Bing Ads Goes Live In Australia And New Zealand

After months of planning, today Microsoft announced the launch of Bing Ads in Australia and New Zealand. In a joint partnership with Mi9, joint venture between Microsoft and Nine Entertainment Co. The addition of Bing Ads gives Mi9 its first foray into search advertising.

Steve Geelan, National Sales Director, MMN & Bing at Mi9 said in a statement, “Bing is very much the challenger search brand in Australia, so we’re excited to be able to work with Microsoft to bring this advertising platform to market. Competition is necessary in any industry to keep it healthy.”

Microsoft claims 3 million of Bing’s 5.5 million Australian and New Zealand users are unique to the engine — meaning they don’t use Google. Bing Ads does not include Yahoo in Australia and New Zealand.

Bing Ads added Brazil to its list of countries served earlier this month. The platform is currently available in 27 countries with another 5 planned to launch soon. Microsoft has plans to expand the ad platform to an additional 16 countries.

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Ginny Marvin was Third Door Media’s former Editor-in-Chief (October 2018 to December 2020), running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.