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Why is my website not showing up on Bing search results?
Hi everyone,
I submitted my site to Bing Webmaster Tools a few days ago, and it shows that the pages are indexed, but when I search my domain or specific keywords, it doesn’t appear anywhere in Bing results.
I’ve checked robots.txt and sitemap — both seem fine.
Is there a delay or some specific SEO requirement Bing prefers that I might be missing?
Any insights or similar experiences would help!
3 Replies
- Wisco_GuyCopper Contributor
I've had the same issue in 2020, our main business website, which at the time was 15 years old, and updated regularly. It one day, just disappeared from results. Since other search engines like Yahoo and DuckDuckGo use Bings search engine algorithm, we also disappeared from from those search engines results as well. Webmaster says all pages are index, but nothing shows up.
I tried contacting Bing webmaster support multiple times in the past, most times all I received was the exact same generic auto response email, stating to read their webmaster guidelines, which I've read multiple times, our site has always been in compliance with Bings webmaster search agreement terms.
Finally, sometime in 2021, I was able to get in contact with an actual real person from Bings webmaster support team. They told me it was due to algorithm updates some websites accidentally were removed from Bing's search listings. They assured me they had fixed the issue and that our website and our website would be searchable in Bing again, only it could take a day or two for our site to reappear in search results; stating "...just give the search engine algorithm a day or two to reindex your websites pages and it should start showing up in results again soon." I was extremely relieved after they told me that!
Only... that was 4-years ago and I'm still waiting for my website to reappear in search results... I'm no longer holding my breath...
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Ironically... back in the 2000's while in college, I built a crappy 3-page self-hosted basic website, and for whatever reason (and I wish it didn't), it's still shows up in Bings search results to this day.
The site itself has no value, but because it's the first site I ever built, for nostalgic reasons, I've kept this site live all these years and have renewed the hosting and domain every year.
But... I haven't updated this site since it was initially built 20+ years ago, and still shows up in Bings search results. I never even made a Bing webmaster account for it....
Can someone from Bing search support tell me the logic in that??
- Rao670Copper Contributor
I am having the same issue with my website related to Paint 3D. Bing Webmaster Tools says the pages are indexed but the site does not appear in the search results.
Here is my site as well: thepaint3d.com
My robots txt and sitemap are working correctly so it seems like there might be a delay on Bing or some other requirement we are not aware of.
If any moderator is reading this please respond to our questions because it looks like several users are facing the same problem and we need some guidance. - Rao670Copper Contributor
I am having the same issue with my website related to Paint 3D. Bing Webmaster Tools says the pages are indexed but the site does not appear in the search results.
Here is my site as well:https://thepaint3d.com/
My robots txt and sitemap are working correctly so it seems like there might be a delay on Bing or some other requirement we are not aware of.
If any moderator is reading this please respond to our questions because it looks like several users are facing the same problem and we need some guidance.