Glossary
ChatGPT Search
Last reviewed: 2026-05-12
ChatGPT Search is OpenAI’s web-search feature integrated into ChatGPT. It retrieves live web results, reranks them for transparency, and emits responses with inline citations. Bing index ranking and Wikipedia presence are the strongest signals.
Frequently asked
- What is ChatGPT Search?
- ChatGPT Search is OpenAI's web-search feature integrated into ChatGPT. The model retrieves live web results (drawn from Bing and OpenAI's own crawl), reranks them for transparency and relevance, and emits responses with inline citations.
- Which signals does ChatGPT Search weight?
- Bing index ranking, Wikipedia presence, long-form encyclopedic structure, methodology transparency, and explicit GPTBot/OAI-SearchBot crawl access.
- How do I appear in ChatGPT Search citations?
- Allow GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt, rank in Bing for the trigger query, and publish long-form, primary-cited, methodology-bearing content.