Bing is testing showing "Related searches based on your browsing" similar to how Google is/was showing this a few months ago. In Bing's test, this is below the Microsoft Ads in the search results.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-related-searches-based-on-your-br...

Microsoft Bing is testing placing a large single ad unit at the top of the Bing Search results page. The sponsored ad has a gray background, with an image and call to action button, and of course, the url, title and ad description.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-large-single-sponsored-ad-42283.html

Bing's AI Performance report adds a view that sorts cited queries into topics and lists queries where other sites are cited but your site isn't. The post Bing Webmaster Tools Sorts AI Search Queries Into Topics appeared first on Search Engi?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/bing-webmaster-tools-topics-por...

Microsoft Bing just announced a new addition to the AI performance reports in Bing Webmaster Tools named Topics Portfolio. Topics Portfolio shows you the "presence is distributed across themes, how much demand each theme represents, how com?
https://www.seroundtable.com/topics-portfolio-bing-webmaster-tools-...

Bing Webmaster Tools introduces Topics Portfolio, a beta view of sites’ presence across thematic AI Search clusters. It combines portfolio-level context with query-level opportunities for planning growth.Each topic shows Topic Size, Sites C?
https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/2026/10/introducing-topics-portfol...

Microsoft announced Microsoft-Decision-1 last week and it is already being experimented with in both Bing Search and Copilot. Microsoft-Decision-1 is a "decision-scoring model delivers top performance in latency and quality on structured d?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-microsoft-decision-1-42270.html

Microsoft Bing is testing showing the local pack results without borders. Normally, the local pack has a small outline border around the results, but for some reason, Microsoft is testing not placing the outline around the local results.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-local-pack-without-borders-42257....

Microsoft Bing is getting fancy and stylish with its line separators in Bing Search. Bing is testing fading the line separators at the end of the lines.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-faded-line-separators-42192.html

Microsoft Bing is testing dropping favicons from Bing search result snippets. This makes the search results page look much less graphical.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-no-favicons-snippets-42262.html

Google Search Console is sending out emails informing site owners how many people are subscribing or following them as a preferred source on Google. It says "people are choosing domain as a preferred source" and then lists the number of "Pr?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-preferred-source-subscribers-em...

Microsoft Bing is testing a new'ish section labeled "Recommended by" followed by the company making the recommendations. The weird thing is, the specific product thumbnails link to various retailers and not the place that recommended it.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-recommended-by-products-section-4...

Microsoft Bing is testing adding product feature labels to product listings in the search results. This can add labels like "great for...," "effective," "performs well," "lightweight", and so on.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-product-features-labels-42161.html

Microsoft Advertising now shows "consumer review" ad extensions in the Bing search results sponsored results section. These are one-line snippets of text, added under the sponsored result, that come a "from consumer review."
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-consumer-review-ads-42183.html

A court brief quotes an OpenAI engineer saying users "won't click" links and cites Microsoft data on lower CTRs in Bing Chat than in search. The post Court Filing Quotes OpenAI Engineer: Users “Won’t Click” Links appeared first on Search En?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-engineer-users-wont-clic...

Microsoft Bing is testing adding an editable icon in two formats on images within Bing Search that can be edited using Bing's AI image feature.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-images-editable-labels-42152.html

Microsoft is testing replacing or renaming the Copilot search tab in Bing Search with the name AI Mode. AI Mode is the name Google uses for its AI search engine, Bing uses Copilot Search, but Microsoft is testing using Google's name here.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-ai-mode-search-tabs-42165.html

We've seen Microsoft test variations of expanding sitelinks within the Bing search results before. But here is a different variation on that, one that expands and shows descriptions under the sitelinks after you hover your mouse cursor over?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-expandable-sitelinks-interface-42...

Microsoft is testing placing favicons on the Bing shopping ads, product results, carousel. Normally, this ad unit just shows the site name but Bing is testing adding favicons in front of the site name.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-shopping-ads-carousel-favicons-42...

Cloudflare‘s Disallow AI Training setting blocks AI training crawlers but not Googlebot. Bing won‘t honor it until early 2027.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/cloudfare-blocks-ai-training/

Microsoft Bing is also asking some searchers to verify they are human before showing them search results. Google is doing this a lot, in various forms, and now Bing was spotted doing this.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-verify-you-are-human-42102.html

Microsoft is testing adding new labels to the Bing Search product carousels. Labels include Top Picks, Price Drop, Sale and likely other labels on the Bing Search product listings, within the carousels.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-product-carousel-labels-42092.html

Microsoft Bing is testing adding product/shopping related filters on the left sidebar of the search results. This makes the Bing all search tab look more like Google's all tab, when you search for product or shopping related queries.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-sidebar-shopping-filters-42084.html

Cloudflare's Disallow AI Training keeps mixed-use crawlers available for search. Google and Apple honor training opt-outs; Bing robots.txt support is pending. The post Cloudflare Lets Sites Disallow AI Training Without Blocking Googlebot ap?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflare-lets-sites-disallow-...

ChatGPT surged 48% while Bing fell 50% in U.S. traffic. See which sites gained, which lost, and what the latest data means for SEO.
https://searchengineland.com/winners-losers-us-website-traffic-past...

Microsoft is testing bolding the https portion of the URLs in the Bing Search results. We've seen Microsoft test HTTPS labels in various forms over the years, including using lock icons. But here, Microsoft Bing is being more subtle about?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-bolded-https-urls-41939.html

Microsoft is testing removing the site names from the Bing search results and instead showing only the site's URL. Google tested this about a year ago, so I guess it makes sense for Bing to test as well.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-search-snippets-without-sitenames...

Microsoft is now forcing all users to log in before using Copilot, but this currently does not apply to Copilot Search answers within Bing Search. When you try to go directly to Copilot, even by clicking on the Copilot button on Bing's home?
https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-copilot-login-41975.html

Microsoft is testing renaming the Copilot Search AI answer box at the top of the Bing Search results to AI Overviews. That is the name Google uses for its AI answer results in Google Search. Microsoft is still placing the Copilot logo with?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-testing-copilot-search-ai-overvie...

Microsoft Bing is testing a new "Shorts" tab in the search menu on Bing Search. This should filter the results by short videos across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and so on. The tab is called "Shorts" and looks like a video play ic?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-shorts-video-tab-41892.html

LinkedIn reach and Google clicks are collapsing, but Tony Uphoff argues SEO pros are diagnosing structural disruption as decline, and prescribing the wrong fix. The post Clicks Are Down 42%, LinkedIn Reach Down 47% But You’re Raging At The?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/clicks-are-down-42-linkedin-rea...

Microsoft Advertising is testing displaying larger images in the Bing sponsored results. These images are full block size images that take up a lot of space in the search results.
https://www.seroundtable.com/large-images-bing-ads-41878.html

Microsoft is testing a "Top Source" section within the Bing Search results interface. This section shows the Top Source with various sections from the site or various news articles from the site.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-top-source-41530.html

Microsoft has confirmed it is working on bringing filtering capabilities to the Bing Webmaster Tools performance reports. Right now, there is no way to add a filter for any of the metrics in the report. Of course, you can download the data?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-page-query-level-...

Microsoft will be retiring the Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP/POX APIs on August 31, 2026. If you use these legacy APIs you should begin to migrate to the JSON/HTTP (REST) API version.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-soap-pox-apis-ret...

Doesn't it feel like you are always seeing AI Overviews at the top of all your Google Search results? Well, new data from Similarweb says that AI Overviews show up for about 43% of all queries. Meanwhile, Semrush data has it at about 48% o?
https://www.seroundtable.com/half-google-searches-ai-overviews-4178...

Microsoft reported its fourth-quarter 2026 earnings, showing that its search and advertising revenue was up 10%, indicating its ad growth was 2 points lower than the previous quarter. The previous quarter it was up 12%, before that up 10% b?
https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-earnings-41786.html

Treat Europe as one Google market, and you'll miss Seznam, Ecosia, Zalando, and a regulatory layer that can close a door overnight. The post European Search Strategy Goes Beyond Google & Bing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/european-search-strategy-goes-b...

Microsoft seems to be testing showing pricing on the product images within the Bing Search organic results. Normally, Bing would show review stars on the product images and, below the image, show the price. I should note that I am also see?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-pricing-product-images-41765.html

Microsoft is testing fading out the related searches in the Bing Search results. When you hover over a related search, that one stands out and the other related searches options then get faded/blurred out.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-fading-out-related-searches-41722...

Microsoft Bing is testing an open button that says the site domain and when clicked, shows you sitelinks from that domain on the right side. You can then close out the sitelinks, if you want, or click on them.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-open-sitelinks-41719.html