AI Bot Directory / PerplexityBot
What is PerplexityBot?
PerplexityBot builds the index behind Perplexity's AI search and answer products. Pages it crawls can be retrieved and cited in AI answers — this is the crawler that most directly turns your content into AI visibility.
Last 7 days: 426 hits across 1 reporting sites (+28% vs the week before). Live aggregate data on the AI Crawler Traffic Report.
How to spot PerplexityBot in your logs
Look for this token in the request User-Agent (case-insensitive):
perplexitybot
Should you allow or block PerplexityBot?
Blocking it removes your pages from AI answer retrieval — if you want to be cited by AI assistants, this is the last crawler you should block.
To block it anyway, add this to your robots.txt:
User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
Note: robots.txt is a request, not a lock — well-behaved crawlers honor it; verify with your own traffic data.
Is PerplexityBot visiting your site?
NeverDrafts tracks every AI crawler hit on your site (one snippet, live in minutes) and monitors whether ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Mode and Perplexity actually recommend you when buyers ask.
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