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Microsoft Bing usage and revenue stats (new data)
Interesting Bing user stats. Includes data on visits, revenue, market share and more.
Fabrice Canel retires from Microsoft Bing after legendary career
Canel worked at Microsoft for about 30 years and was responsible for indexing, Bing Webmaster Tools, IndexNow and the foundation of Bing Search.
Bing Webmaster Tools updates AI reporting with Intents, Topics, Citation Share and Compare
Microsoft said this is beginning to roll out in preview within Bing Webmaster Tools globally today.
Microsoft releases Web IQ, powered by Bing but designed for how AI-agents search
Microsoft releases a search service just for AI-agents, because agents search differently from humans.
Microsoft: AI answers need a smarter search index
AI search is pushing indexes beyond relevance, with Bing focusing on facts, attribution, and confidence before answers are generated.
Bing Webmaster Tools teases new AI reporting updates
These include citation share, grounding query intent, and GEO-focused recommendations.
Bing Webmaster Tools now links AI queries to cited pages
Bing now lets you click a query to view cited pages or a page to see its grounding queries, with multiple queries and pages linked together.
Bing Webmaster Tools officially adds AI Performance report
New insights include total citations, average cited pages, grounding queries, page-level citation activity, and visibility trends over time.
Google & Bing don’t recommend separate markdown pages for LLMs
This is a heated debate now, but it seems that the major search engines are not recommending this "strategy."
Microsoft rolls out multi-turn search in Bing
Bing's new multi-turn search is now global. As you scroll, a Copilot box appears at the bottom so follow-ups build on the last query.
Bing Webmaster Tools testing new AI Performance report
Sadly, it does not show you clicks, so you still have no idea what your click-through rate is from AI search results.
Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout and Brand Agents
These new agentic experiences were showcased at the NRF 2026 conference.
Microsoft Bing explains how duplicate content hurts AI search visibility
Duplicate or similar content on your site makes it hard for AI search engines to interpret your intent signals.
Bing tests Google-style “Sponsored results” grouping
Bing’s new grouped “Sponsored results” format could drive higher unintentional ad engagement by blending paid listings more seamlessly into search results.
Microsoft brings AI Search to Copilot with emphasis on citations
Microsoft said the Copilot responses now include "prominent, clickable citations and the option to see aggregated sources."
Microsoft Bing finally supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute
Bing catches up to Google, letting you block content from snippets and AI answers without impacting page ranking or visibility in search.
New Bing Places for Business is live
A new interface, new URL, new commendations and more are now live in the updated Bing Places for Business.
Bing Webmaster Tools now with 24 months of data, filters by country and device, and keyword trendlines
Bing Webmaster Tools has added some useful upgrades.
IndexNow helps with faster indexing of product updates and shopping ads
Plus, Amazon and Shopify both now support IndexNow.
10 ways to leverage generative AI for advanced SEO
Explore 10 advanced AI strategies for technical SEO, content, and UX – from LangChain agents to multimodal tactics.
Microsoft officially launches Copilot Search in Bing
After testing this for a couple of months, the new way to see curated answers in Bing Search is live.
Indexing and SEO: 9 steps to get your content indexed by Google and Bing
No indexing = no visibility. Follow these steps to get your content indexed and boost your presence in search results.
Microsoft Bing/Copilot use schema for its LLMs
Fabrice Canel confirmed that Microsoft does use schema markup to help its LLMs learn and understand.
Bing Webmaster Tools Copilot feature now available to all users
This was initially available to only 10,000 trusted testers in December, and now Microsoft is opening it up to everyone.
Bing Webmaster Tools Search Performance reports gains comparisons
You can now compare clicks, impressions, CTR, keywords, and pages across dates in the performance reports.
Microsoft Bing testing Copilot Search
Is this the next version of Bing Search or AI Search?
How to build a search engine to disrupt Google
Here’s how combining cutting-edge tech, human curation, and a creator-focused business model could challenge Google’s dominance.
Microsoft reverts Bing Image Creator update amid complaints
Microsoft brings back an older AI model after failing to deliver higher quality AI-generated images more quickly via Bing Image Creator.
SEO noise vs. SEO signals: Distilling what truly impacts rankings
Google updates and industry buzz can cloud SEO strategy. Learn to separate the distractions from the essentials.
Bing Image Creator is now directly in Bing search and faster
Bing Image Creator now uses a newer model, has more ways to create images, lets you share your creations and has a fresh new design.
Bing Search gets faster, more accurate and efficient through SLM models and TensorRT-LLM
Bing's search team said it "trained SLM models (~100x throughput improvement over LLM), which process and understand search queries more precisely."
ChatGPT’s search surge: 1% market share predicted by 2025
ChatGPT today just made ChatGPT search now available to all free ChatGPT users. Could this help further fuel adoption of ChatGPT search?
Bing officially removes cache link from search results
This comes after Google removed the cache link in February.
Bing Webmaster Tools releases Copilot beta
Microsoft has rolled out Copilot within Bing Webmaster Tools to 10,000 of its top users.
SEO reality check: 13 hard-hitting truths you need to hear
Insights into today’s SEO landscape, from the value of brand authority to the SERPs' evolution and why AI-powered search demands new skills.
ChatGPT Search makes Microsoft Bing an SEO priority
Here’s why Microsoft Bing is about to become your new SEO sidekick in 2025 – and how to make the most of it.
Bing Webmaster Tools gains recommendations, 16 months of data and previews Copilot integration
Recommendations enhances top insights and it previously offered up to 6 months of data.
Microsoft working on simplifying Bing
Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, said they "unshipped 27 features" in Bing.
Bing expands generative search experience and Deep Search
Bing generative search experience now works for informational queries.
Reddit CEO to Microsoft and AI search engines: Pay for our content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman does not believe all web content – especially theirs – is free for AI models and search engines to crawl and use.