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

Microsoft seems to be testing a new image section in the Bing Search shopping panel. Sometimes Bing will add a section at the top of the page for shopping results, here is an image section within that panel.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-images-shopping-panel-41708.html

This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the 7-Eleven update. Bing said it does not do one-off search penalties because it is not scalable. Google Images celebrated its 25th anniversary...
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-07-17-2026-41703.html

Microsoft Bing is testing using a black colored magnifying glass in the search bar and box. This is instead of a gray or black outlined icon, the test is a fully colored in icon.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-black-magnifying-glass-41552.html

Apple has posted new Apple Maps policies where it now says it is prohibiting home services, such as plumbing, electrical, locksmith, HVAC, pest control, roofing, or general contracting services. It also says bail bonds, cryptocurrency ATMs?
https://www.seroundtable.com/apple-maps-ads-bans-home-services-4169...

Krishna Madhavan, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, said that Bing does not do one-off search penalties because it is not scalable. Instead, Bing will build a spam algorithm to detect the type of spam it is and unleash it on its?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-indexing-penalties-41670.html

Google is testing a large "Visit site" button on the sponsored results, the Google Ads, within the Google Search results. Google has done this before for organic sitelinks and map results, and even Bing did it for some branded-style search?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-visit-site-button-sponsored-res...

Microsoft Bing is testing product detail screens, overlays, when you click on a product listing within the Bing search results. Bing will overlay a product detail screen, with the products images, description, the retailers and prices they?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-product-detail-overlay-41623.html

Where AI Overview clicks go, what agents skip on sites they can't read, and who's leaving Bing, plus the rest of the week's search news. The post Where Clicks Go, What Agents Skip, Who’s Leaving Bing – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Eng?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-where-clicks-go-what-...

Bing’s latest AI reporting confirms that rankings and citations measure different outcomes, requiring new visibility strategies across AI search. The post Microsoft Just Proved A Point About Search Today appeared first on Search Engine Jour?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-just-proved-a-point-a...

If you take a look at the Bing Webmaster Tools newish AI performance reports, you may see more data, impressions, etc showing up on and after June 1, 2026. Microsoft said this is just "regular data backfilling" and there are "no anomalies"?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-ai-reports-backfi...

Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager who led Bing's crawling and indexing team and championed IndexNow, has announced his retirement from Microsoft. The post Fabrice Canel, Longtime Bing Search Leader, Retires From Microsoft appear?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/fabrice-canel-longtime-bing-sea...

Fabrice Canel has announced he has retired from Microsoft as of today. This comes after almost 30 years of service at Microsoft. Fabrice was most well-known in our community for his work on Bing and all of Microsoft's search services.
https://www.seroundtable.com/fabrice-canel-retires-41602.html

Microsoft Bing is testing having the source favicons at the top of the search results page work as an overlay box with more links. Previously, when you clicked on an icon it would anchor you down to that specific search result on the page b?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-search-source-favicons-overlay-vs...

Bing rolls out AI Citation Share; fresh data shows LLMs.txt files go unread; Google backs two agent specs; and the UK orders fairer Search ranking. The post AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt – SEO Pulse appeared first on Sea?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-ai-citation-share-shi...

This week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK's CMA ordered Google to share its search ranking algorithm and enable data portability to some third-parties. Google Search rolled out its information...
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-06-19-2026-41532.html

Microsoft Bing is testing a new updated design for the news section within Bing Search. The updated news box, honestly, is easier to understand and makes it clearer that these are news sources - so I kind of like it.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-updated-news-section-41531.html

Microsoft Bing is testing a color selector / viewer in the shopping and product results within Bing Search. This will show you what colors the product is available in, without having to click over to the website to see it.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-colors-product-results-41438.html

Bing may soon support more countries for the countries filter within Bing Webmaster Tools. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft wrote on X, "Well, we are now actively considering expanding this to show more individual countries."
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-country-reporting...

Bing Webmaster Tools is rolling out a preview release of those new AI reporting features demonstrated at SEO Week in late April. These include Intents, Topics, Citation Share, and Compare within the AI reporting section.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-intents-topics-citation-share-com...

Microsoft is beginning to roll out Citation Share, Intents, Topics, and Compare in the Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance dashboard preview. The post Bing Rolls Out AI Citation Share In Webmaster Tools appeared first on Search Engine Jour?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/bing-rolls-out-ai-citation-shar...

Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools introduces four expanded AI performance capabilites in preview: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, and Compare, enhancing publishers' understanding of AI-generated content visibility and citation dynamics. These?
https://blogs.bing.com/search/June-2026/New-AI-Visibility-Insights-...

Microsoft said this is beginning to roll out in preview within Bing Webmaster Tools globally today.
https://searchengineland.com/bing-webmaster-tools-updates-ai-report...

Microsoft Bing announced a new way to disable the Copilot, Microsoft AI, responses from showing up in the Bing search results. There is a new browser extension available for Chrome and Edge that you can install to toggle off showing AI res?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-minus-ai-41459.html

Microsoft's Fabrice Canel confirmed on LinkedIn last night that more features are coming sooner rather than later around Bing Webmaster Tools AI performance reporting and AI reporting.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-ai-coming-soon-41...

Microsoft Bing is testing using a larger favicon format for sponsored ads in the top position. The favicon is about 33% bigger in the top sponsored ad position than in an organic or lower sponsored ad position.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-large-favicons-top-ads-41437.html

Microsoft announced Web IQ, a set of grounding APIs that connect AI agents to Bing's index. Pricing and general availability remain unclear. The post Microsoft Web IQ Gives AI Agents Bing Grounding APIs appeared first on Search Engine Journ?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-web-iq-gives-ai-agent...

Microsoft releases a search service just for AI-agents, because agents search differently from humans.
https://searchengineland.com/microsoft-releases-web-iq-powered-by-b...

AI applications are only as good as the information they reason from. Without fresh, high-quality web data, they are less dependable. Today, Microsoft is launching Web IQ: a suite of AI-native grounding APIs built for the agentic era, conne?
https://blogs.bing.com/search/June-2026/Announcing-Microsoft-Web-IQ

Copilot is woven through Windows, Edge, Bing, and Microsoft 365, and that reach is enormous: Microsoft says the Copilot apps alone draw more than 100 million monthly active users, with over 800 million people touching Copilot-powered AI fea?
https://ahrefs.com/blog/most-cited-domains-copilot/

Microsoft Bing is testing a new style of sitelinks for the search ads. These sitelinks differ in that they are narrower, use a smaller font, have a border and when you hover over them, they change from a blue font to a bold black font.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-sitelinks-ads-41395.html

Back in March, we were the first to talk about Microsoft Bing testing a new AI version of Bing image search. Microsoft was not talking about it, but it was clear that this was an AI-curated, categorized, and grouped image search experience?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-ai-guides-image-search-41372.html