Data shows no rise in OpenAI site: operator use, contradicting report

dejanseo · x · 2026-08-25

Dejan SEO contradicts a Promptwatch report using data from 196,692 captured OpenAI fanout queries. Their data indicates that the usage of the site: operator was only 0.14% in August 2026, and on August 8—the date of the reported spike—zero out of 371 queries contained site:. Additionally, the average number of fanouts per response has actually been declining.

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