ChatGPT-User crawls drop 81% as OpenAI shifts to its own index

gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-09

Log data from 100+ websites (Peec AI, Aug 6–Nov 3) shows OAI-SearchBot crawls up 97% while ChatGPT-User visits fell 81% — evidence ChatGPT increasingly retrieves pages from its own index instead of fetching live.

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