Bing doesn't like my site

Discussion in 'Bing' started by deuterium, Jan 1, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hello, I've got website, www.hostcule.com, however Google and Yahoo are fine at indexing it, Bing just doesn't seem to like it It's not even acknowledging that the website by entering hostcule in search, only links to it.

    Any ideas? I doubt that it's been penalised, in fact, rankings have gone up in Google and Yahoo...
     
    deuterium, Jan 1, 2010 IP
  2. CommandTree1985

    CommandTree1985 Peon

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    #2
    I am having the same problem with Bing - Have you added your site to their Webmaster Toolbox and submitted an XML sitemap?
     
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  3. deuterium

    deuterium Peon

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    Yeah - Bing Webmaster reports that it has indexed my site, but I see no evidence of it.
     
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  4. Sweely

    Sweely Well-Known Member

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    #4
    That always work for me. Submit your website to the Webmaster-thing and just wait. Even though that's not mandatory. I've had all my websites indexed @ Bing - without adding them with their XML sitemap.

    Do a site:yoururl.com for your website. If not, then you'll just have to wait...
     
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  5. deuterium

    deuterium Peon

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    Thanks Sweely - I see the pages now, but that doesn't help when people just enter the domain in bing :(
     
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  6. Sweely

    Sweely Well-Known Member

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    You do not rank for the desired keywords. Am I right? How new is the website?
     
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  7. deuterium

    deuterium Peon

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    #7
    it's 6 months, it does not rank for any keywords, not even the domain itself :eek:
     
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  8. Sweely

    Sweely Well-Known Member

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    #8
    You really need someone to work on your SEO. Could you send me a PM with the URL, the keywords you're trying to rank high for and so on...? Would love to analyze your website!
     
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  9. Peter76

    Peter76 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    I find that Bing and Yahoo are very hard to get on as opposed to google. Don't know why exactly that is but it just is.
     
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    hhsaus Active Member

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    #10
    Bing is a lot slower compared to Google and Yahoo. It took our most recent e-commerce site almost 6months to start appearing in Bing, while Google had it in 2 days and Yahoo took over a month. We've had the sitemaps submitted to all three and the same time.

    From what i've noticed Bing is very similar to Yahoo. It's SERPs only show 3 pages, just like Yahoo did before, but if you search for specific products which are only found on inner pages, they will still come up in SERPs and the link points to our home page, again just like Yahoo did before.
     
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  11. replicahome

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    #11
    I also have this question,anyone can tell me why.
     
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  12. deuterium

    deuterium Peon

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    #12
    This is absolutely annoying!
     
    deuterium, Jan 2, 2010 IP
  13. sagarrai000

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    #13
    Wait for some time buddy. And one more thing you must optimize your keywords inorder to get indexed soon by BING.
     
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  14. moronic_kaos

    moronic_kaos Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Probably has something to do with the fact that:

    A: Microsoft doesn't have as many computers working for them, which is hard to imagine.
    Or...
    B: They are purposely indexing unknown sites slowly in order to filter out garbage sites that aren't around for long.
    Or...
    C: Something to do with the fact that since Google has more websites indexed, more backpages will lead to more backpages, and once Bing has been online another year or so it will start to catch up.
    Or...
    D: Google is just more efficient somehow.

    Even though Google has almost no commercialism, its still the most popular search site out there (amazing, isn't it?). I wouldn't let it ruin my day.
     
    Last edited: Jan 2, 2010
    moronic_kaos, Jan 2, 2010 IP
  15. TheHawk

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    #15
    Bing looks alot like google, where exactly are they different?
     
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  16. deuterium

    deuterium Peon

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    I've had them evaluated twice already :/ Looks like it's a waiting game

    Yeah :D ABCD :D

    bing.com <> google.com
     
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  17. YLCG

    YLCG Peon

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    #17
    It does look like a waiting game, bing has only indexed the homepage of my site.

    I submited the sitemap months ago, and submited it again recently (after some changes) the site is authenticated in Bings webmaster tools too.

    Google and yahoo have both indexed the site fully, and much quicker.
     
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  18. beardown

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    #18
    I feel like Bing does things very differently in their quest to set themselves apart from the other engines. It should be interested to see if Bing can continue to grow and they have different indexing and listing criteria, if people will have to choose which way to optimize their site, moreso for Google or moreso for Bing. Google obviously still dominates but just something to think about.
     
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  19. YLCG

    YLCG Peon

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    #19
    I noticed soem bing traffic over the last couple of days in my analytics, I thought yay indexed, but not quite.

    It seems bing has now indexed 2 pages of my site, which were the first 2 landing pages I started link building to at the start of my SEO campagn, which now have a decent amount of mature backlinks.

    I guess Bing ranks the popularity of your site from backlinks it finds and then indexs only popular pages.
     
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  20. linkmoko

    linkmoko Peon

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    #20
    Forget about Bing, you'll just get frustrated by submitting your site several times and still no results.
     
    linkmoko, Jan 10, 2010 IP