Normally when you think of the Bing – or Google – search results, you don’t expect to see regular pay per click non-shopping ads with images, other than some exceptions for favicons. But Bing is changing it up by including images in their top Bing Ads ad unit that appears at the top of the […]
Bing Adds Product Thumbnails to Organic Search Results
Bing has added new thumbnails to their organic search results for some product searches. These thumbnails make those particular search results stand out, but most notably, these are organic search result listings, not paid ones. Here is another example. While it is unclear what triggers these product thumbnails in the organic search results, for every […]
New Reviews & Review Formats in Bing Knowledge Panels
As Google is reducing the reviews shown in their own knowledge panels, Bing is going in the opposite direction by adding a ton of new review options, as well as formats for displaying those reviews, in their knowledge panel in the Bing search results. These new reviews show the number of stars in the ratings […]
Bing Adds Reading Level & Word Count to Book Knowledge Panels
Bing has added some new detail to their book knowledge panels in the search results detailing both word count and reading level. The one drawback to the reading level is that Bing offers no link or reference for searchers to know what AR points or ATOS reading level means. Unless you are an educator, you […]
Bing Adds Social Links to Knowledge Panel; Snubs YouTube, Google+ & Tumblr
Bing has added social media icon links to the knowledge panels of celebrities in the Bing knowledge panel, following Google’s own addition of them to the panel, but there is one glaring omission from most of the knowledge panels… YouTube. And while YouTube is the obvious exclusion, Bing is also not including Google+ or Tumblr […]
Bing Adds Book Purchasing Options to Knowledge Panel in Search Results
Bing is also adding book buying options into their knowledge panel, following on Google’s addition to book purchasing options in their own knowledge panels. While they have the option to buy it on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble, they have also added options to borrow in from a local library and to read an […]
Bing Adds Consumer Alerts for Prescription Drug Searches
Bing has added alerts to their search results when someone triggers a search for a pharmaceutical with other keywords that shows intentions to purchase it. When you click the “learn more” page, it takes you to the landing page for the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies, a consumer protection group supporting legitimate pharmacies online. While […]
Bing Suggesting Brands For Highly Competitive Unbranded Search Queries
How would you feel if someone searched for “health insurance” or “payday loans” and Bing showed a nice box for your company, essentially a free ad for your brand? Bing is doing just that for multiple high value search queries. Here is an example for “payday loans”, a very competitive search query. Along with the […]
Bing Suggesting Additional Searches With Drop Down When Scrolling Up
Bing has added a new feature to make it easier to keep a Bing searcher on Bing, rather than perhaps abandoning it for another search engine when a searcher can’t find exactly what they are looking for. If you do a search on Bing and scroll down until you reach the end of the search […]
Bing Removes Emojis from Titles in Search Results Too
In a not surprising move, Bing has once again followed Google’s lead and removed emojis from the titles in their search results. When emojis were first noticed in Google’s search results, they did not display in Bing’s search results. However, a week later Bing started to display emojis too. So when Google removed the emojis […]