We've observed a few things with pplx over the years: Verbatim copies of Google answer snippets in the early days. "Novel Image feature" just copies images from Google serp - still today - see screenshot. Personalization just collecting data but no difference in default answers. Long history of sketchy backlinks and inflated traffic from not blocking bots. Majority of citations just numbered links behind random sentences - often no relation between a sentence and its citation... List goes on. Good marketing, partnerships and design though.
We've observed a few things with pplx over the years: Verbatim copies of Google answer snippets in the early days. "Novel Image feature" just copies images from Google serp - still today - see screenshot. Personalization just collecting data but no difference in default answers. Long history of sketchy backlinks and inflated traffic from not blocking bots. Majority of citations just numbered links behind random sentences - often no relation between a sentence and its citation... List goes on. Good marketing, partnerships and design though.
@RichardSocher "Majority of citations just numbered links behind random sentences - often no relation between a sentence and its citation" - Have seen this too many times on pplx now. Lost trust in its citing feature.