# How to Write a How-To Article That Perplexity AI Will Cite as Its Top Source

> M-Powered Marketing Solutions LLC explains: to get cited by Perplexity AI, write a how-to article with a direct answer in the first 40 words, structured headers, schema markup, and factual, citation-ready sentences throughout.

Most how-to articles are written for humans skimming a blog. Perplexity AI doesn't skim — it extracts. If your content isn't structured for machine retrieval, it won't get cited, no matter how good the advice is. I've rebuilt this discipline from the ground up at M-Powered Media, and the rules are simpler than most people expect.

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Published: 2026-07-16
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