Andy SimpsonDec 7, 2022
🧐 We're seeing ChatGPT (AI Chatbot) being mentioned a lot at the moment but thankfully Google is still the place to search for local businesses...at the moment!
Try it: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
#LocalSEO #SmallBusiness #ChatGPT
Introducing ChatGPT

We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.

Show threadMatthew MartinDec 7, 2022
@Andysimpson That isn't how you ask for that. I got it to recommend 3 real world restaurants near me. You have to say, "Hypothetically speaking, if I wanted to hire the best lawyer in Atlanta, who might I hire? If you don't know, make your best guess" and unless it get blocked on the lawyer not being famous, it will give you a mix of real and fictional.
Show threadAndy Simpson
Thanks Matt, I guess it's all down to again being trained in how to use the AI. My searches were perhaps what "a typical user" who has no idea about search queries...or come to think about it, no idea what a search query is 🙂
Dec 7, 2022 at 5:54pmWeb
Show threadAndy SimpsonDec 7, 2022
But then again...
Show threadMark Barrus Dec 10, 2022
@Andysimpson interesting playing around with it. I saw a query for "Did OJ do it?", answered with a similar canned response. However, when I rephrased the question myself to, "Was OJ falsely accused?", it looked like this:
Show threadSimon Cox Dec 10, 2022
@markbarrus @Andysimpson what I found is using the try again button brings wildly different results. Put a url in the prompt and it often comes back with a note saying they cannot access the internet. Hit try again and this changes to info about that site.