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Bing adds ‘trails near me’ search feature to find the perfect hike this summer
Aimed at outdoor enthusiasts, Bing's latest updates will also surface detailed info for local campsites and campgrounds in US national parks.
Bing updates its DMCA take-downs and copyright removal process
Bing Webmaster Tools gains a content removal section for viewing and appealing DMCA take-downs.
Bing refreshes weather search results with interactive slider to see forecasts throughout the day
Snowbirds can also get quick results for snow conditions at US ski resorts.
Bing gets in shape with search updates for exercise & healthy recipe-related queries
Just in time for New Year's resolutions, Bing is rolling out new health-conscious search experiences.
Bing’s top searches in 2016: Lady Gaga, iPhone 7 & video gamer DanTDM take top spots
While Bing ranked multiple topics -- everything from top searched celebrities to tech trends -- it didn't share its most popular search term for the year.
Google & Bing increase the file size limit of Sitemaps files
While the 50,000 URL limit has not changed, your Sitemaps file size can now be up to 50MB.
Bing local search update highlights business holiday hours in local listings
Local listings display accurate holiday hours in real time.
Bing’s latest search features include a look at the stars, molecule models & virtual Rubik’s Cube
Bing has rolled out new educational-themed search results aimed at helping students and teachers.
Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searches
According to the announcement, Bing's updated RTBF policy for the EU will use location-based signals to remove relevant URLs on all versions of Bing.
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Bing confirms testing Twitter results in search results listings
Bing is testing a partnership with Twitter to show tweets in their search results listing pages, similar to how Google displays them.
Why SEOs should not ignore Bing Webmaster Tools
Most of us have used Google Search Console, but many SEOs ignore Bing Webmaster Tools. Columnist Tony Edward argues that we should not overlook this rich source of data.
Microsoft partners with HackerRank to deliver executable code in Bing search
Bing's group engineering manager for UX features and shared tools calls the new feature a Rosetta-stone model for programming languages.
Bing’s “Search Wave” Showcases Search Volume For 2016 Presidential Candidates
In preparation for tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries, Bing rolled out a new tool that determines the top-searched candidates.
Bing Boasts Continuous Updates To Their Search Engine Daily
Bing deploys multiple updates per day in an effort to constantly improve the search results and features.
Bing Top Trends In 2015: Serena Williams, Refugee Crisis & Pluto Searches Surge
Bing says 51 percent of searches for professional tennis players were for Serena Williams.
Bing Gears Up For 2016 Elections: Launches Candidate Pages, Political Index & Timeline
Bing says its "Election 2016" search experience is the first of several election-related features the site plans on rolling out.
Top Searches On Bing In 2015: Caitlyn Jenner, Tom Brady & Paris
Microsoft released this year's top Bing searches for celebrities, athletes, news stories and a number of other categories.
Bing Launches Their Mobile-Friendly Testing Tool
A year after Google launched their mobile-friendly testing tool, Bing has launched their own similar version, the Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool.
Bing Brings On Halloween With a Spooky Map, Cortana Costume Suggestions & A Horror Movie Game
Ask Cortana "What should I wear for Halloween?" or "Guess the horror movie" to play Bing's Halloween-themed game.
Duane Forrester, Bing’s Webmaster Outreach, Announces He Is Leaving Microsoft
After being fired and then rehired from Bing within a year, Microsoft's Duane Forrester announces he is leaving the company.
Bing To Retire Link Explorer Tool Within Bing Webmaster Tools On October 1, 2015
After Bing launched Link Explorer to replace Yahoo Site Explorer, they have now decided to shut it down in 15 days.
Bing To Warn Searchers Of Fake Online Pharmacies
Bing promises to warn searchers of fake and potentially harmful online pharmacy websites by teaming up with the FDA.
Bing: The Drop In Organic Referrals Due To Bing’s Search Encryption Roll Out
Bing says the drop in organic traffic you see in your analytics might be related to their HTTPS migration. Expect the drop to continue as they push more searchers over encrypted search.
Bing Search Traffic Declining? You’re Not Alone — It May Be An Analytics Issue.
Did you notice a huge drop in your Bing search traffic? You are not alone. It may be an analytics issue.
Bing To Encrypt Searches By Default & Referrer Data To Go Not Provided This Summer
Not Provided is about to expand when Bing goes HTTPS over the summer, ultimately blocking query data in the referrer path.
Bing Begins Building Index Of Native App Content Through App Indexing
Bing is now building an index of app content from iOS, Android and Windows 10 apps. Soon they will begin showing relevant apps in their mobile search results.
Bing Will Roll Out Their Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm In The Upcoming Months
Following Google's lead, Bing announces they will launch a mobile friendly algorithm, but this one won't be any Mobilegeddon.
Bing Testing Recipe Data In Search Snippets
Bing is testing showing recipe schema markup in the search results.
Bing Providing Detailed Answers From Third-Party Web Sites Like Google
Bing is now providing long form answers taken from third-party web sites.
Bing Adds Mobile-Friendly Label To Their Mobile Search Results
Bing has been hush about showing a "mobile friendly" label in their mobile search results. Is more to come from Bing around mobile-friendly ranking?
Bing May Remove Navigation To Additional Search Result Pages
Bing is so confident in some of their search results that they will remove the pagination to additional search result pages.
Duane Forrester Returns To Bing After Being Laid Off From Microsoft Two Months Ago
Bing re-hires Duane Forrester after letting him go two months ago. Duane Forrester will be working in basically the same role as before.
Bing Search Adds AMBER Alerts
Bing sources data from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children databases for their new AMBER alert box.
Bing: Content Quality Is A Primary Ranking Factor Made Up Of Authority, Utility & Presentation
Michael Basilyan, Senior Program Manager from the Bing Content Quality Team, shared a nice set of details on the Bing blog about how Bing’s algorithms determine what makes for content quality. Michael Basilyan explained that content quality is a primary factor in their ranking algorithm, along with topical relevance and context. Michael then went on […]
Bing Has Seen Tiny Number Of “Right to Be Forgotten” Requests So Far
Reputation VIP, which operates the Forget.me website in Europe, has said that Microsoft/Bing is starting to implement “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests. The company released a study of RTBF requests and Google in October, which was generally consistent with Google’s own subsequently released data. Forget.me said initially that 60 percent of RTBF requests to Google were being denied. Google itself reported 58 percent. […]
Bing Reveals Some Mobile Ranking Techniques & Relevancy Factors
Mir Rosenberg from the Bing Mobile Relevancy team posted some of the “factors at play” when it comes to how Bing determines mobile relevance and ranking in the mobile results. As you know, a couple weeks ago, Bing announced new mobile crawlers to help them discover and understand different forms of mobile content. Now, Bing […]
Bing Adds New Crawlers To Support Non-Responsive Mobile Designs
Bing announced a new set of mobile crawlers with Bingbot Mobile User Agents to better support and recognize mobile websites that are not responsively designed. Lee Xiong from the Bing Crawl team explained Bing has designed these new crawlers to “probe websites with a number of new crawlers with the aim to give us the best […]
Bing: No Plans To Give Ranking Boost For HTTPS
At Search Marketing Expo, Bing’s Vincent Wehren, the Lead Program Manager for Bing Webmaster Tools, said they have no plans on ever giving a ranking boost to websites that switch to HTTPS. In August, Google began giving sites that use HTTPS a ranking boost as a bit of an incentive to webmasters for helping secure […]
Bing Released A URL Keyword Stuffing Spam Filtering That Impacted Three-Percent Of Queries
Igor Rondel, the Principal Development Manager of the Bing Index Quality, posted on the Bing Search Blog news that they released a spam filter a “few months” ago that impacted about 3% of all search queries. The spam filter was aimed at URL keyword stuffing. Igor Rondel it targeted spammers stuffing keywords in the URL […]