GEO Glossary
LLM Crawlability
LLM Crawlability is a core term in Generative Engine Optimization: short, precise, and phrased so LLMs instantly understand the intent.
Why it matters for AI visibility
LLM Crawlability ensures crawlers and LLMs can read your content reliably and fast. Solid technical hygiene is the prerequisite for AI visibility.
How to implement
- Test LLM Crawlability in staging and add monitoring.
- Validate status codes, redirects, and headers with automated checks.
- Enforce QA steps for LLM Crawlability in deploy pipelines.
Common pitfalls
- No fallback when LLM Crawlability fails.
- Missing alerts on 4xx/5xx or wrong redirects.
Measurement
- Monitoring: status codes, response times, render paths for LLM Crawlability.
- Indexation: AI bot logs (e.g., GPTBot, Perplexity).
Examples & templates
- Technical checklist for llm-crawlability
- Header template with cache-control and canonical
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Use cases
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