When you need information from a trusted source like Wikipedia, a government site, or a specific corporate blog, a general web search returns too many irrelevant results. Perplexity lets you constrain its search to a single domain, so you see only pages from that website. This feature is built into the search bar and works … Read more
You are using Perplexity to research a topic when a red banner appears: “Search Limit Reached.” This error prevents you from submitting new queries until a specific condition is met. The cause depends on your account tier: Free users have a daily query cap, while Pro users may see this error due to a billing … Read more
Perplexity search results contain useful answers, citations, and follow-up questions. You may want to save these results for offline reading, documentation, or sharing with colleagues. Perplexity does not include a one-click Markdown export button, but several methods exist to extract the content in Markdown format. This article explains how to copy, paste, and convert Perplexity … Read more
When you ask Perplexity a question, the answer includes numbered citations linked to sources. The order of those sources is not random. Perplexity ranks citations based on relevance, freshness, authority, and the specific focus mode you select. Understanding this ranking system helps you evaluate the reliability of the information you receive. This article explains the … Read more
When you need verified research for a report or thesis, Perplexity can return results from blogs, news sites, or general web pages instead of peer-reviewed journals. The search engine pulls from its default web index unless you tell it to focus on academic sources. This article shows you how to set Perplexity to cite academic … Read more
When you ask Perplexity a question, you might see only one source cited in the answer. This happens when the search mode or model configuration limits the number of references Perplexity returns. The default setting in some focus modes, such as Academic or Writing, restricts the search to a single source type or a narrow … Read more
Perplexity is designed to search the web by default. It pulls live information from multiple sources to answer your questions. But sometimes you want answers based only on what Perplexity already knows about you. This is where Memory mode helps. Memory stores your preferences, past conversations, and personal data. When you disable web search and … Read more
When you ask Perplexity to summarize a PDF, the tool often returns the summary but does not include a clickable link to the source PDF file. This happens because Perplexity indexes PDF content separately from web pages and does not always display the original URL in the answer. You may see the text from the … Read more
You want to get a quick summary of a long webpage without reading the entire article. Perplexity can read a URL you provide and generate a concise summary of its content. This article explains how to paste a link into Perplexity, adjust your focus settings for better results, and avoid common mistakes that lead to … Read more
You open a lengthy webpage in Perplexity, and the AI-generated summary stops abruptly at the midpoint. This truncation issue often occurs when the source page exceeds the model’s context window or contains broken HTML structure. The summary may also cut off if the response length limit is reached during generation. This article explains the root … Read more