Microsoft’s Bing search engine has turned five this week. There are good reasons for some birthday celebrations at Microsoft. The company has created a solid competitor to Google, grown its market share and created a search platform for other Microsoft products. But when it comes to mindshare, Bing is still far behind rivaling Google as […]

If you try to access Bing Mobile at m.bing.com, you will be presented with an error message. The error will read: The page you want isn’t available We’re working to restore service as soon as possible. The server error code also returns a major error, specifically a 503 error code which means the service is […]

It didn’t take long for Bing’s new Image Widget to come under fire for alleged copyright infringement. The feature, which enables online publishers to display photos pulled in by the Bing search engine, rolled out Aug. 22. Today, Getty Images filed suit in a New York federal court claiming that it’s a “massive infringement” of […]

Advertisers can create new Expanded Text Ads in Bing Ads or import them from Google AdWords. After running Expanded Text Ads (ETAs) in beta beginning in late August, Bing Ads rolled out ETAs to all markets on Tuesday. Advertisers can now set up and launch the longer text ad format in the web UI or the Bing Ads Editor […]

A funky thing happened today on Bing. Depending on your location, it appears, Bing returned search results with either nearly all ads or the opposite, just organic results. All Paid With the exception of image search results and related search suggestions, the only results on a search for “jeans” were ads.  Below is a desktop […]

Bing Ads has been rolling out bulk editing capabilities within the web interface over the past few months. Today, more options became available. Bulk bid and destination editing are both relatively new additions, and now advertisers can edit keyword match types in bulk. At the ad group level, bids can be set or adjusted up […]

If you were searching for a celebrity on Bing this year, there’s a good chance you were looking for Kim Kardashian. Using data from Bing Trends, the site released its most popular searches of 2014, listing everything from top celebrity, athlete and news story searches to the Top Ten ice bucket challenges, and vacation destination […]

Michael Basilyan, Senior Program Manager from the Bing Content Quality Team, shared a nice set of details on the Bing blog about how Bing’s algorithms determine what makes for content quality. Michael Basilyan explained that content quality is a primary factor in their ranking algorithm, along with topical relevance and context. Michael then went on […]

Check out the new updated Bing mobile app that has a fully redesigned home screen and new features to make searching on the go more enjoyable. Bing announced they pushed out a new update to their iOS app adding a redesigned home screen, trending topics via a swipe pull out and easier navigation. They also added Bing Translate integration […]

The rebrand includes new logos, and Give with Bing is now available in seven markets. George Nguyen on October 5, 2020 at 4:17 pm Microsoft has rebranded Bing, the company announced Monday, to incorporate the parent name. The now-dubbed “Microsoft Bing” also has a new logo. The company also announced an expansion of Give with Bing, an extension of […]