Bing is the latest offering from Microsoft in the Search Engine Arena. Learn how to add your Blog to Bing.com and authenticate yourself as a Webmaster in this article.
Adding your Site to Bing.com search Engine
Adding site to Bing.com is very easy. Also you gain from the importance its team is currently giving to research, chances are your site would get index really fast provided it have good content. To add you site to Bing.com, simply head over to the following Web Address and enter your Sit’s details.
Login with your Live Id or any Microsoft Id and fill up the Site URL, Sitemap URL and Webmaster Contact Email.
Note: It is better to keep a XML Sitemap of your Blog/Site ready before you submit your site.
Authenticate Ownership of your Blog
Next and final step in the process is to verify with Bing.com that you are the owner of the Blog by authenticating your Blog with them. This can be done in two ways.
1. XML Verification
You can download the XML file generated and upload it to your root folder of the site (not your Domain Host).
2. Meta Tag Verification
Alternatively you can add Meta Tag to your Head Section of the Blog (generally header.php in WordPress, but may vary depending on the theme).
Once done, you would be verified by Bing.com as a Webmaster of the Blog/Site you are registering for and the site will be added to the index.
Adding a Sitemap to your WordPress Blog
A sitemap defines the structure of your Blog. It also helps you define the weights to be assigned to individual webpages of your site. Although some Webmaster argue there feasibility, I would say creating a XML Sitemap is beneficial for your site.
I have recently wrote an article about How to create a Sitemap for your WordPress Blog. If you are using WordPress (which you should) as your Blogging Software, try a free plugin called Google XML Sitemap which makes creating XML Sitemaps and assigning Weights to different elements of the Blog very easy.
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Sweet, Just added my site to bing…didn’t know this was available. Thanks!
My blog is hosted by WordPress, not self-hosted. Do you happen to know how to authenticate ownership in this situation?
Thanks!
Hi,
Can you tell me where exactly to put the metatag in my blog(bloggers)?
Although some Webmaster argue there feasibility, I would say creating a XML Sitemap is beneficial for your site!!!
I was just thinking about Search Engine and you’ve really helped out. Thanks!
I was just thinking about How to add your Blog to Bing Search Engine and you’ve really helped out. Thanks!
It is good that adding a domain to bing is easy though it should be. Will Bing be popular as much google? Market competition will be more exciting i think.
Thank you for sharing this article.