{"id":1372,"date":"2009-06-17T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:45:11","slug":"how-to-get-microsoft-bing-to-spider-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/how-to-get-microsoft-bing-to-spider-your-site.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Microsoft Bing to Spider Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you search for your site in Bing, if it doesn\u2019t come up in the search results or if its new, you can submit your URL in Bing Webmaster Tools:<\/p>\n

Just go to Bing URL Submission<\/a><\/strong> and submit your site URL.<\/p>\n

Create an XML Sitemap & Submit it to Bing Webmaster Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether your site comes up when you search for it in Bing or not, you still need to create an xml sitemap and submit it to Bing Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n

Go to bing.com<\/p>\n

Click Extras in the top right corner and choose Webmaster Center.<\/p>\n

Click on Sign in to Use the Tools. You\u2019ll need a hotmail or live email account to do so, so if you don\u2019t have one, simply sign up for one so you\u2019ll be able to access Bing Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n

Once inside Webmaster Tools, just enter your web address and your site map address. Make sure, of course, that your sitemap address ends with dotxml<\/p>\n

Next, you\u2019ll need to verify ownership of the site by following the exact same procedures you follow when submitting your xml sitemap to Google and Yahoo.<\/p>\n

If for some reason you are not submitting your sitemaps to Google and\/or Yahoo, you absolutely must begin to do so.<\/p>\n

Bing provides two ways to verify ownership:
\nXML file authentication or Metatag authentication.
\nBoth require that you add an authentication code to your site that Bing provides.<\/p>\n

As the technical details are far beyond the scope of this post, you can find specifics on creating your xml sitemap at xml-sitemaps.com and on verifying it at: http:\/\/help.sitesell.com\/sitemaps\/live-webmaster-tools.html#VERIFY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you search for your site in Bing, if it doesn\u2019t come up in the search results or if its new, you can submit your URL in Bing Webmaster Tools: Just go to Bing URL Submission and submit your site URL. Create an XML Sitemap & Submit it to Bing Webmaster Tools Whether your site comes up when you search for it in Bing or not, you still need to create an xml sitemap and submit it to Bing Webmaster Tools. Go to bing.com Click Extras in the top right corner and choose Webmaster Center. Click on Sign in to Use the Tools. You\u2019ll need a hotmail or live email account to do so, so if you don\u2019t have one, simply sign up for one so you\u2019ll be able to access Bing Webmaster Tools. Once inside Webmaster Tools, just enter your web address and your site map address. Make sure, of course, that your sitemap address ends with dotxml Next, you\u2019ll need to verify ownership of the site by following the exact same procedures you follow when submitting your xml sitemap to Google and Yahoo. If for some reason you are not submitting your sitemaps to Google and\/or Yahoo, you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1302],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-search-engine-optimization","tag-get-microsoft-bing"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Get Microsoft Bing to Spider Your Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get Microsoft Bing to spider your site by creating an xml sitemap and submitting it to Microsoft Webmaster Tools much the same as you do for Google and Yahoo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/how-to-get-microsoft-bing-to-spider-your-site.html\" \/>\n<meta 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