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The 3LA glossary defines the vocabulary of AI visibility and GEO — from citation rate and Share-of-AI-Voice to structured data and the three-layer audit.

GLOSSARY

The 3LA glossary

Clear definitions for the vocabulary of AI visibility and Generative Engine Optimization: citation rate, Share-of-AI-Voice, GEO, structured data, the three-layer audit and more.

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llms.txt

A proposed standard file (similar to robots.txt) that communicates to AI crawlers which content should or should not be indexed by large language models.

llms.txt is an emerging standard that gives website owners control over how AI models read and use their content. A correctly implemented llms.txt file can significantly increase AI crawlability by directing AI agents directly to the most relevant and citable content.

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