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It looks like Bing has made available a toolbox site with an array of tools and utilities for developers, webmasters, SEOers and advertisers. I have not had a chance to go through all of the items but it looks comparable to the offering from Google. Anyone have any thoughts or done any work with it and would care to give an assessment?

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Good question, . is right that Bing’s toolbox offers the same general class of site tools you get from Google. For folks like who see traffic in Google/Yahoo but not Bing, the toolbox is where you start diagnosing the gap. Below are practical, low-effort checks that usually reveal the cause.

  • Verify site ownership (meta tag or file) so you can submit data and sitemaps.
  • Submit an XML sitemap and watch indexing status.
  • Check robots.txt and page-level noindex tags; make sure you are not accidentally blocking crawlers.
  • Review crawl errors and server logs for 4xx/5xx responses or timeouts.
  • Inspect inbound-link and query reports to spot missing referrals or keyword coverage.
  • After fixes, request a re-crawl and re-check the tool’s reports over several days.

A quick verification snippet (place in your site's <head> and replace VERIFY_CODE with the value Bing gives you):

<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="VERIFY_CODE" />

Troubleshooting tips: if a page is indexed in Google but not Bing, check for subtle differences (canonical tags, AJAX-only rendering, or server blocks for certain user agents). Expect data lag—changes rarely show up instantly. Use your server logs plus the toolbox reports together; logs often reveal what the crawler actually requested.

Run these checks via the official interface: Bing Webmaster Tools. If you want, post one public test URL and I will point out the exact things to look for in the reports.

Member Avatar for phoenix06007

it is like the web tool of google. nice one for bing

Member Avatar for MktgRob

it is like the web tool of google. nice one for bing

Phoenix, anything in particular stand out that we should take notice of?

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I think I may elect to this give one a try, it seems i do quite well in yahoo and google but not bing.

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