Comments on: Who Cares About Bing?

By: Cambridge Homes

Cambridge Homes — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:52:27 +0000

Wow! Lots of food for thought. I had just noticed this evening that I’m getting more traffic from bing. Some of my posts must be ranking there but for my major key words (for which I rank fairly well in google) I’m on the 5th page in just about the same spot on bing and yahoo. And the rest of the rankings and mix are very different from the google results. I had paid zero attention to any of this until just checking after reading your post and watching the video.

I think anything that spreads the search engine wealth around is extremely valuable. All the eggs in the google basket is not a good thing.

Liz

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:42:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing that info. I just submitted my url to Bing (it wasn’t there).

By: thebrillo

thebrillo — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:12:49 +0000

i didnt read all of the comments, so im sorry if someone already posted this…but…

when we do things for google, the way we have been taught, do you think any of that will harm us?
i get what you are saying about back links and traffic and what-not…but do you think doing seo for google will hurt us in the long run?

and i will say this, i checked some of the keywords i used. what shows up in google is not the same as what shows up in bing and/or yahoo… but, i did everything the exact same way… nothing is linked to anything different…

for now, i dont think this is a huge problem, i think we should learn more about it and test test test!!!

thanks PPG for everything!

By: klima servisi

klima servisi — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:50:58 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I can get ahead of the curve for a change!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:00:33 +0000

Jennifer great info, I have a hard enough time keeping up with Google. You know, that learning curve that you talk about. Ughhh…

By: Faisal Khan

Faisal Khan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:13:34 +0000

Excellent article. Was wondering why a few of the websites we had were just not making it on Bing! Thank you for the time spent on researching and writing this article.

Faisal

By: Kendall Howard

Kendall Howard — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:24:03 +0000

Some really interesting points to your article. I guess its time to learn about SEO for Bing if this is going to be the source for two search engines. Together they make up a large majority.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:16:07 +0000

I have to admit to ignoring active SEO for Bing. With the combined marketshare though at around 30% it’s time to rethink that. Fortunately, article marketing provides for a diverse set of backlinks and sites like Ezine and Squidoo have excellent domain authority, which adds clout to the links.

By: Teresa Stowell

Teresa Stowell — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:25:22 +0000

Great read. Very insightful. Thanks.

By: Gangsta

Gangsta — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:13:00 +0000

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By: Find articles

Find articles — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:21:53 +0000

My site already has 700+ pages indexed by Google, but only 2 pages in Bing. It feels kinda sucks…

By: mynet

mynet — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:48:23 +0000

I want to add one more observation. At work we joke that Bing is great for shoppers and travelers, but if one wants to find meatier more scholarly sites, then Google will help you find them faster

By: Dr Len Lucas

Dr Len Lucas — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:05:23 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I can get ahead of the curve for a change!

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:43:54 +0000

There’s a fundamental flaw, if I should call it that, with almost all search engines trying to compete with Google: they try to be Google. If Yahoo/Bing wants to beat Google or at least take a good bite off the pie, they should try to be unique and better. Copying Google’s methodologies and algorithms just won’t do. They should strive to present better results in both relevancy and content. They should take a hint (Bing seems to be getting it from what you describe in the article though its still too early to tell) and not rank blank pages or link pages as Google tends to do (again, from your own example).

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:08:30 +0000

I want to add one more observation. At work we joke that Bing is great for shoppers and travelers, but if one wants to find meatier more scholarly sites, then Google will help you find them faster.

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:02:33 +0000

My blog ranks consistently high on Google’s pages, but drops to page 8 on Bing, unless one types in very specific tags and language. Thanks for the info. I entered my URL, link extensively to important sites, and generally have already done what you suggested. As you said, Bing likes large sites, and mine is small potatoes.

By: Rob From Santa Costumes

Rob From Santa Costumes — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:19:21 +0000

This post was just what I was looking for. I’ve been wondering how to get BIng to index my site! I’m going to link to this post in every forum I’m a member of .. thank you!

By: Al - Dancing4Fun

Al - Dancing4Fun — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:18:39 +0000

From my own experience I usually get results faster with Bing and Yahoo then with G finally coming along. I do quite well in Bing and haven’t had any issues with ranking with them. Yahoo is not too bad but it has the most discrepancy regarding search results sometimes showing completely different results than in Bing And G. I myself still am not convinced if they (Yahoo or Bing) will be a major player but I recommend not ignoring them for sure. Though I primarliy focus my efforts on G… I find that the users differ from each search engine in regards to mindset and habit. I’m not sure exactly what that means bu the Yahoo and Bing crowd seem to be more patient and willing to dig a little more into the information than the fickle Google crowd. My two cents.

By: Adham Refaat Noshy

Adham Refaat Noshy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:16:30 +0000

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