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Bing Webmaster Tools gets a new robots.txt tester
Here is another tool you can use from Bing to see how BingBot can or cannot access your web pages.
Bing published WordPress plugin to submit content immediately to Bing’s search index
You can now get your WordPress content indexed immediately using Bing Webmaster Tools plugin.
Bing updates its Webmaster Guidelines
These new Bing guidelines discuss the fundamental principles behind how Bing crawls, indexes and ranks content - make sure to review them.
Bing supports rel=sponsored & rel=ugc
You can use the rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored" or rel="ugc" attributes, to "prevent the links from being followed by a crawler and from potentially impacting search rankings.
Bing’s search ranking factors; relevance, quality & credibility, user engagement, freshness, location and page load time
Want to know how Bing ranks web pages? Here is how Bing describes it within its own guidelines.
Bing brings visual search to product ads
Currently available for clothing and shoes, users can upload an image or click on a product result to shop for visually similar items.
What’s Digital Commerce Advertising and what tools can help?
A convergence of phenomena in interactive advertising and retail are contributing to growth in this category.
Martech Spotlight: How Kenshoo does digital commerce ad management
At a time when digital commerce is more important than ever, we're profiling vendors that help retailers scale their ads on e-commerce marketplaces.
Bing Webmaster Tools new Site Scan feature finds SEO issues
New goodies are in Bing Webmaster Tools; first we got a competitive link tool and now a new SEO audit tool.
Bing Webmaster Tools now gives you competitive link data
You do not need to have the site verified to see the site's link profile in Bing Webmaster Tools.
Technical SEO for Shopify: A guide to optimizing your store for search engines
How to address the technical limitations in Shopify to improve your store’s search visibility.
Bing can now answer queries with a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’
The yes/no summary uses natural-language modeling and comes with a carousel of sources.
Bing migrates Submit URL, Block URL and Crawl Control to the new Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools will be fully revamped by July, Bing’s Fabrice Canel said at SMX London.
Microsoft: Search, LinkedIn ad revenue took a big hit due to COVID-19
Search advertising grew by just 1% in the third-quarter of fiscal year 2020. That could spell opportunity for some advertisers.
Google shouldn’t pause algorithm updates during the pandemic, expert SEOs say [Video]
While it’s not business as usual, search engines need to continue to help users, provide vital resources and fight against misinformation.
Considering software to manage your digital commerce advertising? Here’s what you need to know.
There's more tech than ever to help you scale up ads on Amazon, Walmart and other commerce platforms.
Local businesses can solicit GoFundMe donations via Bing Places
The donate feature is currently available for new GoFundMe campaigns, with support for existing fundraisers coming in the next few weeks.
To push or fetch site content: How Google and Bing diverge [Video]
Former Googler Pedro Dias explains why he thinks pushing content directly to search engines makes sense in this clip from Live with Search Engine Land.
SMX Overtime: Schema and structured data — hidden gold for SEOs
Technical SEO Chris Long discusses the benefits of schema, MREIDs and markup for e-commerce category pages and more.
The White House wants us to use Schema for COVID-19 announcements
Private sector businesses are also urged to use the new “SpecialAnnouncement” and “eventAttendanceMode” tags when appropriate.
Microsoft Advertising adds ‘Include in Conversions’, view-through conversion options
The two new conversion goal options offer more flexibility in evaluating and optimizing conversion performance of Search and Audience Network campaigns.
Bing adds CDC coronavirus self-checker chatbot to search results pages
Users can interact with the self-checker to assess their symptoms right from the search results.
Bing adds snippet controls to help sites control their search result previews
Google began supporting these new controls last September and now Bing adds control for snippets.
Replay: 8 takeaways for B2B advertisers in the time of COVID-19
B2B marketers are facing particular challenges during this time with disruption to analytics, audiences and ABM programs and supply chains.
Paid search ad copy strategies during coronavirus
Why you should re-examine your PPC ad messaging now.
Desktop search is rising amid the work-from-home surge
Device usage is just one way consumer behavior is changing during the pandemic, says Microsoft Advertising.
Bing adopts SpecialAnnouncement structured data for COVID-19
The SpecialAnnouncement markup can be applied to coronavirus-related business, travel, health agency and testing center updates.
Bing launches new portal for URL and content submission APIs
Check out this new site from Bing to find everything you need to know about the two APIs.
A look at Google’s recent COVID-19 related policies in search
It’s critical for all search engines to pull together to thwart bad actors and provide accurate information consumers need during a crisis.
Yahoo and other Verizon-owned search sites favor Verizon media properties [Study]
Study compared rankings for the same queries across six Bing-powered search sites, including Bing itself.
Schema.org adds coronavirus-related structured data types in version 7.0
“SpecialAnnouncement” and “eventAttendanceMode” can help businesses provide event updates in the search results.
‘Made in USA’ ad extensions spotted on Bing
The latest automated extension test from Microsoft Advertising.
Bing announces refreshed Bing Webmaster Tools
In the coming weeks, a new Bing Webmaster Tools will make for a faster, cleaner, responsive and actionable toolset for SEOs and webmasters.
Introducing the Periodic Table of Digital Commerce Marketing
Packing an astonishing amount of information into an easy-to-digest visual, it's well worth the download.
Conditional IF functions now available in all Microsoft Advertising accounts
Scale expanded text ad messaging by device or audience -- works with Google import, too.
Filter, sort, bulk manage product groups in Microsoft Shopping soon
Scripts are also coming to Shopping campaigns in Microsoft Advertising.
Botify partnership with Microsoft brings real-time content indexing to Bing
Immediate indexing and more control over content are the benefits for publishers and site owners.
Microsoft Advertising to deprecate average position after all
The change brings position reporting in line with Google Ads.
3 Easy steps to complete your annual PPC checkup
Use these techniques to make sure your PPC accounts are in great shape all year long.
Responsive search ads available globally in all Microsoft Advertising interfaces
Microsoft recommends running up to five ads per ad group, including at least one RSA.