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Perplexity · Perplexity AI · ~15M daily active users

Perplexity SEO — how to rank in real-time AI search

Perplexity is the most transparent AI engine — every answer carries inline citations to the live web. If you're not in their index with strong signals, you're invisible. We track exactly which of your URLs Perplexity cites and which competitors are stealing your slot.

How Perplexity picks what to cite
→Crawls the live web — your llms.txt and robots.txt must permit AI-friendly user agents
→Prioritizes recently updated, schema-rich pages with clear Q&A structure
→Heavily weights pages cited elsewhere — backlinks and brand mentions matter
→Filters to authoritative domains for sensitive topics (legal, medical, financial)
What GetCited tracks for Perplexity
→Citation rate per keyword across Perplexity's main query types
→Exact URLs Perplexity cites — so you can double down on what's working
→Competitor URLs Perplexity cites instead of yours
→Crawl-eligibility checks: llms.txt, robots.txt, AI-bot allowlist drift
Common gaps brands have for Perplexity

AI bots blocked at robots.txt

Many sites silently block PerplexityBot or GPTBot. We surface this in your foundations audit and prescribe the exact fix.

No llms.txt manifest

Perplexity's crawler is increasingly using llms.txt as a hint file. Without one, you're relying on guesswork from the model.

Backlink scarcity

Perplexity weights citations by how often a source is itself cited. Brands without authoritative backlinks rarely surface above noise.

Perplexity vs other AI engines

vs ChatGPT

Perplexity is real-time; ChatGPT often relies on training data. Perplexity rewards freshness, ChatGPT rewards entity stability.

vs Claude

Claude doesn't browse by default; Perplexity always browses. Different optimization surface entirely.

vs Google AI Overview

AI Overview is bounded by Google's SERP; Perplexity is its own index — backlink profiles diverge.

See your brand's Perplexity citation rate in 60 seconds

Free AEO Scanner — no credit card. We sample Perplexity for 5 brand queries and return your citation rate, source domains, and the top 3 fixes.

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