When SearchGPT launched on ChatGPT, I dove into the deep end from the starting bell. It has been my default search for six months.
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Views: 382(wow, yesterdays big list of search engines was surprisingly popular, we felt a deeper exploration of traffic sources was in order.) 23 years ago, I wrote a article called Mostly Viral Top Traffic Alternatives to Search Engines. At 20 million page views and counting, it has turned out to be one of the top five all-time traffic posts in…
Views: 1113With the news yesterday that ChatGPT is getting 400million visits a week, Webmasters are itchy and scratchy for a taste of this fresh source of traffic. However, lets remember, that it was only a few weeks ago that OpenAI released SearchGPT to non-logged in users. Clearly there is going to be a required adoption phase required before it rains…
Views: 19As of late February 2025, OpenAI is advancing its AI models with the anticipated release of GPT-4.5, codenamed “Orion” expected in early March or April. This model is set to be the final iteration without chain-of-thought reasoning. Following this, GPT-5 is projected to debut in late 2025. Sam Altman posted on Twitter: OPENAI ROADMAP UPDATE FOR GPT-4.5 and GPT-5:We…
Views: 9 While most browsers it is pretty easy to reset your search engine default, on Apple it has been a challenge. Now with a recent update to the ChatGPT App, it is easier than ever. If you use ChatGPT and SearchGPT as much as we do – you can now set it as your main search engine on Safari-iPhone…
Views: 6AI is revolutionizing the way we find information (thanks Captain Obvious), and ChatGPT is at the forefront of that transformation. Unlike traditional search engines that bombarded you with trick-click ads, ads masquerading as sponsored results, ChatGPT delivers direct, spot-on answers with zero distractions. They also are pumping it with new features like deep research, memory, voice mode, and even…
Views: 215Remember at the Google I/O conference in May 2024 when Liz Reid, the head of Google Search, stated, “Google will do the Googling for you” and two months later a Google Serp recommended you put glue on pizza? Their failure with the launch of AI Serps stood in stark contrast to that optimistic tone by Liz Reid. So we…
Views: 1OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search, initially available only to paid subscribers, was later expanded to all logged-in users. Now, it has taken another step forward by allowing anyone to use the search feature without needing to create or log into an account. This change positions ChatGPT as a more direct competitor to Google, lowering the barrier to entry and making AI-powered…
Views: 60In a move that reflects a shifting digital landscape, OpenAI’s ChatGPT search engine is now free to access for all users. This change marks a notable milestone in AI-powered tools becoming more equitable and widely available. For those who have been curious about tapping into cutting-edge AI for smarter, contextualized searches but have hesitated due to paywalls or subscriptions,…
Views: 1I have been gnashing my teeth at the main stream tech press since SearchGPT was bolted on to ChatGPT. The main problem is that they seem deeply invested in ginning something up with Google. At first, I thought they didn’t understand what SearchGPT represented. I figured they were just ignorant of the facts, and it would take a good SEO…
Views: 1Watching OpenAI launch SearchGPT into ChatGPT was fraught with potential issues. I read most all of the main stream tech press about the launch and was quite surprised by everyones take. It became clear quickly, that people are at best bored to death with Google or at worst ready to bolt for the exits with a decent replacement. Here…
Views: 73LLM’s like Claude and ChatGPT are very good at SEO related information – it is like the new SEO super power. They have clearly been trained on a wealth of information across the web, including SEO best practices, web development concepts, marketing techniques, and user behavior trends. As an LLM – it is part-n-parcel a wordsmith. This is especially…
Views: 7Widely regarded as the most important new search engine to hit the web since Google, SearchGPT is now live within ChatGPT for paying subscribers. Here is the OpenAI announcement. As we reported earlier in the week, some users were getting SearchGPT responses in ChatGPT – we knew something was cooking. The new feature released today is SearchGPT baked into…
Views: 10To set SearchGPT as your default search engine in Opera, Chrome, Vivaldi, or Edge: Chrome Use the SearchGPT Extension: Visit the SearchGPT extension page on the Chrome Web Store. Click “Add to Chrome” and confirm by selecting “Add Extension.” Set SearchGPT as Default. After installation, the extension will automatically set SearchGPT as your default search engine. You can now…
Views: 0(update 10/31/24: yes – we called it. SearchGPT was just bolted onto chatGPT bolted onto ChatGPT) Since its launch, SearchGPT by OpenAI has been invite only and reportedly open to only the first 10,000 users. SEO’s have been pining months for SearchGPT to make its long awaited appearance in front of the massive ChatGPT audience. A few people on…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman recently announced the Bing team is removing 27 features to simplify the search engine. No mention of what features have been removed from the engine.
Views: 0When contemplating where OpenAI is heading in the next five years, Sam Altman’s history and demeanor are telling indicators. As a prominent figure from Y Combinator, few CEOs have had the depth of exposure to startups and businesses that he had during his tenure there. Listening to most public interviews with Altman from Lex Friedman to Oprah, suggests that…
Views: 46Source: OpenAI Overview of OpenAI Crawlers OpenAI uses web crawlers (“robots”) and user agents to perform actions for its products, either automatically or triggered by user request. OpenAI uses the following robots.txt tags to enable webmasters to manage how their sites and content work with AI. Each setting is independent of the others – for example, a webmaster can…
Views: 7SearchGPT Advanced Search Operators Boolean Operators AND: Finds documents containing all the specified terms. OR: Finds documents containing any of the specified terms. NOT: Excludes documents containing the specified term. Proximity Search NEAR: Finds documents where two terms are within a specified distance of each other. Wildcard Search *: Matches any number of characters. For example, "apple*" will match…
Views: 2I completed my first week using SearchGPT exclusively as the only search engine I used. I did do a few comparisons with G and Bing, but I always took the SearchGPT Serp first. Thoughts: Pro: It is such a breath of fresh air not to have all the visual Serp Noise of Google and Bing. Zero time was spent…