt file can give AI systems a cleaner map of your business, your expertise, and the pages you want them to understand.
3-page practical guideCopy-ready templateNo tech jargon
See what's inside 
Free guideA clearer path from your site to your best information to better AI context.
Guidance, not a guarantee.Inside the guide
A 10-minute move toward better AI readiness.
No hype. No vague promises. Just a focused guide you can read, customize, and put to work.
A copy-ready template
Replace the prompts with your business details and create a clear, structured map of your best information.
Publishing checklist
Follow a practical path for placing, testing, and maintaining your file without overcomplicating the process.
Practical FAQs
Get straight answers about subdomains, updates, crawl controls, structured data, and realistic expectations.
The simple idea
Give AI a better map of the expertise already on your site.
An llms.txt file can organize your most important business facts, services, resources, and preferred links in a format designed to be easy for AI systems to interpret when supported.
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→Your siteSource facts
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→llms.txtCurated map
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→AI retrievalIf supported
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Clearer contextBetter inputs
Questions, answered
What business owners should know before publishing.
The guide is practical about both the opportunity and the limits of this emerging convention.
What is an llms.txt file?
It is an emerging, voluntary website convention that gives AI systems a curated map of a business's most useful, authoritative pages. Think of it as a clear guide to your website, not a replacement for the website itself.
Will llms.txt guarantee that AI recommends my business?
No. Support and usage vary by AI system. Strong website content, technical accessibility, structured data, sitemaps, and third-party authority still matter. The guide shows you how llms.txt can support that larger foundation.
Do I need a developer to use the guide?
Not necessarily. The template is written for business owners and marketers. You may need help from your website provider to publish a plain-text file at the preferred location.
What if my main website host will not accept a text file?
The guide explains a practical blog-subdomain fallback and how to link the file clearly. Root-domain placement is preferred, but a well-maintained, accessible fallback can still be useful.
Ready to make your business easier to understand?