Perplexity search feels worse than before, how can I improve results?

Write specific, intent-driven prompts — instead of "tell me about climate change," try something like "Top 5 carbon capture technologies deployed commercially in 2025."

Switch the search depth to High in Perplexity's Sonar settings; deeper retrieval significantly improves grounding, though it uses more tokens.

For complex questions, select Deep Research mode before submitting — it runs dozens of searches across hundreds of sources and delivers a structured report in under three minutes.

Use follow-up prompts to drill into specific findings rather than trying to get everything in one query, since Deep Research is designed for iterative, multi-round exploration.

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