Aleksandr Shamrai: research on ChatGPT and AI search
How ChatGPT Actually Works: 14 Stages and What I Saw in 2,000 Recorded Answers From the first letter you type to the citation pill and what is logged after it: what happens behind the screen, recorded in the browser and in a test site's server logs.-
I Found a Hidden Switch That Puts Blue Links Back in ChatGPT
One URL parameter, logged out, and five classic search results appear above the ChatGPT answer. How to try it, with a video.
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How ChatGPT Actually Works: 14 Stages and What I Saw in 2,000 Recorded Answers
From the first letter you type to the citation pill and what is logged after it: what happens behind the screen, recorded in the browser and in a test site's server logs.
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SERPless
Answering a search query without a results page: the answer itself is the interface.
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Answer blocks: what a ChatGPT answer is built from
The blocks I have seen in real answers, from citation pills to hotel cards and maps, and where each one gets its data.
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Caching: how long ChatGPT keeps your page
Most page opens never reach the site. How long the copy lives, and whether it is shared between accounts.
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The index: what gets a page into ChatGPT results
Crawler visits, timing and what never makes it in, on fresh test sites.