Bing Search, as well as Yahoo Search which is powered by results from Bing, has gone down, with “Bing Services Not Available Now” showing up when someone goes to Bing.com. The service went down about 11:25 PST and was back up at 11:45 PST. Yahoo Search was initially showing their regular search results page with […]
Duane Forrester Starts His New Job… At Bing
Duane Forrester was recently laid off from Bing in the last round of Microsoft layoffs. Hot on the heels of winning the Search Personality of the Year at the US Search Awards, many were pretty surprised that his role was eliminated, as he was one of the most visible people to webmasters from Bing. Now, […]
Facebook Drops Bing as Search Results Provider
Facebook has dropped Bing as their search partner on the social media platform, a move that went largely unnoticed. Facebook recently changed how their search functionality works, to allow users to be able to search for specific posts, rather than just finding specific people, groups are pages. However, no one seemed to notice that Bing […]
Bing Search Added to Microsoft Word Online as Insights for Office
Bing is expanding their search footprint by adding a new search functionality to Microsoft Office, also known as “Insights for Office”. Users can now search directly from a search box within Word Online. The search bar appears in the same line as the menu bars, complete with a yellow light bulb symbol. Interestingly though, it […]
Tracking Online Coupons & Promotions Through Pay Per Click
In the shopping world, price comparison runs rampant and one of the best features a business can highlight is cost savings. To accomplish this goal, businesses use discounts, sales, specials and promotions. Most e-commerce websites offer coupons or discounts periodically, and these deals are frequently applied to online and in-store shopping. Today’s lesson in e-commerce […]
The Bing Ads Campaign Planner Tool – Search Geeks Rejoice!
Fresh out of the ovens of the Bing Ads products lab comes the Bing Ads Campaign Planner tool. This campaign optimization gem is accessible from the tools tab in the Bing Ads UI and provides keyword, product and category-level insight. Read on to get the insider’s information on what the Campaign Planner tool brings to […]
Bing Ads Testing Double PPC Ads for Same Advertiser, Both at Top & Bottom of Search Results
Many advertisers would love to show more than one ad on a single search result page. However, this been against the rules for both Google AdWords and Bing Ads. Otherwise, there are some advertisers that would love to block out every ad unit position with their own ads for very competitive search queries. If you […]
Bing Ads Testing Green Ad Backgrounds in Top & Bottom Ads in Search Results
Bing is testing a green background in their ads in the Bing search results that appear above and below the organic search listings. This change is not exactly new, however it has not been seen for quite some time, after initially testing it back in October 2013. It also has the grey border on the […]
Bing Ads Testing Alerts That Show How Many Visitors an Advertiser’s Site Has Received
Generally speaking, from a consumer perspective, people have more trust in sites they recognize. Bing Ads is taking this a step forward by showing the popularity of advertiser’s websites by displaying the number of times that particular advertiser’s site has been visited in the past month, to help guide a searcher to sites that are […]
Bing Ads Testing Category, Brand Product Names & Features Line with Smart Annotations
Bing Ads is testing a new feature in ads that appear above the Bing search results, displaying related categories for the ad. These are officially called “Smart Annotations”. The category listings appear between the single line of ad text and the site links. The categories cannot be clicked on, and seem to be there for […]