Bing Webmaster Tools

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Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools
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Type of site
Webmaster portal
Owner Microsoft
URL www.bing.com/webmasters
LaunchedJune 3, 2009;16 years ago (2009-06-03)

Bing Webmaster Tools (previously the Bing Webmaster Center) is a free service as part of Microsoft's Bing search engine which allows webmasters to add their websites to the Bing 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 creation, submission and ping tools, website statistics, consolidation of content submission, and new content and community resources. [1]

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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 to DNS entry, XML verification and Domain Connect. [2]

It contains the following tools and features to support webmasters to access data and manage their websites on Bing: [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. Lincoln, John E. (2 July 2015). "The Ultimate Guide To Bing Webmaster Tools. Contributor John E Lincoln has put together this comprehensive guide to getting started with Bing Webmaster Tools". Search Engine Land.
  2. "Bing Webmaster Tools simplifies site verification using Domain Connect". Bing Blogs. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. Frye, Selena (9 November 2011). "Microsoft updates Bing Webmaster Tools. Microsoft Bing recently refreshed their Webmaster Tools after seeking feedback from the web master community. Have you tried them? Here are the major updates". TechRepublic.
  4. Crum, Chris (22 August 2012). "Bing Webmaster Tools Changes Site Activity Calculations". WebProNews.
  5. "Bing Revamps Their Webmaster Tools & Launches Partial Yahoo Site Explorer Replacement". Search Engine Land. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.