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How to get cited by Perplexity in 2026
Let PerplexityBot crawl your site, publish pages that answer your buyers' questions with facts it can quote, and get onto the other pages it reads. Perplexity searches the web for each question and puts numbered citations in every answer[1][2]. supereo is our pick, and we make it: it does everything it takes to get you cited and recommended, on your site and off it, and proves each move against control questions. In the supereo Index's run of 19 October 2026, lists, comparisons and reviews were 26 of Perplexity's 50 top cited pages, and articles and other pages 14, ten per topic across five topics (196 answers).
Updated . Prices checked 12 November 2026.
The verdict
Cited by Perplexity, done for you
supereoour pick, and we make it
- best for teams that want AEO done, not a dashboard: supereo does everything it takes to get you recommended, from your site and pages to the roundups, placements and videos AI reads;
- it proves each move against control questions, with sample sizes and ranges on every number;
- run it from Claude or ChatGPT: an MCP server with the same tools supereo's own agent uses.
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The steps
Let PerplexityBot in
PerplexityBot surfaces and links sites in Perplexity's results and isn't used to crawl content for AI models: allow it in robots.txt and let its published IP ranges through[4].
Know what a block does
If robots.txt blocks a page, Perplexity won't index its text, though it may still show the domain, the headline and a brief summary[5].
Write pages it can quote
Perplexity searches the web in real time for each question and sums up what it finds[1]. Put the answer to your buyer's question first, in plain sentences with names, prices and dates.
Add facts, sources and quotations
In the GEO paper, adding citations, quotations and statistics raised a source's visibility, on Perplexity as well as in the lab[6].
Get onto the pages it reads
The table below counts the kinds of pages Perplexity cited in supereo's run, with examples. Pages on other sites that name you count as much as your own.
Earn a source label
Perplexity's source labels come from a review of whether a site corrects its mistakes, says who wrote each piece and keeps news apart from advertising[7], and no payment affects them[8].
Prove what worked
Ask Perplexity your buyers' questions again and again, before and after each change, against questions the change couldn't move. That is what supereo does with every change it makes.
What gets cited
What Perplexity cites
Its top cited pages in the supereo Index run of 19 October 2026: ten per topic across 5 topics, 196 answers.
| Page type | Pages | Times cited |
|---|---|---|
| Lists, comparisons and reviews | 26 / 50 | 58 |
| Articles and other pages | 14 / 50 | 33 |
| Docs and help pages | 9 / 50 | 25 |
| Home pages | 1 / 50 | 2 |
For example:
- gumloop.com/blog/ai-email-agent (cited in 5 of 39 answers on AI email assistants)
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/community-management/shares/comments-api (cited in 4 of 39 answers on Intent data)
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/community-management/shares/reactions-api (cited in 4 of 39 answers on Intent data)
- developer.linkedin.com/product-catalog/marketing/community-management-api (cited in 3 of 39 answers on Intent data)
- herothemes.com/blog/ai-email-assistants (cited in 3 of 39 answers on AI email assistants)
If you are a publisher
Perplexity's Comet Plus pays participating publishers for human visits, search citations and agent actions[3].
Have it done: supereo
01supereoour pick, and we make it
- best for teams that want AEO done, not a dashboard: supereo does everything it takes to get you recommended, from your site and pages to the roundups, placements and videos AI reads;
- it proves each move against control questions, with sample sizes and ranges on every number;
- run it from Claude or ChatGPT: an MCP server with the same tools supereo's own agent uses.
From $149 a month
- Does the work
supereo writes those pages for you, aimed at the questions where AI skips you.
supereo.app - Proves it against controls
Each change targets a set of questions, and we compare them with a matched set the change can't affect.
supereo.app - Runs from Claude or ChatGPT
Run the same loop from Claude, Cursor or Codex. Your agent gets every tool supereo's own agent uses: your buyers' questions, every answer, the pages AI cites, your brand facts.
supereo.app - Free audit
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supereo.app
| Plan | A month | Prompts | AI engines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot | $149 | 40 | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude |
| Autopilot | $499 | 40 | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude |
Prices from supereo.app, checked 12 November 2026. What it does, from its own pages, checked 9 November 2026.
How the proof works, with every number it runs on: How supereo measures.
Questions
How do I get my site cited by Perplexity?
Let PerplexityBot crawl it, answer your buyers' questions up front with facts it can quote, and get named on the lists and articles Perplexity reads. supereo does all of it for you and proves each move against control questions.
Does Perplexity train AI models on my content?
No. PerplexityBot isn't used to crawl content for AI foundation models[4], and Perplexity says it doesn't build foundation models[9].
What happens if I block PerplexityBot?
Perplexity won't index the page's text, but it may still index the domain, the headline and a brief factual summary[5].
Can I pay for a source label on Perplexity?
No. Perplexity says its partnerships and payments don't affect a site's label[8].
What kinds of pages does Perplexity cite?
The table above counts Perplexity's top cited pages in supereo's run by type, with examples.
How we compiled this
Where this page's words say how an AI engine finds, reads or cites pages, the sentence links the engine's own documentation, or another source, and the day it was read.
What each engine cites comes from the supereo Index's newest run: the same buyer questions asked once on each chat engine, and their search keywords on Google AI Overviews, in each of the Index's topics, with every page each answer cited kept. For each engine and topic the run keeps the ten pages its answers cited in the largest number of answers, and how many cited each, and this page counts those pages by type.
A page's type comes from its address alone: a Reddit, YouTube, Wikipedia or GitHub page by its site, a home page when its address has no path, a pricing page when its address ends in /pricing, a docs or help page when it is on a docs, developers, help, support or learn site, or under /docs, /help or /hc, a list, comparison or review when its address names best, top, alternatives, vs, versus, compare, review or tools and every other page an article or other page. An AEO tool's own page counts in its type but is never named as an example, and neither is a search engine's results page; in AI visibility tools, the topic supereo competes in, the only examples are the AI engines' makers' own docs and help pages. The findings are about what gets cited, not which tool.
We make supereo, so it is the one tool this page names as a pick.
How supereo measures its own results, with every number it runs on: How supereo measures.
supereo (supereo.app) is an AI agent that does everything it takes to get your brand recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google, on your site and off it: site fixes, new pages, roundups, placements and video. It proves what worked against control questions. Made by superagnt.
Sources
When you ask Perplexity a question, it uses advanced AI to search the internet in real-time, gathering insights from top-tier sources. It then distills this information into a clear, concise summary, delivering exactly what you need in an easy-to-understand, conversational tone.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.Each answer includes numbered citations linking to the original sources, allowing you to easily verify the information or explore further.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.Comet Plus is the first compensation model that allocates revenue to our partners based on three types of internet traffic: human visits, search citations, and agent actions.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.PerplexityBot is designed to surface and link websites in search results on Perplexity. It is not used to crawl content for AI foundation models. To ensure your site appears in search results, we recommend allowing PerplexityBot in your site’s robots.txt file and permitting requests from our published IP ranges listed below.
docs.perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.Perplexity respects robots.txt directives. Our crawler, PerplexityBot, will not index the full or partial text content of any site that disallows it via robots.txt. However, if a page is blocked, we may still index the domain, headline, and a brief factual summary.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.Among other things, we find that including citations, quotations from relevant sources, and statistics can significantly boost source visibility, with an increase of over 40% across various queries. We also demonstrate the efficacy of Generative Engine Optimization on Perplexity.ai, a real-world generative engine and demonstrate visibility improvements up to 37%.
arxiv.org, read 4 November 2026.The source review process decides whether a site should carry a label by checking objective questions, such as: Does the site correct its mistakes? Does it say who wrote each piece? Does it keep news separate from advertising and opinion?
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.Labels are set by the source review process alone. Perplexity’s partnerships, payments, and other business arrangements do not affect a site’s label. Most domains on the web do not have a label.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.No, PerplexityBot indexes pages similarly to other search engines. Perplexity does not build foundation models, so your content will not be used for AI model pre-training.
perplexity.ai, read 4 November 2026.