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Blog · October 13, 2026
Rank in ChatGPT when answers start linking homepages
A one-million-prompt study found ChatGPT inserting direct homepage links in 42% of answers after GPT-6. What that means for ChatGPT SEO.
Want to rank in ChatGPT when the product itself is changing how it links? On October 14–15, practitioner reporting on Tomek Rudzki's one-million-prompt retest said ChatGPT inserted a direct website link in about 42% of answers after GPT-6, up from high-single-digits a week earlier, often with no referrer.
What that does to ChatGPT SEO
Fifty-four percent of those links reportedly pointed at a homepage rather than the deep page that earned the answer. So the page that wins the citation may not be the URL the user clicks. Your homepage has to survive a cold open from someone who arrived with a question already in mind.
What we tighten first
- Homepage H1 and lead: what you do, for whom, where.
- Visible facts assistants quote: services, boundaries, pricing ranges if you publish them.
- Deep pages still do the ranking work; the homepage has to not undo it.
- Measurement: compare homepage Direct traffic across the model-release window.
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