Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, answer engines and search visibility.
robots.txt controls crawling, Google-Extended controls Gemini training, and llms.txt does nothing for Google Search. What each file does, with tested examples.
An AI Overview takes one position in Search Console, and every link inside it gets that same position. Here's what that means for your average position and CTR.
Include lets your site appear and be linked in AI Overviews, AI Mode and Discover AI features. Exclude removes it, but not from normal results. What changes.
In AI Mode, a click on your link counts as a click, position works like a normal results page, and every follow-up question counts as a brand-new query.