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  • ChatGPT web search uses Google Search and NOT Bing Search (with proof)

    TL;DR: Why this is a big deal? 1. Impact on SEO This means the whole SEO / Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) narrative has come full circle from “Google is dead” -> “rank in Google to show up on ChatGPT”! 2. Shady Practice on OpenAI’s part to route large volumes of private data without explicit declaration…

  • How does ChatGPT Search the Web: Data-Driven Investigation

    – Abhishek Iyer (@distantgradient), o3, Opus, ACME.BOT TLDR takeaways: I analyzed 50 real ChatGPT conversations by intercepting network traffic to uncover the patterns behind when and how ChatGPT searches the web. With that TLDR out of the way, let’s take a step back and try to understand what is happening under the hood.  The Three…