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What llms.txt, Schema, and Crawler Access Can—and Cannot—Do
Machine-readable publishing controls can reduce ambiguity, but they do not promise retrieval, citation, or favorable answers.
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Observed patterns, practical limits, and source-aware notes from answer-engine research.
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How AI Answer Engines Choose Which Sources to Cite
A model for thinking about source selection without pretending that opaque commercial systems publish a universal citation algorithm.