Question
How to get cited by ChatGPT
ChatGPT cites pages that its search stack can crawl, read cheaply, and quote directly. Because ChatGPT search relies on the Bing index, the fastest path is: allow OAI-SearchBot, publish a clean quotable answer, and push the URL to Bing via IndexNow.
Step 1 — Let the right bots in
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /Step 2 — Make one quotable answer per page
- Put the literal question in the title and H1.
- Answer it in the first one or two sentences, specifically and correctly.
- Back it with extractable detail: a table, a ranked list, or a command block.
Step 3 — Be machine-readable
- Serve static HTML; do not require JavaScript to see the content.
- Add FAQPage JSON-LD whose answer text matches the visible answer.
Step 4 — Reach Bing fast
ChatGPT search is grounded heavily in Bing, so getting indexed in Bing quickly matters more than waiting on Google. Submit new and updated URLs through IndexNow.
Step 5 — Verify access
grep -Ei 'OAI-SearchBot|ChatGPT-User' /var/log/your-access.log | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | headRelated pages: should I allow OAI-SearchBot, check OAI-SearchBot visits, what is GEO.