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  "slug": "how-do-i-diagnose-why-perplexity-is-not-using-our-content",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/how-do-i-diagnose-why-perplexity-is-not-using-our-content",
  "question": "How do I diagnose why Perplexity is not using our content?",
  "description": "Diagnose why Perplexity is not using your content by auditing crawler access, evaluating citation relevance, and optimizing your site for AI answer engines.",
  "summary": "To diagnose why Perplexity is not citing your content, verify technical crawler access, ensure your site structure is parseable, and align your content density with user prompts. Trakkr provides the visibility needed to track these citation gaps and monitor your brand's presence across major AI platforms.",
  "answer": "Diagnosing why Perplexity is not using your content requires a two-pronged approach focusing on technical accessibility and content relevance. First, confirm that the Perplexity crawler can reach your pages by checking your server logs and robots.txt configuration for restrictive directives. Second, analyze whether your content provides the concise, factual answers that Perplexity prioritizes for its users. If your pages are indexed but ignored, you must refine your content density to better match the specific prompts where your brand should appear. Using Trakkr, you can monitor citation rates and identify exactly where your brand is missing from result sets compared to your competitors.",
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    "how do i diagnose why perplexity is not using our content",
    "perplexity content diagnosis",
    "perplexity citation issues",
    "perplexity site audit"
  ],
  "keywordVariants": [
    "how do i diagnose why perplexity is not using our content",
    "perplexity crawler behavior",
    "ai answer engine optimization",
    "perplexity source indexing",
    "troubleshooting ai citations"
  ],
  "entities": [
    "Perplexity",
    "Trakkr",
    "AI Answer Engines",
    "Crawler Diagnostics",
    "Citation Intelligence"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2025-12-14",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Perplexity",
    "Trakkr",
    "AI Answer Engines",
    "how do i diagnose why perplexity is not using our content",
    "perplexity content diagnosis"
  ],
  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
    "name": "Trakkr Research",
    "role": "Research team",
    "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/authors/trakkr-research/"
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "slug": "collections/citations",
      "title": "Citation Intelligence"
    },
    {
      "slug": "collections/technical",
      "title": "Technical Optimization"
    },
    {
      "slug": "platforms/perplexity",
      "title": "Perplexity Pages"
    }
  ],
  "guides": [
    {
      "slug": "track-brand-mentions",
      "title": "How to track brand mentions across AI platforms",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/track-brand-mentions/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "citation-audits",
      "title": "How to audit citations, sources, and answer grounding",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/citation-audits/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/technical-ai-visibility/"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Google robots.txt introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Google sitemap overview",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Perplexity",
      "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/",
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    {
      "label": "Trakkr docs",
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