Should I Ignore Bing Webmaster tool? I guess NO – Worth using it for detailed SEO Report Insight in addition to Google Search Console

Last updated
App Shah

Crunchify » SEO 101 Tutorials » Should I Ignore Bing Webmaster tool? I guess NO – Worth using it for detailed SEO Report Insight in addition to Google Search Console

Bing Webmaster Tools - Crunchify Tips

The Ultimate Guide To Bing Webmaster Tools

I’m a very big fan of Google Search Console (aka: Webmaster Tools). I have been using it since very long time, say almost 8 years. But let me admit, I ignored Bing for so many years.

Even though I get only fraction of traffic from Bing Search result, it’s worth having Bing Webmaster Tools Account for detailed SEO reports. In last month, I have fixed 3 SEO issues which I only got it from Bing Webmaster Tools.

Take a look at recent enhancements on crunchify.com:

Point I wanted to highlight here is, if you haven’t yet started using Bing Webmaster Tools then it’s worth using it now.

This is a a Bloggers Guide To Use Bing Webmaster Tools to Improve your site SEO.

In order to get started, please follow below steps.

Step-1

Go to Bing Webmaster Tools. You don’t need @live or @outlook email. You could signup using your personal @gmail or any other custom domain IDs.

Step-2

Verify your ownership using BingSiteAuth.xml file download and put it under your blog’s root folder.

Verify Bing Webmaster Ownership by putting BingSiteAuth.xml file - Crunchify Tips

Step-3

Add your sitemap.xml file and wait for few weeks so Bing could generate detailed SEO Reports.

Add sitemap.xml to Bing Webmaster Tools

Step-4

Checkout all results and make enhancements based on suggestion.

  • Click on Dashboard
  • Click on Reports & Data
  • Click on SEO Reports
Bing SEO report - Worth Checking

What are the benefits? Why another webmaster tool?

Point-1

Bing webmaster tool provides nice dashboard interface. Google already provides number of different reports in Search Console, but it doesn’t hurt to get additional report from Bing too.

Point-2

New Diagnostic tools and reporting tools. Follow each links to get detailed reports.

Bing Reporting and Diagnostics Tools

Point-3 Better HTML Page Source Highlights

The tag does not have an ALT attribute defined - Better Highlight in Source Code

Point-4

Internally your fixes and enhancements on your blog will also help fix some of those issues, which Google may have seen before and went unnoticed before 🙂

Leave a Comment