#bing

#bing

I believe generally when you search Bing and get a Copilot answer at the top, Bing will just immediately show you the answer. Now, Microsoft is testing an animated response where Bing writes out the answer like a chatbot. This change was spotted by Sachin Patel who posted a couple of video examples on X - I was able to replicate it myself, here is my video as a GIF:

Microsoft is testing various interfaces for the sitelinks in Bing Search.

Microsoft is testing a new search bar/box header for the Bing Search results. The Bing search bar sticks to the top as you scroll through the search results. Google just rolled that out a month or so ago and now Bing is testing it. I spotted this via Sachin Patel, who noted the line divider between the search bar and the results, which may be new. He posted about it on X - but it seems the sticky search bar is a test too.

There are several posts in the Search Central Forum about this, and I just saw the issue pop up for a client. Google's Crawl Stats reporting drops heavily around 8/8. There is no impact to rankings and traffic, but all the sites posting about this see it happen on 8/8. My client is not blocking crawling of Googlebot, and Bing seems totally fine crawling-wise.

Microsoft is enhancing its Bing Search results with an expanded image search box, allowing users to explore images in greater depth and providing related topics and queries.

Bing News PubHub, launched in 2016 and moved to Bing Webmaster Tools in 2022, is being retired without a specific end date for its complete shutdown.

Bing is testing a new layout for its 'People Also Ask' section, moving from a carousel card format to a cleaner, expandable list view.

Bing has introduced 'travel stories' in search results for popular destinations, enhancing user engagement with autogenerated vertical videos similar to social media formats.

With real-time indexing and structured data support, it gives your content a faster path to visibility across web search, shopping, and supported ad experiences.

OpenAI has introduced new shopping search features to ChatGPT, enhancing capabilities with improved citations and a trending/autocomplete feature to streamline user experience.

Google Search experienced notable ranking volatility, showing fluctuations in result placements as it continues to refine and adjust its algorithms and AI capabilities.