But even with all it AI features, Google Search still focuses on giving you links to pages directly, while ChatGPT Search instead uses online sources to give you an answer, backed up by links. You can click the links in your answer's sources to open a website (and you really should check ChatGPT's homework, as it tends to hallucinate quite a bit), but the question remains: is ChatGPT Search worth making your default search engine, and is that even possible?
What is ChatGPT Search?
Credit: Khamosh PathakOpenAI will then pipe the knowledge from its internet search, gathering the latest information, into its latest AI model. The result is still a verbose, text-heavy answer to your question, but now with links to sources cited throughout. Though, for topics like the weather, you do get visual results. Even compared to Perplexity, ChatGPT's Search interface is light on media, contextual information, and videos.
A user's default search engine is a coveted spot, and most browsers only include a couple of popular and safe options like Google Search, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and so on. So far, no browser has made space for ChatGPT Search on that list. There are, however, workarounds. In fact, OpenAI's official method itself is a workaround. It turns out that browsers like Chrome and Firefox will let you switch the default browser, but only if it comes in form of a vetted extension from their own extensions store.
Trust is a huge factor when you're choosing a search engine, and I'm not sure if ChatGPT clears that bar yet. In our comparison between Google Search and ChatGPT Search, we found the ChatGPT Search interface to be much better than the bloated mess that Google Search has become. ChatGPT Search is good at explaining things to you directly and can be a great way to research a product deeply before buying something new. But for day-to-day use, where you're searching around to get a link to a web page, ChatGPT Search just doesn't cut it. For most users, I would recommend you stick with Google, use a couple of tips to remove the AI nuisances if you wish, or consider a privacy-friendly search engine like Kagi.
How to make ChatGPT Search your default search engine, if you must
If you've come this far and still want to set ChatGPT Search as your default search engine, you can do so using OpenAI's official ChatGPT Search Chrome extension. This works in Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, and so on. Note, though, that Microsoft Edge throws up an extra popup when you try to enable it, and Chrome, too, will ask for confirmation before it lets go of the default search engine spot. Still, once installed, anything you type in the URL bar that isn't a valid web address will instead directly go through ChatGPT Search.
Credit: Khamosh PathakHow to create a ChatGPT Search shortcut
Even if you're able to make ChatGPT Search your default search engine, for most people, I think it would be best to create a shortcut for ChatGPT Search instead. It's called Site Search, and it's available in all Chromium browsers as well as Firefox (sorry, Safari users).
Here, enter " chatgpt.com/?q=%s&hints=search" in the URL section, and use something like "@gpt" as a shortcut. Give it a name, like "ChatGPT Search" and click Save.
Credit: Khamosh PathakIn Firefox, setting this kind of shortcut requires accessing the hidden settings page. Type "about:config" in the address bar, and click Accept the Risk and Continue.
In the Search bar, type "browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh", and click the Plus icon next to the search result. Now, make sure that the value is True.
Credit: Khamosh PathakAdd " chatgpt.com/?q=%s&hints=search" as the Engine URL, give it a name, and an alias, which is the shortcut. Then, click Add Engine.
Credit: Khamosh PathakNow, you've added ChatGPT as a site search that you can trigger using a shortcut.
Credit: Khamosh PathakThe new ChatGPT site search will also now show up now in the Default Search Engine box, so if you really want to, you can make ChatGPT your default search in Firefox, too. Again, though, I wouldn't recommend you go that far.
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