ChatGPT Thinking mode changes which brands get cited

via semrush.com

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ChatGPT’s high-reasoning mode acted like a different search surface for brand visibility in a Semrush analysis with Kevin Indig. It cited different domains than in minimal reasoning mode and ran nearly five times as many web searches. By the numbers. Only 25.6% of cited domains overlapped between minimal and high reasoning for the same prompts. […]

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