Bing has announced a change active in their search results for US searchers that displays a warning when someone attempts to click through to a pharmacy that has been cited by the FDA. Here is what the new warning looks like when someone clicks through to an FDA cited pharmacy. When a user clicks on […]
Bing Ads for iOS Updated & Android App Beta Available
Bing Ads has updated their Bing Ads for iOS with multiple new features and something else just as requested – worldwide support. And if you are an Android user, they have also announced it is available for beta testing. Bing Ads has updated their performance graphs, something that users have been wanting to see since […]
Bing Adds Movie Lyrics to Search Results
Another search engine is aiming to take a bite out of the lyric website business. Bing has begin showing lyrics in the search results when someone performs a search for “<song title> lyrics.” Perhaps most notably, they show the entire song lyrics on the search results page. Here is an example of how it appears. […]
Bing Also Adds Quotes for Authors & Celebrities to Search Results
Bing is stepping into the quote game, following Google’s lead into the field. Google recently added knowledge cards to their search results highlighting famous quotes from authors and various celebrities. Bing is now testing their own, but in a slightly different format. Bing is also displaying quotes in a knowledge card, but instead of a […]
Bing’s Featured Snippets Asking “Is This Answer Helpful?”
Bing has been testing their own version of featured snippets for a very small set of search queries. They appear to be expanding it slightly, but also asking for feedback. When one of the featured snippets displays, it also features two bright blue icons, one for thumbs up and one for thumbs down, so users […]
Bing Adds Their Own Movie Review Knowledge Cards
Bing really, really, really wants you to know the rating for a movie by highlighting it in very large text in this movie review knowledge card that has started showing up in their search results. They show the identical three review sources that Google also uses in their own knowledge cards. The number they are […]
Bing Adds TripAdvisor Reviews to Search Results for Hotels & Attractions
Bing is stepping up their game in local travel by adding reviews from TripAdvisor into their search results when people search for specific hotels and attractions. Here are some examples for hotel searches. And here is an example of a theme park also showing the TripAdvisor reviews. It is worth noting that when these TripAdvisor […]
Bing Showcases Yelp Reviews in Search Results
If you are looking for reviews of a restaurant or business, Bing has you covered as they have added a new Yelp review box to their search results which highlight Yelp reviews when you search for “<business name> reviews” in Bing. Here is how it looks when you do a search for “<restaurant name> reviews.” […]
Bing Ads Adding Title Tag from Ad’s Landing Page to Ad Copy
Another day, another new Bing Ads test. This one showcases the company’s official homepage title tag within the ad copy, which in this case includes both the URL plus a description, which is identical to the title tag on the company’s landing page. The example we spotted was for Volkswagen, the same company we spotted […]
Bing Adds Download Links to Knowledge Panel for Software Searches
Bing is now adding download links to their knowledge panel for software searches. Bing lists two sources for each of the downloads, including both the official source for the download as well as CNET. However, one of the issues many people will have is that Bing is recommending CNET / Download.com as the second source […]