Perplexity: Fix Your Structured Data for AI Visibility
How to fix the problem of structured data not being read by ai specifically for Perplexity. Platform-specific solutions and prevention strategies.
Why This Happens in Perplexity
Perplexity uses PerplexityBot to discover and index content. Schema markup has validation errors. To fix this, you need to ensure Perplexity's crawler can access your content and that your pages are structured in a way Perplexity can understand.
Signs You Have This Problem in Perplexity
Perplexity doesn't display rich data from your schema
Your product schema isn't appearing in Perplexity citations
Perplexity's search results ignore your structured data
Rich snippets work in Google but not in Perplexity
How to Fix This in Perplexity
Follow these Perplexity-specific solutions:
Validate schema with Google's Rich Results Test
Ensure schema data matches visible page content
Use complete schema with all recommended properties
Place JSON-LD correctly in page structure
Implement @graph structure for multiple schemas
Add sameAs properties linking your brand presence
Perplexity Technical Details
Crawler Name
PerplexityBot
User Agent
PerplexityBot
Required robots.txt configuration:
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /Prevent This Problem in Perplexity
Validate schema after every page update
Use automated testing in your deployment pipeline
Keep schema synchronized with content changes
Follow schema.org guidelines strictly