Apr 09 2022 12:49 AM - last edited on May 27 2022 10:04 AM by Eric Starker
Apr 09 2022 12:49 AM - last edited on May 27 2022 10:04 AM by Eric Starker
Hi, I'm facing a problem with indexation.
A few days ago, All URLs of my site were indexed within seconds. But now it says
"The inspected URL is known to Bing but has some issues which are preventing indexation. We recommend you to follow Bing Webmaster Guidelines to increase your chances of indexation."
Here is the site URL: (link removed by moderator)
It is an educational site, and none of the URLs violates bing guidelines. Even the site is getting indexed in Google with no issue. Please suggest to me a solution what to do.
I have already tried APIs but nothing
You can see the details in an image.
Dec 13 2022 04:45 PM
@John_Bloggs1705 Same here. Looks like I've been unindexed for year or two now. I never really got many hits from Bing, but this could be why. Surprisingly, this is a website that has been going for about 10+ years with reputable content no shady backlinks. In fact, the site has links from Wikipedia, IMDB, and so on. I thought it might be a competitor filing a complaint or something, but it looks more like Microsoft's tech team messing something up.
There really is no reason for these sites to be removed. If there was, they'd be forthcoming with the details. The xml file from webmaster tools is uploaded, added a meta description, site is still in Google with lots of traffic. It is really frustrating and feels like no one at Microsoft cares. Ad revenue is already pretty bad this time of the year so any drop in traffic hurts. Contacted support several days ago but no response yet.
Feb 17 2023 05:02 AM
@grafis replying to self as...
My site started indexing again after a year. Personal site, online for 22yrs running WordPress for 17. No idea what got it blacklisted, nor what brought it back.
Mar 06 2023 02:54 AM
Hello. I'm having a serious indexing problem. As of January 29, 2023, my website has disappeared from bing. Please fix it
Apr 21 2023 08:18 AM
@vaggelis_800 You are not alone. Unsure why, only mine was affected from 7 sites I have added to Bing Webmaster Tools. This is crazy. At some point, January goes dead. I wrote down again to support but I am not sure if anybody is even bother...
Apr 21 2023 10:06 AM
I have written twice to microsoft and reported the problem but no one answered me.
It's still amazing to i have 10,000 pages indexed in Google and a decent internet position and the microsoft search engine can't even find my website url.
Apr 25 2023 12:42 PM
@Eric Starker I have submitted roughly 30 support requests over the last 4 months to Webmaster Support, from multiple webmaster emails/accounts, and have not gotten so much as a simple confirmation email back.
Really, unbelievable.
Apr 25 2023 09:20 PM
@isaiahmiller I had the same issue but it got resolved automatically and my site is now indexed, I did nothing.
Infact sending email to bing webmaster team was of no help. Just keep patience it will be fixed automatically.
Apr 25 2023 09:24 PM
@atheengupta It's hard to sit tight. I sent a letter to their legal department. It's probably costing us $2-$300k/month in revenue. Hard to just sit around and wait patiently.
Apr 27 2023 09:03 AM - edited Apr 27 2023 09:03 AM
I see, however my site ranks top as like similar to google for keywords "let's learn" where I did nothing.
Just keep patience and leave it for some time.
Apr 27 2023 10:36 AM
May 01 2023 09:15 AM
@itdarek I can understand it's frustrating to not get your site indexed and loose traffic but practically in my scenario, I did nothing to resolve the issue and it got resolved automatically, so I believe there's some technical issue going on with Bing which is being resolved slowly overtime for various domain as like mines.
It's good to keep patience, I waited for as long as 8 months for this to be fixed in my case.
May 01 2023 09:17 AM
May 01 2023 09:23 AM
May 01 2023 09:26 AM
I can understand being patient if there were issues that we fix on the website, this will require time. But if you are not sure why you are banned, waiting is not a solution. This is why I wrote a post about Bing Jail and my first post scriptum post Escape from Bing Jail. I only hope, as per Bing Support's email, that after 2-3 weeks I will be able to just say that issue is resolved. Not too much optimistic about that.
May 01 2023 09:50 AM
@itdarek well, Bing support is of no use, that's for sure ;)
May 01 2023 10:09 PM - last edited on May 02 2023 09:29 AM by Eric Starker
May 01 2023 10:09 PM - last edited on May 02 2023 09:29 AM by Eric Starker
There's an update, just after this "Bing support is of no use" statement, I got an email with my previous request [REQ00039494] as below:
Thank you for your patience!
I am happy to inform you that the issue related to your site (external link removed by moderator) has been resolved.
If your site is not crawled or indexed, it may take up to 2-3 weeks for your site to serve again. Additionally, you can submit your URL using IndexNow feature to get them recrawled faster.
Please review our Webmaster Guidelines, especially the section Things to Avoid, to avoid this in the future.
Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to assist.
Take care and stay safe!
Sincerely,
Bing Webmaster Support Team
May 09 2023 07:40 PM
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Jul 10 2023 03:48 AM
@John_Bloggs1705 Try once cache clear. For my case i have found out that my page's live version is showing blank due to cache plugin may be but it is due to amp plugin's cache core web vitals to be precise. simple deactivate that and in live version atleast it is showing correctly. After that you can re submit sitemap and wait for 1-2 days to see if some changes happen on bing search results.