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PerplexityBot Crawler Simulator

Test how Perplexity AI's crawler sees your website. Optimize your content for visibility in Perplexity's AI-powered search answers.

Test your site with PerplexityBot

Enter your URL to see how PerplexityBot views your website.

What is PerplexityBot?

PerplexityBot is the web crawler used by Perplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine that provides direct answers with citations. Unlike traditional search engines that show links, Perplexity synthesizes information from multiple sources and cites them. Being accessible to PerplexityBot is essential for getting cited in Perplexity's answers, which are increasingly used by researchers, students, and professionals.

Why Allow PerplexityBot?

Get cited in Perplexity AI search answers
Reach users of Perplexity's growing search platform
Appear in Perplexity Pro's advanced research features
Be included in Perplexity's source citations
Gain visibility in AI-native search experiences

PerplexityBot robots.txt Configuration

Control how PerplexityBot accesses your website using robots.txt directives. Add these rules to your robots.txt file at the root of your domain.

Allow PerplexityBot

# Allow PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

Block PerplexityBot

# Block PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /

User-Agent String: PerplexityBot/1.0 (https://www.perplexity.ai/bot)

PerplexityBot FAQ

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JavaScript websites often have indexing issues. LovableHTML pre-renders your SPA into crawler-friendly HTML so PerplexityBot and other bots can read your content.

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