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PerplexityBot
Operated by Perplexity · Search indexes
Perplexity crawler used to keep its answer and search index fresh.
When PerplexityBot shows up in your logs
Perplexity is indexing your page ahead of a future answer.
Discovery crawlers that keep a search or answer index fresh.
Allow or block it in robots.txt
A robots.txt entry is a request. Well-behaved crawlers honor it; it is not an enforcement mechanism.
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