Bing Webmaster Tools (previously the ''Bing Webmaster Center'') is a free service as part of
Microsoft
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Bing
Bing most often refers to:
* Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer
* Microsoft Bing, a web search engine
Bing may also refer to:
Food and drink
* Bing (bread), a Chinese flatbread
* Bing (soft drink), a UK brand
* Bing cherry, a varie ...
search engine
A search engine is a software system designed to carry out web searches. They search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a ...
which allows
webmasters
A webmaster is a person responsible for maintaining one or more websites. The title may refer to web architects, web developers, site authors, website administrators, website owners, website coordinators, or website publishers.
The duties of ...
to add their websites to the
Bing
Bing most often refers to:
* Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer
* Microsoft Bing, a web search engine
Bing may also refer to:
Food and drink
* Bing (bread), a Chinese flatbread
* Bing (soft drink), a UK brand
* Bing cherry, a varie ...
index crawler, see their site's performance in Bing (clicks, impressions) and a lot more. The service also offers tools for webmasters to troubleshoot the crawling and
indexing of their website, submission of new URLs,
Sitemap
A sitemap is a list of pages of a web site within a domain.
There are three primary kinds of sitemap:
* Sitemaps used during the planning of a website by its designers.
* Human-visible listings, typically hierarchical, of the pages on a site.
* St ...
creation, submission and ping tools, website statistics, consolidation of content submission, and new content and community resources.
Features
Bing Webmaster Tools provides many features that can be accessed by webmasters after they verify the ownership of their websites using methods such as MetaTag verification, adding
CNAME record
A Canonical Name record (abbreviated as CNAME record) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that maps one domain name (an alias) to another (the canonical name).
This can prove convenient when running multiple services (li ...
to DNS entry, XML verification and
Domain Connect
Domain may refer to:
Mathematics
*Domain of a function, the set of input values for which the (total) function is defined
** Domain of definition of a partial function
**Natural domain of a partial function
**Domain of holomorphy of a function
*Do ...
.
It contains the following tools and features to support webmasters to access data and manage their websites on Bing:
*Submit Urls allows webmasters to submit thousands of URLs present in their website for faster indexing. The number of URLs they can submit can be as much as 10,000 URLs per day.
*Crawl issues allows webmasters to discover potential issues with their websites such as
File Not Found (404) errors, blocked by REP, long dynamic URLs, and unsupported content-types.
*Backlink data allows webmasters to access data about their referring links. Part of this feature was acquired from
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.
*Advanced filtering allows webmasters to quickly scope the results in their website reports to zoom into the data they need.
*Data download allows webmasters to access the first 1000 results in a
CSV file to analyze the results.
*Keyword search tool allows webmasters to explore new keywords.
*Robots.txt validator allows webmasters to check if their
robots.txt
The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to indicate to visiting web crawlers and other web robots which portions of the site they are allowed to visit.
Th ...
file meets the standard.
*Markup validator allows webmasters to check if their site meets
W3C standards.
*Sitemaps allows webmasters to check if Bing is viewing their sitemap correctly.
*Outbound links allows webmasters to see the outbound links Bing sees.
*Web search: Bing allows users to search the web for websites, images, videos, and other types of content.
*Map search: Bing Maps allows users to search for and explore maps and satellite images of locations around the world.
*News search: Bing News allows users to search for and read news articles from a variety of sources.
*Shopping search: Bing Shopping allows users to search for and compare prices on products from online retailers.
*Travel search: Bing Travel allows users to search for and book flights, hotels, and other travel-related services.
*Video search: Bing Video allows users to search for and watch videos from a variety of sources.
*Image search: Bing Image Search allows users to search for and view images from the web.
*Health search: Bing Health allows users to search for health-related information and resources.
*Finance search: Bing Finance allows users to search for financial information and news, including stock quotes and financial reports.
*Weather search: Bing Weather allows users to search for and view weather forecasts for locations around the world.
*Personalized search: Bing allows users to customize their search experience by saving their search history and preferences, and providing personalized search results based on their past searches and interests.
*Voice search: Bing allows users to perform searches using their voice, making it easier to find information on the go.
*Search suggestions: Bing provides search suggestions as you type, to help users find relevant results faster.
*Search filters: Bing allows users to filter search results by date, type, and other criteria to help narrow down the results and find what they're looking for.
*Translation: Bing Translator allows users to translate text or web pages into different languages, making it easier to find and understand information from around the world.
*Knowledge graph: Bing's knowledge graph displays information about a wide range of topics, including people, places, and events, to help users find more context and background information about their search queries.
*Bing Rewards: Bing Rewards is a program that rewards users for using Bing, with points that can be redeemed for various rewards.
See also
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Windows Live
Windows Live is a discontinued brand name for a set of web services and software products developed by Microsoft as part of its software-as-a-service platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were expose ...
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Microsoft Bing
Microsoft Bing (commonly known as Bing) is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service has its origins in Microsoft's previous search engines: MSN Search, Windows Live Search and later Live Search. Bing provides a variety ...
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Google Search Console
References
Verify Your Site With Bing Webmaster Tools
Rankmath
External links
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