robots.txt blocks Perplexity-User (live browsing agent)
Perplexity-User is Perplexity's on-demand crawler, triggered when a real user's search pulls your page into an answer in real time, separate from PerplexityBot, the bulk crawler that indexes content in advance. This check found robots.txt disallowing Perplexity-User specifically. Both crawlers matter, but they cover different moments in a prospect's research.
Why this matters
Even if PerplexityBot is allowed, blocking Perplexity-User may stop Perplexity fetching your page when a person's query asks it to. The bulk crawler being allowed can make the setup look fine at a glance, so this gap can go unnoticed.
How to fix it
Your developer needs about 15 minutes. Allow Perplexity-User in robots.txt unless you specifically intend to block Perplexity's live, user-triggered visits. This is worth fixing even if PerplexityBot is already allowed, since the two crawlers serve genuinely different moments in the buying journey.
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