Perplexity cites 215,128 buying guides made by three linked websites.
Trellner Research published an audit on 2 September of where Perplexity's answers get their sources. Three sites sharing templates and registration dates produced 215,128 machine-made buying guides. Haus Research reported the same day that 34.7 percent of numeric citations lacked the figure.
Why it mattersA tidy citation list can still point at pages written only to be cited. When an assistant hands you a number, open the link before you repeat it.
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