If you are a Pokemon Go player, you will be happy to know that Bing has added a new sorting option for their restaurant filtering – filtering by nearby Pokestops. When you search for a nearby restaurant, either by location or by restaurant type, they have added a new filter from the drop down menu […]
Bing Adds Larger Coupon Codes to Brand Knowledge Panels
Bing has decided to step up their coupon code game by introducing new larger coupon codes in brand knowledge panels in their search results. Bing first began testing these coupon codes on a limited basis back in April 2016. The new version is much more prominently placed and noticeable than their previous version. These are […]
Travel PPC: 3 Ways to Inspire Family Travel Planners to Buy Your Vacation
The holiday season has passed. The first major holiday of the year (Valentine’s Day) is in the rear-view mirror. PPC advertisers can finally catch a break. Well, that is unless you’re in the travel industry! Now is the time to begin preparing for the many families who are already searching for vacation round 2. With […]
Bing Ads Begins Showing Product Ads Carousels in Search Results
Bing is now showing carousels for their Product Ads in the Bing search results, following Google’s change last year to begin showing carousels in their Product Listing Ads. The new Bing carousels are showing up for a variety of searches, and most seem to have switched over to the new carousel style. But there does […]
Bing Adds Image Search Filters for Suggested & Disambiguation Queries
Bing is testing a new image search filter which adds additional images to the image search results for suggested refinements to the query, similar to disambiguation searches where search engines will offer suggestions for things that are named the same but mean two different things – such as we see with Apple the company and […]
Bing Testing Local Carousels With 50 Listings
This is quite an interesting test from Bing. They are testing a new carousel style for some of their local results, and they look more like a business card than a web or local result. Here is what it looks like: It seems to be organized by location, as the map shifts as you scroll […]
Bing Testing “Send Directions to Phone” Test in Local Knowledge Panel
Bing has added a new directions feature in their Google Places local knowledge panel directly in the search results. The new feature shows a test for “send directions to phone”. Here it is when displayed in the main search results column. Here it is on the right sidebar. Bing has previously shown this when viewing […]
Bing Places Testing New Local Listing Redesign; Adds Popular Times
Bing Local is testing a major new look for their local listings in the Bing search results, and the redesign is making it appear much closer to how Google displays their own local listings within the knowledge panel in the search results. The box for a local listing in the main column of the search […]
Bing Adds “Save Video” & More Description to Video Search
Bing has changed up how they show their video search results to make it much more user friendly for searchers. The most noticeable is a new “save video” option which allows users to save videos to view later. YouTube itself has a “watch later” video feature, but this is different. On these Bing results (of […]
Bing Adds Hotel Amenities to Hotel Knowledge Panels
Bing has followed Google’s lead and is now showing hotel amenities in the local knowledge panels, detailing the common amenities that many hotels have. Here is how it looks: And here it is expanded. And another one, this one includes an additional line to show that it is a casino with an icon. Google launched […]