ChatGPT Is a Search Engine and Should Be Recognized as One

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by nftminer, Dec 15, 2025.

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Is ChatGPT a Search Engine?

Poll closed Dec 22, 2025.
  1. Yes. It functions like a search engine

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  2. Yes. But it’s more advanced than search

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  3. No. It’s an AI assistant, not search

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  4. It complements search engines, doesn’t replace them

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  5. Not sure. Too early to tell

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  1. #1
    ChatGPT functions as a search engine by aggregating, interpreting, and delivering information on demand, even though it does not crawl the web like traditional search engines, I think its a big part of moving forward for online content creators...
     
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  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    It's not a search engine but it is "a big part of moving forward". Search engines now use LLMs in their results but that probably just means we need a new name for the type of page that incorporates both a trad search engine and LLM. When speaking to regular people search engine will do, but for those of us impacted by the changes we need to use the right words.
     
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  3. nftminer

    nftminer Greenhorn

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    Yes, and this is what I'm talking about. I don't think we are all utilizing the true power gpt offers when sending us new sales.
     
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    Vijfendertig35 Peon

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    I think ChatGPT can be considered a search engine, it serves all the purposes a search engine does so why wouldn’t it be..
     
    Vijfendertig35, Dec 15, 2025 IP
  5. nftminer

    nftminer Greenhorn

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    Surely its not our traditional keyword stuffing, seo optimized title/description etc.. but in that big brained app is millions of users asking questions and chatgbt is provideding solutions and answers we need to be a part of.
     
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    EAsports Peon

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    Got to disagree here... Chatgpt is considered to be an answer engine and NOT a search engine. There's not a single AI who thinks by itself and gives exclusive or personalized answers. They just scrap the entire web, with google results as their main target to give us a direct answer.

    In my humble opinion, that's where Google made a huge mistake a few years ago. It wasn't evolving as a answer engine and many results in the serp don't always match the search intent. People are being more and more impatient, wanting quick answers to their queries.

    If someone types " How do I find sleep when being anxious ? " and find several Ads + organic results with mattress, that user will simply change his search habits and move away from traditional search engines to AI profit.

    Another example I could take is my child who is in college. As soon as he's stuck in a homework, he instinctively asks chatgpt for help and doesn't use a search engine. I do think that SE will lose their monopoly in the future.
     
    EAsports, Apr 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM IP