Bing and Yahoo saw search ad spend jump 32 percent over prior year in Q4 among Merkle’s client base. Google spend growth slowed slightly from Q3. Overall, in Q4 2017, search ad click volume growth slowed by 9 percent as…
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Bing Ads now offers the ability to create recurring IOs
Recurring insertion orders are designed to streamline the IO process. Recurring insertion orders are now available for Bing Ads advertisers. If you use insertion order billing in your Bing Ads account, a new update will help ensure your campaigns keep…
Bing now supports batch mode for submitting URLs to Bing
You can now use a single Bing API request to submit up to 500 URLs, instead of making 500 individual API requests. Bing announced it has added support to submit URLs to the search engine in batch mode. That means instead of…
Doing a Google import into Bing Ads? Here’s what you need to know
There are 4 key differences between the Google and Bing Ads so use this pre- and post-import checklist to make sure everything works correctly. You’ve spent a lot of time creating and optimizing your search campaigns. Endless hours in your…
Bing Ads bad account takedowns doubled in 2018
Third-party tech support scams, cryptocurrency and weapons ad content topped the areas of attention. Bing Ads doubled the number of accounts it took down year over year, suspending nearly 200,000 accounts in 2018. It also removed 900 million ads and…
Microsoft brings visual search to Windows search bar
The feature lets users take a full or partial screenshot to be processed by Bing Visual Search. Windows users can now initiate Bing visual searches right from the search bar, without having to open up a browser, Microsoft announced on Monday. The…
Bing turns 10: Why it’s been more disruptive than you think
A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft’s search business. Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing. A decade in, Bing’s evolution looks different depending on your perspective. After investing billions, Bing’s market share is still small, but Microsoft has stayed committed…
Bing offers a trio of new local search APIs
Each one performs different but complementary functions for enterprises and app developers. These days Bing Maps is highly focused on the enterprise, mirroring Microsoft’s turn toward cloud-based solutions with the ascension of CEO Satya Nadella. The company has stopped trying to…
Bing upgrades text-to-speech, expands intelligent answers, improves visual search
Check out the latest upgrades made to Bing around voice, image and answer search. Bing announced large upgrades to their text-to-speech capabilities in voice search, improvements to their intelligent answers and visual search capabilities. Intelligent answers. Bing’s intelligent answers are now smarter by…
Bing to publishers: Start using new Bing URL submission process for indexing now
Do you have new or updated content you want Bing to discover faster? Start using the new Bing URL Submission tool. Bing announced a new URL submission tool at SMX West 2019. Last week at SMX West, Bing announced it is…