{"id":2064,"date":"2018-08-10T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2025-02-11T06:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T06:05:04","slug":"a-beginner-guide-to-using-webmaster-tools-like-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/a-beginner-guide-to-using-webmaster-tools-like-a-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner Guide to Using Bing Webmaster Tools like a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated-date\">Recently updated: February 11th, 2025<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You put in a lot of resources and time to create your website. And almost similar amount goes into optimizing it. So it is time to optimize your site to get traffic from all search engines. It is time to get your site rank in all research engines results, most crucially in the results pages of the world\u2019s second largest search engine- Bing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/download.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2072 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/download.png\" alt=\"Bing Webmaster\" width=\"353\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/download.png 353w, https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/download-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are looking to harness the most out of all you put in your effort to optimizing your website, this simple yet effective guide is the right for you. This beginner guide will get you through everything needed to make the best use of Bing webmaster tools to grow your brand visibility by ranking your website on Bing, next to the world\u2019s largest and most widely used search engine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/a-beginner-guide-to-using-webmaster-tools-like-a-pro\/#Let_us_get_started_here_in_easy_steps%E2%80%A6\" >Let us get started here in easy steps\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/blog\/a-beginner-guide-to-using-webmaster-tools-like-a-pro\/#Let_us_discuss_them_below%E2%80%A6\" >Let us discuss them below\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Let_us_get_started_here_in_easy_steps%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><strong>Let us get started here in easy steps\u2026<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Summiting your website to Bing Webmaster Tools<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bing Webmaster Tool, too, is free service offered by Microsoft to the marketers and website owners who are looking to expand their website visibility and make it found by fast-growing Bing users across the world. The BWT is a combination of tools meant to help you get a comprehensive SEO report and information related to your site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To use the tools, you first need to submit your site and get it verified. To add your site and get it verified\u2026 you need to:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sign into the BWT<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To get started to using the tools, you need to create an account, which is simple and takes a few minutes. Or you can access the tools by login using your existing Windows Live ID.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Add your website <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you signed in, the next step you should take is to add your website to the Bing Webmaster Tools. For that, you need to insert your website URL and click the add button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you click the add button, you have a page in front of you, which will seek from you some details related to the site and ownership like sitemap link, website owner details, etc. This makes it easy for Bing bots to crawl and index more pages on your website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Never forget to set email communication preference and how often you would like to get email on your website health. Once you have filled all the information correctly, now click the save button. As you click, \u2018Verify Now\u2019 option will appear. You need to click the button to very your website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now you are ready to use Bing Webmaster Tools and get reports on your website performances in the Search Engine.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Crucial Settings to Get an Extra Edge<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have successfully summated your website and get it verified, Bing Webmaster will start providing you report on your website health such as the crawling rate, traffic info and the like. But doing some settings can give you an extra edge and you will be able to make the best use of Bing Webmaster tools for Bing SEO.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Let_us_discuss_them_below%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><strong>Let us discuss them below\u2026<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Submit More Sitemaps<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add a separate sitemap for videos and images on your website. Bing bots pick up all sitemaps to crawl and index pages on a website. Adding more sitemaps make your website more crawlable and indexable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Create a separate sitemap for videos and images and then go to the Dashboard \u2018Configure My Site\u2019 where you see a dialog box. Enter the sitemap you want to add and then click the submit button.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Summit Individual URL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Bing bots, it is difficult and takes time to crawl and index a new site. But adding more individual URLs will work.\u00a0 Bing allows you to add up to 50 URLs in a month, with a cap of 10 URLs daily.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ignore URL parameters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sometimes, your website pages are indexed with URL parameters like replytocom. In such case, all you need to do is simply add the parameter and ignore such links.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Crawl Control<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have a high traffic website, this feature of Bing Webmaster Tools is a great advantage for you. The feature allows you to control when the bots should crawl your site more. Set the busiest time for your blog to allow the bots to crawl your site more when the site is less busy.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Block URLs and directory in Bing Search<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This feature allows you to delete all tags and categories or any other directory from Bing search. If bots have started indexing the content, tags or category folders on your website but you, now, do not want them to be indexed, use Block URLs and directory in Bing Search.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Grant Access to your Webmaster tool to other users<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a great feature for a website managed and accessed by a group of people.\u00a0 Enable the feature to grant access to people you want to. Yet you can control the access to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Read-only<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read and modification<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Full Access<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Now you are far better equipped with all the information you will need to get started using the Bing Webmaster Tools for Bing SEO and to explore the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/seo-services.php\"><strong>SEO services<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediasearchgroup.com\/seo-packages.php\"><strong>SEO packages<\/strong><\/a> to boost your website ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently updated: February 11th, 2025You put in a lot of resources and time to create your website. And almost similar amount goes into optimizing it. So it is time to optimize your site to get traffic from all search engines. 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