Windows 10: New options for webmasters to control their snippets at Bing

Brink · Apr 8, 2020

Weâre excited to announce, webmasters will have more tools than ever to control the snippets that preview their site on the Bing results page.

For a long time, the Bing search results page has shown site previews that include text snippets, image or video. These snippets, images or videos preview are to help users gauge if a site is relevant to what theyâre looking to find out, or if thereâs perhaps a more relevant search result for them to click on.

The webmasters owning these sites have had some control over these text snippets; for example, if they think the information theyâre providing might be fragmented or confusing when condensed into a snippet, they may ask search engines to show no snippet at all so users click through to the site and see the information in its full context. Now, with these new features, webmasters will have more control than ever before to determine how their site is represented on the Bing search results page.
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Brink · Apr 8, 2020

Announcing the new Bing Webmaster Tools

Over the last few months, we have heard from the webmaster ecosystem that Bing Webmaster Tools user interface is slow and outdated. With our user first focus, we have taken your feedback and have been working on modernizing the tools. We are delighted to announce the first iteration of refreshed Bing Webmaster Tools portal.

The refreshed portal is being built with key principles of - keeping the design simple with the tools being Faster, Cleaner, more Responsive and Actionable.

We have updated the backend datastore to improve the data extraction and redesigned the user experience to make it more user friendly and intuitive. Keeping the need of users in mind, the portal is also device responsive so that it provides the flexibility to the users to access it across devices.

In the first iteration, the new portal will have 3 key features,

Backlinks - The Inbound Links report in the current portal is integrated with the Disavow links tool to become the new Backlinks report in the refreshed portal.

Search Performance - Page Traffic and Search Keywords reports are also integrated as one and are a part of the new Search Performance report.

Sitemaps - The Sitemaps page is the refreshed Sitemaps page of the current portal

We are releasing the new portal to a select set of users this week and will be rolling out to all users by 1st week of march. To access the new portal, sign-in to Bing Webmaster Tools and navigate to Sitemaps, Inbound Links, Page Traffic or Search Keywords reports and click on the links to open the new portal.

Over the next few months, we will focus on moving all the functionalities to the new portal. During the transition, the users will be able to use the current and new pages simultaneously for a short period. We will be deprecating the functionality from the old portal in a few weeks immediately after its inclusion in the new portal. We will strive to make this transition seamless and exciting for our users.

The Bing Webmaster APIs will stay the same so users using our webmaster API to get their data programmatically do not have to make any changes.

Reach out to us and share feedback on Twitter and Facebook and let us know how you feel about the new Bing Webmaster Tools. If you encounter any issues, please raise a service ticket with our support team.

Regards,
The Bing Webmaster Tools team
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Source: Announcing the new Bing Webmaster Tools | Webmaster Blog

Brink · Apr 8, 2020

Bing Webmaster Tools simplifies site verification using Domain Connect

In order to submit site information to Bing or to get performance report or access diagnostic tools, webmasters need to verify their site ownership in Bing Webmaster Tools. Traditionally Bing Webmaster Tools support three verification options,

Option 1: XML file authentication

Option 2: Meta tag authentication

Option 3: Add a CNAME record to DNS

Options 1 and 2 requires webmaster to access the site source code to complete the site verification. With Option 3, webmaster can avoid access to site source code but need to access the domain hosting account to edit the CNAME record to hold the verification code provided by Bing Webmaster Tools. To simplify option 3, we announce the support for Domain Connect open standard that will allow webmasters to seamlessly verify their site in Bing Webmaster Tools.

Domain Connect is an open standard that makes it easy for a user to configure DNS for a domain running at a DNS provider (e.g. GoDaddy, 1&1 Ionos, etc) to work with a Service running at an independent Service Provider (e.g. Bing, O365, etc). The protocol presents a simple experience to the user, isolating them from the details of DNS settings and its complexity.

Bing Webmaster Tools verification using Domain Connect is already live for users whose domain is hosted with following DNS providers

Bing webmaster tools will gradually integrate this capability with other DNS providers that support Domain Connect open standard.

Quick guide on how to use Domain Connect feature to verify your site in Bing Webmaster Tools:

Step 1: Open a Bing Webmaster Tools account

You can open a free Bing Webmaster Tools account by going to the Bing Webmaster Tools sign-in or sign-up page. You can sign up using Microsoft, Google or Facebook account.

Step 2: Add your website

Once you have a Bing Webmaster Tools account, you can add sites to your account. You can do so by entering the URL of your site into the Add a Site input box and clicking Add.

Step 3: Check if your site is supported for Domain Connect protocol

When you Add the website information, Bing Webmaster Tools will do background check to identify if that domain/ website is hosted on DNS provider that has integrated Domain Connect solution with Bing Webmaster Tools. Following view will show in case the site is supported –

In case the site is not supported for Domain Connect protocol then user will see the default verification options as mentioned in top of this blog.

Step 4: Verify using DNS provider credentials

On click of Verify, user will be redirected to DNS provider site. Webmaster should sign-in using the account credentials associated with domain/ website under verification.

On successful sign-in, user site will be successfully verified by Bing webmaster tools within few seconds. In certain cases, it may take longer for DNS provider to send the site ownership signal to Bing webmaster tool service.

Using the new verification options will significantly reduce the time taken and simplify the site verification process in Bing Webmaster Tools. We encourage you to try out this solution and get more users for your sites on Bing via Bing Webmaster Tools.

In case you face any challenges using this solution you can raise a service ticket with our support team.
We are building another solution to further simplify the site verification process and help webmasters to easily add and verify their site in Bing Webmaster Tools. Watch this space for more!

Additional reference:
Domain Connect extension - Plesk
https://www.godaddy.com/engineering/2019/04/25/domain-connect/

Thanks!

Bing Webmaster Tools team
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Source: https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/aug...Domain-Connect

Brink · Apr 8, 2020

Bing Webmaster Tools simplifies site verification using Domain Connect

In order to submit site information to Bing or to get performance report or access diagnostic tools, webmasters need to verify their site ownership in Bing Webmaster Tools. Traditionally Bing Webmaster Tools support three verification options,

Option 1: XML file authentication

Option 2: Meta tag authentication

Option 3: Add a CNAME record to DNS

Options 1 and 2 requires webmaster to access the site source code to complete the site verification. With Option 3, webmaster can avoid access to site source code but need to access the domain hosting account to edit the CNAME record to hold the verification code provided by Bing Webmaster Tools. To simplify option 3, we announce the support for Domain Connect open standard that will allow webmasters to seamlessly verify their site in Bing Webmaster Tools.

Domain Connect is an open standard that makes it easy for a user to configure DNS for a domain running at a DNS provider (e.g. GoDaddy, 1&1 Ionos, etc) to work with a Service running at an independent Service Provider (e.g. Bing, O365, etc). The protocol presents a simple experience to the user, isolating them from the details of DNS settings and its complexity.

Bing Webmaster Tools verification using Domain Connect is already live for users whose domain is hosted with following DNS providers

Bing webmaster tools will gradually integrate this capability with other DNS providers that support Domain Connect open standard.

Quick guide on how to use Domain Connect feature to verify your site in Bing Webmaster Tools:

Step 1: Open a Bing Webmaster Tools account

You can open a free Bing Webmaster Tools account by going to the Bing Webmaster Tools sign-in or sign-up page. You can sign up using Microsoft, Google or Facebook account.

Step 2: Add your website

Once you have a Bing Webmaster Tools account, you can add sites to your account. You can do so by entering the URL of your site into the Add a Site input box and clicking Add.

Step 3: Check if your site is supported for Domain Connect protocol

When you Add the website information, Bing Webmaster Tools will do background check to identify if that domain/ website is hosted on DNS provider that has integrated Domain Connect solution with Bing Webmaster Tools. Following view will show in case the site is supported –

In case the site is not supported for Domain Connect protocol then user will see the default verification options as mentioned in top of this blog.

Step 4: Verify using DNS provider credentials

On click of Verify, user will be redirected to DNS provider site. Webmaster should sign-in using the account credentials associated with domain/ website under verification.

On successful sign-in, user site will be successfully verified by Bing webmaster tools within few seconds. In certain cases, it may take longer for DNS provider to send the site ownership signal to Bing webmaster tool service.

Using the new verification options will significantly reduce the time taken and simplify the site verification process in Bing Webmaster Tools. We encourage you to try out this solution and get more users for your sites on Bing via Bing Webmaster Tools.

In case you face any challenges using this solution you can raise a service ticket with our support team.
We are building another solution to further simplify the site verification process and help webmasters to easily add and verify their site in Bing Webmaster Tools. Watch this space for more!

Additional reference:
Domain Connect extension - Plesk
https://www.godaddy.com/engineering/2019/04/25/domain-connect/

Thanks!

Bing Webmaster Tools team
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Source: https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/aug...Domain-Connect

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