{"id":14705,"date":"2020-10-22T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=14705"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:35:17","slug":"bing-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/bing-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Instantly Index Content with the Bing WordPress Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The world waits for no person, but it also doesn\u2019t move as quickly as its digital counterpart does. It takes a lot of know-how to keep up with the latter\u2019s ridiculous pace where anything that\u2019s not instantaneous might already be \u2014 late. But you don\u2019t have to be on the cutting edge of the digital world to appreciate that some things just take too much time or could use a speed boost.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Content indexing is one of the things that never seems to happen fast enough, and search engines know it. That\u2019s why they\u2019ll occasionally produce a tool or a service that speeds things up. In the case of the Bing WordPress plugin, it can also automate some of the work for you.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]If you want to learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bing-webmaster-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bing URL Submissions Plugin<\/a>, stick around. We\u2019ll show you:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;22px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#why-you-should-index-content-with-bing\">Why You Should Index Content with Bing<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#how-bing-index-your-content\">How Bing Usually Index Your Content<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#how-bing-url-submissions-plugin-helps\">How the Bing URL Submissions Plugin Helps<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;]<ul class=\"qodef-unordered-list-item qodef-toc\">\n    <li>\n\t        <div class=\"qodef-ul-title-holder\">\n            <span class=\"qodef-ul-title-content\"><a href=\"#install-bing-url-submissions-plugin\">How to Install Bing URL Submissions Plugin<\/a><\/span>        <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"why-you-should-index-content-with-bing\"><\/a>Why Index Content with Bing?<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border \">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]With a share that reaches anywhere between 70% and 86%, you can\u2019t question Google\u2019s supremacy as the world\u2019s biggest search engine. <strong>The only global competition Google sees these days is \u2014 Bing<\/strong>. Microsoft\u2019s search engine isn\u2019t just the scrappy challenger gunning to one day reach the first place. Don\u2019t let those beautiful images you see on Bing\u2019s homepage fool you.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Bing is the second most-used search engine in the world<\/strong>. It\u2019s also the search engine that powers most searches people do with Yahoo. <strong>Together with Yahoo and AOL, Bing is a part of the Microsoft Search Network<\/strong>. The Network <a href=\"https:\/\/about.ads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/insights\/planning-tools\/microsoft-search-network-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boasts an audience<\/a> that\u2019s young \u2013 three-quarters of them are under 45, educated \u2013 a third are college graduates, and affluent \u2013 a quarter is in the top quarter by income.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>The search engine is also integrated with other popular Microsoft products, including the browser Edge, the Office apps, and Skype<\/strong>. It also powers the voice search on Amazon\u2019s Alexa. Bing is a vibrant and useful search engine with a growing audience.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;new-seo-banner&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;81px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"how-bing-index-your-content\"><\/a>How Does Bing Usually Index Your Content?<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder    \">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/How-Does-Bing-Usually-Index-Your-Content.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"How Does Bing Usually Index Your Content\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/How-Does-Bing-Usually-Index-Your-Content.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/How-Does-Bing-Usually-Index-Your-Content-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/How-Does-Bing-Usually-Index-Your-Content-620x354.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Indexing a website can be a tedious, drawn-out process. Bing doesn\u2019t provide an estimate of how much time its crawler \u2014 Bingbot \u2014 will need before your website first appears in its search results. <strong>And even after that milestone is behind you, there are still plenty of issues that can go wrong and slow down the process.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]For its part, Bing will recommend that you submit URLs for indexing manually. <strong>If you do it through the Bing Webmaster Tools, for example, you can add up to 10,000 URLs a day<\/strong>. Still, you\u2019d need to find all those URLs and manually copy them, one per line, into the Submit URLs window.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"how-bing-url-submissions-plugin-helps\"><\/a>How Does the Bing URL Submissions Plugin Help?<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border \">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bing URL Submissions Plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-620x347.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Even though Bing offers immediate evaluation of the links you submit through the Submit URL feature, copying all the links will require your time and attention. <strong>The way to speed things up would, ideally, remove your involvement almost entirely \u2014 and that\u2019s what Bing\u2019s WordPress plugin does<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Bing URL Submission plugin, which is how the plugin is called, relieves you from having to submit your website\u2019s page to Bing manually. Instead of having to copy all your links over to the tool, the plugin will take care of everything for you automatically. <strong>Whenever you create a new page or a post or make a change to an existing one, it will submit its URL for indexing.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The list of features this plugin offers doesn\u2019t stop there.<strong> For example, you\u2019ll be able to turn off the automatic submission if, for any reason, you want to pause it<\/strong>. During that time, you\u2019ll be able to submit URLs to the Bing Index manually.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The plugin will keep a list of the most recent URLs you\u2019ve submitted, which can come in handy if you need to perform an inspection. <strong>In case you notice some submissions that have failed, you\u2019ll be able to give them another go \u2013 as long as they\u2019re on that list of recent submissions.<\/strong> Finally, you\u2019ll also have the option to download the URL submissions and analyze them.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\"><a id=\"install-bing-url-submissions-plugin\"><\/a>How to Install Bing URL Submissions Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Installing the Bing URL Submissions Plugin is just as easy as <a href=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin\/\">installing any other WordPress plugin<\/a>. You should navigate to your website\u2019s dashboard and find <em><strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong><\/em>. Type in \u201cBing URL Submissions Plugin\u201d in the search field, and you\u2019ll see the one developed by Bing Webmaster. <strong>That\u2019s the one you should install<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border \">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-Install.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bing URL Submissions Plugin Install\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-Install.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-Install-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-Plugin-Install-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]After installing and activating the plugin, you\u2019ll see a new option appear on the dashboard \u2013 Bing Webmaster. Click on it, and you\u2019ll get the API Key submission screen. <strong>You can\u2019t use the plugin without an API key<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;]<div class=\"qodef-single-image-holder   qodef-has-border \">\n    <div class=\"qodef-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-API-Key.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bing URL Submissions API Key\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-API-Key.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-API-Key-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bing-URL-Submissions-API-Key-620x331.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;38px&#8221;][vc_column_text]You will need to have your site verified by the Bing Webmaster portal before you can get the API key. <strong>Once you have it, you can set it and start using the plugin.<\/strong> It will notice changes to your website\u2019s contents, and it will send the URLs with those changes to Bing.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;68px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"qodef-h4\">Let\u2019s Wrap It Up!<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Submitting URLs to a search engine is a simple task that will help your content appear in search results faster. But even though the task is simple, it leaves plenty of room to make mistakes, and it can eat up some of your valuable time. Automation can help with both \u2014 it can make fewer mistakes while speeding everything up.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;28px&#8221;][vc_column_text]To help you automate URL submission for your WordPress website, Bing has released the Bing URL Submissions plugin. It\u2019s a mostly \u201cset it and forget it\u201d solution that will do its job behind the scenes and notify Bing when you\u2019ve edited existing content or published something new. If you\u2019re trying to rank your WordPress website on Bing \u2014 and there\u2019s no reason you shouldn\u2019t \u2014 this plugin will come in handy.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know what the Bing WordPress plugin is and how it can help you? 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