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AI search myths, in Google’s own words.

AI search grew its own crop of shortcuts, and Google has already answered them in writing. The four myths, each busted with the sentence Google published about it.

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No llms.txt. No special markup. Google says so in writing.

  1. 01

    “AI content at scale is the growth hack.”

    Google names it scaled content abuse: “many pages are generated for the primary purpose of manipulating search rankings and not helping users.” Sites that do it “may rank lower in results or not appear in results at all.” Google Search Central, “Spam policies for Google web search”. The line is purpose, not volume. It is the industrial version of commodity content.

  2. 02

    “You need llms.txt and special AI markup now.”

    Google, on its own AI features: “There are no additional requirements to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode, nor other special optimizations necessary.” No AI text files, no special structured data. Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”. LLM optimization, AI Overview optimization, Google AI Overviews SEO: whatever it is called, the vendor is charging you for requirements Google says do not exist.

  3. 03

    “Write for the bots now, not the people.”

    Google’s definition of the content its systems demote is exactly that: “Is the content primarily made to attract visits from search engines?” People-first is the written instruction, not a platitude. Google Search Central, “Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content”

  4. 04

    “SEO is dead. AI killed it.”

    Google’s guidance is one line: apply “the same foundational SEO best practices for AI features as you do for Google Search overall.” Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”. The strategy that wins AI search is the one that always won search: why AI recommends one company and ignores the rest.

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The classic SEO myths, answered the same way.

Same shortcuts, older acronyms

The classic shortcuts got there first, and Google answered those too. And if your team speaks GEO, that list has its own page.

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