Perplexity SEO: How to get cited in Perplexity AI answers

Perplexity SEO optimizes your content to be cited in Perplexity AI’s real-time, fully attributed answers. This guide covers PerplexityBot access, content freshness signals, domain authority, answer formatting, and tracking Perplexity citations.
What is Perplexity SEO?
Perplexity SEO refers to optimizations that increase the likelihood of your content being cited in Perplexity AI responses. Perplexity AI is a real-time answer engine with over 100 million monthly users — and unlike ChatGPT or Gemini, its entire value proposition is transparent citation with live web retrieval.