Perplexity citations
How Perplexity chooses which pages to cite in its answers.
How does Perplexity choose which pages to cite?
It retrieves live results and cites the specific passages that most directly answer the question asked.
Read answerWhy is Perplexity not citing my website?
Either it cannot fetch you, or your pages have no passage that answers a question better than the alternatives.
Read answerWhat content formats earn the most Perplexity citations?
Question-and-answer pages, comparison tables, and anything containing original numbers.
Read answerDoes Perplexity only cite high-authority domains?
No — it favours the most relevant, specific passage, which small sites regularly win on narrow questions.
Read answerMy competitors appear in Perplexity but I do not. Why?
Usually because they have a page that answers the exact question and you do not — or because your pages cannot be fetched.
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