Is Your Website Connected to Bing?
Bing is Microsoft’s search engine.
Like Google, Bing provides website owners with tools for monitoring their website in search results. These tools are called Bing Webmaster Tools.
Bing allows website owners to verify their website and then access information about crawling, indexing and search performance.
Why does this matter?
Google isn’t the only search engine.
Bing is also used by people to find websites online, so it is useful to make sure your website is properly registered with Bing.
Bing Webmaster Tools can help you identify things such as:
- Crawling problems
- Indexing problems
- SEO issues
- Markup problems
- Search performance
- Problems with individual URLs
Bing also provides a URL Inspection tool that can show whether a page can be crawled and indexed.
What does our health check look for?
Our health check looks at your website for the Bing Webmaster verification tag.
If the tag is found, the check passes.
If it cannot find the tag, the check gives you a warning.
Does passing this check mean I’m appearing in Bing?
No.
Just like the Google check, this check only confirms that a Bing verification signal exists.
It does not guarantee that your website has been indexed or is appearing in Bing search results.
What should I do if this check fails?
Set up your website in Bing Webmaster Tools and verify ownership.
Bing provides several verification methods and gives you the verification information from your Webmaster Tools account.
If you don’t know how to do this, your web developer or hosting provider can help.
In simple terms
This check makes sure your website has been verified with Bing. It doesn’t guarantee that your website appears in Bing search results.