ChatGPT Search Pivot: Site-Specific Queries Surge 45x, Rewriting GEO Rules
xiaohu · x · 2026-08-24
Monitoring by Promptwatch reveals a shift in ChatGPT Search behavior after August 8. The use of site-specific queries jumped from 0.368% to 16.78%, a 45.5x increase. This suggests a workflow change: identifying candidate sources first, then scraping specific domains. This mutation impacts GEO strategies, introducing a two-layer competition of domain selection followed by page citation.
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