So we know that Google takes manual actions that can manipulate a website in terms of its ranking in Google search. Well, Microsoft Bing doesn’t necessarily have manual actions, but they do manual actions against some websites. Here is an email from Sunny, an SEO, that Microsoft said they removed a block on a website. […]
How cute that is, Microsoft Bing Search is testing putting this animated snowman next to the Shopping tab under the search bar. I personally cannot reproduce this, but Frank Sandtmann, a SEO consultant based in Germany, can and sent it to me. Here is a screenshot of it in action: I’m waiting for Google’s holiday […]
Not to be exceeded by google, Microsoft’s Fabrice Canel announced that it has published BingBot’s IP addresses in this JSON file. This is in addition to the methods you can use to verify that Microsoft Bing is crawling your website and that it is not a scam bot pretending to be BingBot. Here is the […]
Google and Microsoft have announced new partnership agreements on the advertising page. Microsoft Advertising now Partnership with Shopify to integrate your products on your Shopify with your ads in Bing search. Google Ads Partnership with BigCommerce to list your products on Google for free, create advertising campaigns and check performance metrics right in your BigCommerce […]
Microsoft has reported back in February a website builder tool called Smart Pages and it recently also added support for “standalone mode” and analytics and Bing Place integration. In short, Standalone Mode is a way to use Smart Pages without paying anything with Microsoft Advertising. Microsoft said you can “use Smart Page without the additional […]
Microsoft Bing is testing a lightbulb icon on the right side of the search results snippets that, when clicked, opens up more details about that page, including magician, url, title, topics on the page, and more. This page also allows you to view a section that tells you more about the topic. Personally, I can’t […]
Microsoft announced It has a new ad format in Bing Search through the Microsoft Advertising Network. The new format is called Credit Card Ads and is now an open beta for US and Canadian advertisers that your credit card companies can use to advertise on Bing. Credit card ads are intentional rich placements that give […]
Microsoft announced on the Bing blog that there have been some serious improvements to Bing image search in the past few months. Microsoft attributes these improvements to the use of the updated version (V3) of the aesthetic model. Based on Microsoft’s testing, the improvements the search company saw were pretty significant. They include: 48% reduction […]
Microsoft started 32 new business attributes to add to your search ads on Bing. These attributes are called Marketing with Purpose Business Attributes and fall into the categories of inclusion, environment, social responsibility and accessibility. Microsoft said these attributes will allow you to differentiate your brand from your competitors by highlighting unique attributes that show […]
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, is testing the default search engine setting on Microsoft Bing for 1% of its users. Mozilla said on September 6, 2021 that 1% of desktop users will experiment with Bing as the default search engine. The study will last until early 2022 and is expected to be completed […]