Hot on the heels of Google AdWords making the change of all exact and phrase match keywords being changed to close variant matching, Bing Ads has announced that they are running a close variant matching test in the US. Bing has also created a handy chart that shows all the types of variant matching and […]
New Features & Enhancements in Bing Ads Editor 10.5
Bing Ads has an upcoming release of the Bing Ads Editor v10.5. They have added many new features to the Editor to help advertisers, and bring some more functionality from the browser Bing Ads to the Editor. Bing Ads recently had an extensive UI redesign with additional tools and features added, so this update […]
Bing Moves Into Conversational Search
Google made a big splash when they announced they were moving into conversational search and now Bing has announced that they too will be doing the same. “For all kinds of searches, Bing lets you ask a question the way you would ask a friend,” says Yan Ke, Principal Development Lead, Bing Relevance Team. “For […]
Twitter Removes Bing Translations While Yelp Adds Them
Twitter has quietly removed the option to translate tweets from their platform. The addition made it easy for users to translate tweets made in other languages, something that was valuable for those working in international markets or simply those with friends around the world. The translation service definitely had some hiccups – especially when people […]
Bing Ads Launches Brand New Interface & Features
Bing Ads has launched their promised update of Bing Ads for advertisers, revamping the user interface and adding additional functionality and features that have been requested by the community. This new look has been beta tested by Bing Ads advertisers for feedback prior to being released to more advertisers. The new look, which has started […]
Bing Index Quality Team Plans Increased Webmaster Communications
In a brave move, Igor Rondel from the Bing Index Quality team has a new blog post where they admit they need to do a better job at communicating with webmasters. Now, they aim to make this change with more frequent announcements from their team about changing and insights, in addition to what webmasters hear […]
Bing Features… Pandas on the Homepage
If you go to Bing’s homepage, chances are you will have a chuckle over the featured homepage image. Just a coincidence (and especially on the heels of Matt Cutts’ Leave from Google), but the homepage of Bing is sporting a Panda casually munching on some bamboo in an animated homepage image. When you mouseover some […]