Add blog post on using ChatGPT as a search engine

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+title: How to Make ChatGPT Your Default Search Engine
+author: Andrew Wray
+subtitle: Quickly start a ChatGPT session from your address bar
+summary: A guide to setting ChatGPT as the default search engine in your Chromium-based browser.
+date: 2025-06-01
+tags: ["chatgpt", "browser", "search engine", "guide"]
+---
+
+Dense Analysis is back with a short tip for anyone who wants to launch ChatGPT straight from the browser address bar.
+
+If you use a Chromium-based browser like Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Thorium, you can set up ChatGPT as a custom search engine. This means that anything you type into the address bar will open a ChatGPT conversation using your text as the prompt.
+
+## 1. Open Search Engine Settings
+
+* Open the browser settings menu.
+* Navigate to **Search Engine** > **Manage search engines and site search** (use the settings search bar if necessary).
+
+## 2. Add a Site Search Entry
+
+Create a new site search entry with the following values:
+
+* **Name**: `ChatGPT`
+* **Shortcut**: `chatgpt`
+* **URL with %s in place of query**: `https://chatgpt.com/?q=%s`
+
+Save the entry when you are done.
+
+## 3. Set ChatGPT as the Default
+
+Click the menu beside the entry you just created and select **Make default**. Now, typing anything in the address bar will start a ChatGPT session with your query.
+
+## Notes
+
+* Your browser may still show history suggestions as you type. Clear browsing history if you want to avoid that.
+* GPT-4o is used automatically if you have a Plus or Team subscription.
+* To run a live web search, type "search the web for [your query]" in the ChatGPT window or press the **Search the web** button if it appears.
+
+## Reminder
+
+ChatGPT does not index the web like a traditional search engine. Verify anything important from original sources.
+