What should LLMs.txt do for a Hong Kong website?
LLMs.txt should give a concise route to the pages that best explain your business; it should not try to replace your website’s navigation or language strategy. For a Hong Kong business, that means deciding which English and Traditional Chinese pages are important enough to surface together and making their roles understandable.
The format is a plain-text convention, commonly organized with headings and links. It is not a substitute for publishing useful, accessible pages, and adding the file does not ensure that any particular AI assistant will read or cite it. Treat it as a small editorial guide: useful when it reflects a well-organized site, but not a shortcut around content quality or technical access.
Before drafting, write down the questions a prospective customer needs answered: what you offer, where you operate, how a service works, and how to contact you. Then identify the strongest page for each question in each relevant language. For a broader introduction to the format and its role, see LLMs.txt: what it is and whether you need it.
How should you organize LLMs.txt for a Hong Kong website?
Organize the file by user need first and language second, unless your website has a clearly separate audience or service for each language. The goal is to make the relationship between English and Traditional Chinese pages easy to understand, rather than presenting two unexplained URL lists.
A practical outline might group pages under headings such as “About the business,” “Services,” and “Support.” Under a heading, include the relevant English and Traditional Chinese destinations with descriptive link text. If one language version is more complete for a particular subject, link the page that actually answers the question instead of implying that a matching translation exists.
| Site situation | LLMs.txt approach |
|---|---|
| Equivalent language pages | List both, with language named in the link text. |
| Different content by language | Group by audience or purpose and explain the distinction. |
| Partial translation | Link only to the complete, useful page. |
| Separate regional landing pages | Label each destination by its actual market or service. |
Use the same language names and URL patterns that visitors encounter on the site. For planning beyond this file, multilingual GEO can help align language-specific content with the questions each audience asks.
Which English and Traditional Chinese pages belong in the file?
Include pages that give a direct, dependable answer about the organization, its offer, or its expertise. A short, curated set is more useful than a dump of every URL, especially when the site contains duplicated landing pages, campaign pages, or outdated material.
Start with the canonical destinations for your business overview, core services, important product or solution explanations, and practical contact or support information. For each one, ask whether a first-time visitor can understand the page without relying on an image, an unexplained acronym, or a missing translation. A page can be included in English and Traditional Chinese even if the wording differs; the point is that each destination should serve its stated purpose.
Leave out pages that are thin, obsolete, inaccessible, or likely to confuse the reader about the current offer. Do not create a translation just to make the lists appear symmetrical. If a language version is in progress, wait until it is useful or clearly label the page as a limited resource. Make sure links resolve to the intended language rather than silently redirecting visitors to a default locale. If the underlying site structure needs work, consider Web3 website and landing development before polishing the file.
What does a bilingual LLMs.txt draft look like?
A bilingual LLMs.txt draft can be simple: a short introduction, a few topic headings, and descriptive links to the pages you want to clarify. Avoid turning the file into promotional copy or a complete sitemap. It should accurately describe what a person will find after opening each link.
For example, a Hong Kong consultancy might use this pattern:
Example business
A Hong Kong consultancy serving local and international clients.
Services
- English: Advisory services — /en/services/
- 繁體中文：顧問服務 — /zh-hant/services/
About
- English: About the consultancy — /en/about/
- 繁體中文：關於我們 — /zh-hant/about/
The example is illustrative; use your actual domain, labels, and language paths. Preserve readable Traditional Chinese text, and check the saved file in a plain-text editor so characters and line breaks remain intact. For format context, consult the LLMs.txt proposal. Keep the file focused enough that a reviewer can quickly see why each destination is included.
How do you check the file before publishing it?
Check an LLMs.txt file as an editorial index: every link should resolve, every label should match its destination, and the file should describe the live site rather than an intended future version. A careful review catches the language-path mismatches that can make a bilingual guide less useful.
Use this review sequence:
- Confirm each URL opens the intended English or Traditional Chinese page.
- Check that titles and link labels describe the page’s actual subject.
- Compare each listed page with its current canonical URL and navigation label.
- Remove duplicate, outdated, or incomplete destinations.
- Read the file in plain text and verify that Traditional Chinese characters display correctly.
- Assign an owner to revisit it when a priority page or URL changes.
Keep a small source list alongside the file: page purpose, intended audience, language, owner, and last review trigger. That record makes updates deliberate rather than reactive. If you are also working on structured data, crawler access, or page-level answers, technical AEO can help coordinate those site elements; they remain separate tasks from writing LLMs.txt.
What can LLMs.txt change—and what remains outside your control?
LLMs.txt can make selected pages easier to discover as a clearly labeled set, but it cannot establish that an AI service will fetch, interpret, or cite them. Each service controls its own access, ingestion, and answer presentation, and the file does not override those choices or repair a weak underlying page.
The practical standard is therefore editorial quality: the right destination, an accurate description, and language paths that work for real visitors. Do not judge the file by a promise of inclusion in an answer; judge it by whether a colleague or customer can use it to find the best page for a question.
For a broader plan across languages and AI search, explore multilingual GEO alongside the technical work. MediaStrategy can review your language paths, prioritize the pages that deserve inclusion, and return a concise draft with link checks. Send the site URL and identify the English and Traditional Chinese audiences you serve; the next step is a focused review of the live paths and content.
Frequently asked questions
Should a Hong Kong website make separate LLMs.txt files for English and Traditional Chinese?
Usually, begin with one file that points clearly to both language versions. Separate files may be worth considering only when the site has genuinely distinct properties or content sets; do not split the guide simply because the page languages differ. First check that visitors can identify the language and purpose of every linked destination.
Should I include Cantonese in LLMs.txt?
Use the language your page actually provides. Many Hong Kong sites publish written Chinese in Traditional Chinese, while Cantonese may describe spoken language or localized wording rather than a separate written URL path. Label a destination accurately, and do not claim a Cantonese version unless the linked page genuinely offers one.
Does adding LLMs.txt mean ChatGPT or other AI assistants will cite my pages?
No. The file can present selected pages in a readable, organized form, but individual services decide whether they access or use it. You can control the accuracy of the file, the quality of the linked pages, and whether those pages are accessible; you cannot control a service’s selection or citation of them.
What should I send for a review of a bilingual LLMs.txt file?
Send your main website URL, the English and Traditional Chinese paths you want assessed, and a short note about the audiences and services each path serves. If you already have a draft, include it with any pages that are changing. This gives the reviewer enough context to compare the file against the site visitors actually see.
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