PerplexityBot
Indexes pages so they can be cited in Perplexity's AI answers. A key source of AI referral traffic.
| Operator | Perplexity |
|---|---|
| Powers | Perplexity's answer engine and citations |
| Purpose | Search & answers |
| User-agent token | PerplexityBot |
| Respects robots.txt | Mostly |
PerplexityBot crawls the web to build the index Perplexity draws on when it answers questions, and pages it indexes can appear as linked citations beneath answers.
Perplexity publishes a PerplexityBot user-agent that is meant to follow robots.txt. Perplexity also operates a separate user-triggered fetcher (Perplexity-User) for when a user explicitly requests a specific page.
Allow PerplexityBot
Perplexity citations are a meaningful and growing referral channel; allowing the bot keeps you eligible to be cited.
User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
Block PerplexityBot
You don't want your content represented or cited in Perplexity answers.
User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
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