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  "slug": "why-is-perplexity-citing-low-quality-sources-instead-of-our-primary-comparison-pages",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/why-is-perplexity-citing-low-quality-sources-instead-of-our-primary-comparison-pages",
  "question": "Why is Perplexity citing low-quality sources instead of our primary comparison pages?",
  "description": "Discover why Perplexity prioritizes low-quality sources over your primary comparison pages and learn actionable strategies to improve your site's citation authority.",
  "summary": "Perplexity often overlooks primary comparison pages in favor of secondary sources due to indexing depth, schema markup deficiencies, or lack of clear topical authority signals. This guide explains how to optimize your content structure, improve internal linking, and leverage technical SEO to ensure your authoritative pages are prioritized by AI search engines.",
  "answer": "Perplexity prioritizes sources based on perceived authority, recency, and structural clarity. If your comparison pages are being ignored, it is likely because they lack sufficient semantic markup or internal link equity compared to third-party aggregators. To fix this, ensure your pages use structured data, provide unique value propositions, and are easily discoverable via your site's navigation. By strengthening the topical relevance and technical accessibility of your comparison pages, you can signal to Perplexity that your content is the primary source of truth, effectively displacing lower-quality citations and improving your overall visibility in AI-driven search results.",
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    "why is perplexity citing low-quality sources instead of our primary comparison pages",
    "perplexity citation issues",
    "optimize comparison pages",
    "ai search optimization"
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    "perplexity seo strategy",
    "ai citation ranking",
    "fixing ai search results",
    "comparison page indexing"
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  "entities": [
    "Perplexity",
    "Search Engine Optimization",
    "Structured Data",
    "Semantic Search"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-01-19",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Perplexity",
    "Search Engine Optimization",
    "Structured Data",
    "why is perplexity citing low-quality sources instead of our primary comparison pages",
    "perplexity citation issues"
  ],
  "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": "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/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "compare-tools-and-workflows",
      "title": "How to compare AI visibility tools and workflows",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/compare-tools-and-workflows/"
    }
  ],
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      "label": "Google FAQPage structured data docs",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage",
      "type": "external-doc"
    },
    {
      "label": "Google sitemap overview",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Google structured data introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Perplexity",
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