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3 differences between Bing Ads Scripts and Google Scripts you need to know

First off, can I get a shout from the rooftop that Scripts are now officially available to everyone on Bing Ads? Scripts are a powerful tool that use JavaScript coding that can make changes to or report on pretty much anything with your paid search account. They can do everything...
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Apple Trails Samsung in Smartphone Market—And Won’t Catch Up in 2018

History has a knack for repeating itself. More than 100 years ago, Ford dominated with mass-produced automobiles until GM, and others eventually caught up. Apple OWNED the smartphone market with the 2007 iPhone launch, but Samsung and others out-innovated the giant to nab big...
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Bing Hotel Search, Home Repair Search & Deal Search Gets A Boost

Bing announced Friday some new features are hotel searches, home repair searches and finding good deals using Bing search. I covered it on Search Engine Land but this was a big list of changes, it is worth covering here too. Here is a quick summary, unlike what I posted on SEL...
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Bing Ads brand CPC taking the elevator — up

Looking for options to hold down brand CPC on Bing Ads? Contributor Andy Taylor shares strategies for those programs observing significant increases. Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about the bizarre Q4 rise of brand text ad cost per click (CPC) on Google, following a Q3 in which...
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Bing Ads Editor adds labels for Mac users & other features for Windows users

The latest versions of Bing Ads Editor for Mac and Windows have new features. Bing Ads is releasing some additional productivity and time-saving tools for users managing their campaigns via Bing Ads Editor. Already available in the Windows version of Editor, label management are...
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‘Bing spotlight’ offers a news hub for information on evolving stories, powered by AI and human editors

Bing is tackling news with a new feature that showcases a timeline of how a story has evolved, different perspectives from news sources and related social media posts on a topic. Bing announced Monday a new way to deliver information around “impactful stories that evolve over a...
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Bing Ads Automatic Imports With Google AdWords Live

Bing Ads announced a new feature that lets you automatically import your Google AdWords data into your Bing Ads campaigns. It is called “automatic imports” and it is basically a one way sync from Google AdWords to your Bing Ads campaigns. Bing wrote: With this new...
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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 announced they have updated their process for handling copyright removals and DMCA take-down requests. The Bing webmaster tools team said they have “streamlined the copyright...
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Bing improves visual search, adds educational carousel, American Sign Language and NFL answers

Microsoft’s search engine adds a robust image search feature and educational results just in time for the school year. Bing on Tuesday highlighted several new features rolled out in search over the past few months, including its most compelling feature, the intelligent...
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Bing Knowledge Panels Cite Sources & Can Pull From Facebook & YouTube

Brodie Clark posted on Twitter that he found it interesting that Bing would show Facebook as a source of information for their knowledge graph. Microsoft and Facebook do have a partnership, of course. But still. Here is the example he used, where the knowledge panel for [portion...