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Bing Tests New News Card That Expands

Check out this neat new Bing Search test, where you can expand to see more news related content in the Bing search results. Ruben Gomez found a new Bing test where they are experimenting with showing a News card that expands and shows more news. Searching in Bing for news related...
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Bing Ads Reduces Campaign Reporting Lag To 1 Hour

Impression and click performance data is now delivered much faster. Bing Ads has been focused on improving platform performance over the year and today announced another improvement. Click and impression reporting data is now available up to the previous hour. Previously there...
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Bing Tests New “Favorites” Feature That Lets Users Bookmark Images

Still in beta, the new feature is available only for users signed in to their accounts on a desktop. Bing is testing a new “favorites” feature that lets users bookmark images when signed into their Bing accounts on a desktop. According to the announcement, as long as images are...
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Microsoft & Getty Images Announce Partnership & Drop Infringement Lawsuit Over Bing Images

On Monday, Getty Images dropped their lawsuit against Bing Images and on Tuesday they signed a new partnership deal with Microsoft. In September 2014, Getty Images sued Microsoft over alleged massive copyright infringement through the Bing Image Widget. Shortly after, Microsoft...
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Bing Reaches 20 Percent Search Market Share Milestone In US

Bing has hit 20 percent market share in the US according to new data from comScore. The slow and steady gains resulting in today’s milestone have come mostly at the expense of Search Alliance partner Yahoo. Indeed the two companies have effectively traded places. Yahoo was last...
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Bing Testing Recipe Data In Search Snippets

Bing is testing showing recipe schema markup in the search results. Bing is now testing showing recipe answers including the recipe overview, ingredients, steps and related recipes directly in the search results snippets. Jennifer Slegg spotted this test on Bing this morning and...
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Should You Bid On Brand Terms? Bing Ads Releases Studies On Retail And Travel Brands

Bing Ads analyzed where people click when a brand ad shows and doesn’t on brand search results pages. Bing ads has released more research on the much-debated topic of whether advertisers should bid on their brand terms in paid search. Following up on a study published last...
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The Ultimate Guide To Bing Webmaster Tools

Contributor John E Lincoln has put together this comprehensive guide to getting started with Bing Webmaster Tools. Bing has generally been great to SEOs and webmasters, and nowhere is this more apparent than with Bing Webmaster Tools. In many ways, Bing Webmaster Tools is...
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Bing Refreshes Video Search: Adds Bigger Thumbnail Images & Offers More Info

Video search results now include channel, upload date and view count details. Bing has upgraded its video search experience, adding larger thumbnail images and additional information for each video result, as well as moving “related searches” inline with the original search....
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Bing Ads iOS App Gets An Update, Goes Global & Android App Is On The Way

Latest iOS app is now available globally with more features. Team is looking for Android app pilot testers. Bing Ads debuted an app for iOS in April in the US. As of today, the app is now available in the App Store globally, and it includes several feature updates. The tea...