What we are watching
Changes to the bots page in Perplexity's docs, in particular how Perplexity-User treats robots.txt.
Crawler access
| Bot | Sites blocking (29 Oct 2026) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| PerplexityBot | 34 of 86 | 39.5% |
| Perplexity-User | 25 of 86 | 29.1% |
Test status
- robots.txt audit: done 29 October 2026.
- Server-log count: first reading 29 October 2026.
- Citation tests: not run yet.
Change log
- robots.txt audit: PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User measured across 86 analysable sites. Details
- Guide published: how to rank. Details
- Guide published: how it works. Details
- First server-log count recorded. Details