August 7, 2025, an OpenAI a livestream drops. They have teased it with “LIVE5TREAM,” dropping a subtle hint that GPT-5 might…
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No – OpenAI is Not Using Google for General Search Index
Lots of speculation (wishful thinking), alleging that OpenAI and ChatGPT is using Google for their search index. We’ve been fighting…
Adobe Survey Says It’s ON : Google vs ChatGPT
While watching the arrival of “AI” on to the tech scene, it sure seemed like many in the tech press…
OpenAI Reportedly Building AI-Powered Web Browser
OpenAI is reportedly working on a standalone web browser that would bring ChatGPT’s capabilities directly into the browsing experience. The…
Ahrefs Study Finds Most Top Rankings Now AI Generated
Ahrefs has released a new study that challenges one of the most debated topics in SEO: whether AI-generated content negatively…
SearchGPT using Google, or just Common Crawl?
(post edit) I knew it was too good to be true. OpenAI is using Common Crawl db – we knew…
ChatGPT Rolls Out Wider Auto Prompt / Search Suggestions
ChatGPT’s auto‑suggestion feature, introduced in April 2025 for plus users, offers real‑time prompt ideas as you type, drawing on conversation…
ChatGPT Rules the LLM Space by a Wide Margin, But
While SEOs obsess over AI Overviews, disappearing clicks, SOT (Slop on Top) and SGE’s erratic hallucinations, something bigger is brewing:…
SearchGPT – ChatGPT Just Got an Upgrade – Here’s What That Means for You
OpenAI’s June 13 update quietly rolled out one of the most meaningful improvements to ChatGPT’s core functionality to how it…
Fresh Doc Dump: PageRank, Navboost, and RankEmbed: DOJ Papers Outline Google’s Stack
Google’s own court-filed slide deck just spilled more tea on Navboost, and the details punch a few holes in years of SEO guesswork. The newly released trove goes further, mapping more than 100 raw signals into a ranking stew that still leans on old-school PageRank while layering in LLM toys like RankEmbed, re-ranking Twiddlers, and the rumored mysterious quality metric called Q*Star.
Avoiding the AI Tell: Editing Tricks That Make Your Content Shine
Cleaning your AI output. There are a ton of “rewriters” out there right now. Variations on the theme of “casual”,…
Cloudflare CEO Pulls FIRE Alarm: Google AI Is Breaking the Web’s Economy! Search Is Broken!
Ten years ago, for every two pages Google scraped, you got one visitor, today, it’s six pages scraped for one visitor. And with AI? It’s 250 to 1… or 6,000 to 1!
I Went Six Months Without Google Search : A #Nofilter Analysis of Open AI’s SearchGPT for ChatGPT
When SearchGPT launched on ChatGPT, I dove into the deep end from the starting bell. It has been my default search for six months.
Mastering AI for SEO: The Tools and Tactics That Work – Masters of Traffic Part 2
Captain Obvious says: AI is a major game-changer for SEO and marketing professionals who want to work smarter and not…
How to Diversify Your Traffic Sources & Reduce Dependence on Search Engines
(wow, yesterdays big list of search engines was surprisingly popular, we felt a deeper exploration of traffic sources was in…
ChatGPT Beta for Android Now Supports the Home Button Replacing Google Assist
The ChatGPT for Android Beta can now replace Google assist on the home button. This feature allows for immediate ChatGPT…
SearchGPT and ChatGPT Referral Tracking : Why your Analytics Can Be Missing It
With the news yesterday that ChatGPT is getting 400million visits a week, Webmasters are itchy and scratchy for a taste…
GPT5 Orion – Unified – SearchGPT – What we know so far
As of late February 2025, OpenAI is advancing its AI models with the anticipated release of GPT-4.5, codenamed “Orion” expected…
How to Set ChatGPT as Your Default Search Engine on Safari for iPhone
While most browsers it is pretty easy to reset your search engine default, on Apple it has been a challenge.…
ChatGPT Plus, Pro, or Enterprise? The SEO’s Guide to Picking the Right Plan
AI is revolutionizing the way we find information (thanks Captain Obvious), and ChatGPT is at the forefront of that transformation.…
Deep Research by ChatGPT: A Game-Changer for SEOs & Marketers
Remember at the Google I/O conference in May 2024 when Liz Reid, the head of Google Search, stated, “Google will…
ChatGPT Smashes Records: 400M Users and Counting!
OpenAI is growing at an extraordinary pace, even as competition in the AI space heats up. The company has reached…
ChatGPT Search SearchGPT Goes Full Public Access
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search, initially available only to paid subscribers, was later expanded to all logged-in users. Now, it has taken…
ChatGPT Search Engine Now Free For Everyone
In a move that reflects a shifting digital landscape, OpenAI’s ChatGPT search engine is now free to access for all…
SearchGPT or ChatGPT Search is Not Necc a Direct Competitor to Google
I have been gnashing my teeth at the main stream tech press since SearchGPT was bolted on to ChatGPT. The main…
What People are saying about SearchGPT From OpenAi
Watching OpenAI launch SearchGPT into ChatGPT was fraught with potential issues. I read most all of the main stream tech…
12 Essential Files SEOs Should Run Through ChatGPT for an SEO Tune-Up
LLM’s like Claude and ChatGPT are very good at SEO related information – it is like the new SEO super…
SearchGPT – The Final Search Engine – Is Live for Subscribers of ChatGPT
Widely regarded as the most important new search engine to hit the web since Google, SearchGPT is now live within…
How to Add SearchGPT as Default Engine in your browser
To set SearchGPT as your default search engine in Opera, Chrome, Vivaldi, or Edge: Chrome Use the SearchGPT Extension: Visit…