Question

How to check PerplexityBot visits

Use logs first, then adjust policy. Avoid changing robots on every low-volume hour.

Basic commands

grep -i "PerplexityBot" /var/log/nginx/access.log | tail -n 50
grep -i "PerplexityBot" /var/log/nginx/access.log | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head

What good signals look like

  1. Repeated requests to /robots.txt and core guides.
  2. Main pages returning 200 instead of 403/404.
  3. Consistent crawl pattern across several days, not one burst.

Open log checker