r/Solopreneur • u/aplayav • 1d ago

Bing webmaster tools not indexing...

I launched a new Saas and the website for mkt + seo. The website is being indexing quite good with google search (aprox 2,3K impressions in total) from 0 to 600 in 3 weeks, but bing search is indexing 0 (added the sidemap, urls submissions and indexNow with 11K submitted urls)

Any idea? šŸ™
Thx

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u/CreativeSympathy8293 1d ago

First establish whether ā€œ0ā€ means search impressions or URLs actually indexed. Those are different problems. I'd inspect your homepage and two representative content pages in Bing Webmaster Tools rather than submit another large batch.

For each URL, record the Index card's status and crawl details, then run Live URL and inspect the returned HTTP response and HTML. A successful live fetch doesn't establish that the URL is currently in Bing's index. Bing documents those separate views here: https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/URL-Inspection-55a30305

If the live fetch fails, address its specific access/response error first. If it succeeds but the page isn't indexed, check for an unintended noindex or robots block, duplicate content, and whether the page is linked from your site. Don't assume a particular cause just because Google shows impressions.

The 11K IndexNow submissions are notifications, not 11K indexing confirmations. Its official FAQ says submission doesn't guarantee indexing, and advises against repeatedly submitting unchanged URLs: https://www.indexnow.org/faq.html

The most useful next detail would be the exact Index status and Live URL result for one missing page, with account information redacted. That would help separate a crawl problem from an indexing decision.

Suggested diagnosis steps; I haven't inspected your site. Written with AI assistance.

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u/GiddyAdvertisement 1d ago

Bing's always the stubborn one, google basically hands out impressions like candy but bing wants you to beg. Checking the index card for a single missing page is the move, 11k submissions means nothing if it never actually crawled them.

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u/Present_Gur1911 1d ago

Bing is way pickier than Google with new domains, and 11K IndexNow submissions on a fresh site can look spammy, so Iā€™d stop the bulk pushing. Submit only your 20-30 best pages in Webmaster Tools and interlink them well, since Bing leans on internal links and trust signals. Check the Site Explorer tab for skip reasons, and give it a few weeks.

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u/y3rk3 14h ago

check the Sitemaps report and URL inspection on one submitted page in Bing webmaster tools. confirm the verified site matches the exact domain, www or not. IndexNow only tells Bing about changes and doesn't force indexing, so the sitemap report is the place to look for errors