{"Status":true,"Message":"","Response":{"post":{"postuid":"c2e871fc-af2d-435f-8512-2d252d63902d","tenantuid":"d8b744fc-2e70-4089-bb80-dd1d08f6c7b2","projectuid":"fc6490ac-7527-4f49-b06e-46f701280e85","title":"Bing Webmaster Tools","slug":"article/bing-webmaster-tools","html":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether using a subdomain provided by HelpGuides or using your own domain, you will need to submit your sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools for indexing.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022why_submit_to_bing_webmaster_tools\u0022\u003EWhy submit to Bing Webmaster Tools?\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order for the Bing search engine to crawl your content for search, it needs to know about it. Bing Webmaster Tools allows you to submit a sitemap to Bing that it can regularly crawl to update it\u0027s search index for your content.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022create_your_bing_webmaster_tools_account\u0022\u003ECreate your Bing Webmaster Tools account\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENavigate to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.bing.com/webmasters/\u0022\u003Ehttps://www.bing.com/webmasters/\u003C/a\u003E and create an account. You will need to have the full domain of the site you want to create, e.g. example.helpguides.io.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022verify_your_bing_webmaster_tools_account\u0022\u003EVerify your Bing Webmaster Tools account\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBing will provide several options for verifying your ownership of the domain.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch3 id=\u0022verify_using_a_meta_tag\u0022\u003EVerify using a meta tag\u003C/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the easiest option for users of HelpGuides:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECopy the meta tag provided by Bing for verification. It will look something like:\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ccode class=\u0022inline-code\u0022\u003E\u0026lt;meta name=\u0022msvalidate.01\u0022 content=\u0022E13E88EAC44D162B933255FC65C62FE4\u0022 /\u0026gt;\u003C/code\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Col start=\u00222\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENavigate to Settings for your HelpGuides.io project and go to the \u003Ccode class=\u0022inline-code\u0022\u003ECode\u003C/code\u003E tab\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPaste the meta tag from step 1 in the code tab and save\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGo back to Bing Webmaster Tools and click Verify\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022submit_your_sitemap_to_bing\u0022\u003ESubmit your Sitemap to Bing\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce verified, the last step is to tell Bing about your content.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENavigate to Sitemaps in Bing Webmaster Tools and add the sitemap for your HelpGuides content.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou can find your Sitemap by adding /sitemap.xml to the end of your HelpGuides website. For example, \u003Ca href=\u0022https://docs.helpguides.io/sitemap.xml\u0022\u003Ehttps://docs.helpguides.io/sitemap.xml\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022frequently_asked_questions\u0022\u003EFrequently Asked Questions\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelow are some frequently asked questions about submitting your HelpGuides site to Bing Webmaster Tools.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Csection class=\u0022faq\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EBing won\u0027t index my content\u003C/h3\u003E\u003Carticle\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGo to the /robots.txt for your website and verify that content can be indexed. Check that \u003Ccode class=\u0022inline-code\u0022\u003EAllow Search Engine indexing\u003C/code\u003E is enabled in your HelpGuides site settings.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/article\u003E\u003C/section\u003E\u003Csection class=\u0022faq\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EI published an article, but Bing isn\u0027t indexing it\u003C/h3\u003E\u003Carticle\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESee above, but also ensure that the article\u0027s status is \u003Ccode class=\u0022inline-code\u0022\u003EPublished\u003C/code\u003E and that the article\u0027s \u003Ccode class=\u0022inline-code\u0022\u003EAllow Search Engine Indexing\u003C/code\u003E is enabled. Indexing is enabled by default for all articles, but can be disabled.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/article\u003E\u003C/section\u003E","publish_status":0,"post_type":"Article","authoruid":"3dde8c16-763a-4a2b-ae0b-1d8c50c62e3d","author":{"authoruid":"3dde8c16-763a-4a2b-ae0b-1d8c50c62e3d"},"featured_image_updating":false,"meta_description":"Submit your HelpGuides sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools to ensure your site is indexed. Learn why, how to verify, and troubleshoot common issues.","display_toc":true,"has_workingcopy":false,"allow_indexing":true,"sort_order":2,"total_views":278,"date_published":"2025-06-09T14:16:54.957","date_updated":"2025-06-09T14:16:55.623","date_created":"2025-06-09T14:02:35.55"}}}