Bing updates and changes
Google confirms its updates on a status dashboard; Bing and Yandex do not. So this log combines the two things that can be tracked: posts from their official webmaster blogs, and industry headlines reporting a ranking, index or Webmaster Tools change. Official posts are marked as such. Yandex posts are in Russian.
October 2026
- Bing · reported Bing vs. Google: Which Search Engine Indexes More Content?
- Bing · official Your content, your choice: clearer preferences for training and grounding
- Bing · official Real people. Real winners. Your chance could be next.
- Bing · official Introducing Topics Portfolio (Beta) in AI Performance
June 2026
- Bing · official New AI Visibility Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, Compare
- Bing · official New AI Visibility Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, Compare
- Bing · official Announcing Microsoft Web IQ
- Bing · official Announcing Microsoft Web IQ
May 2026
- Bing · official A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing
- Bing · official A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing
- Bing · official Keeping Trusted Content Visible in an AI-Powered Search World
- Bing · official Keeping Trusted Content Visible in an AI-Powered Search World
- Bing · official Evolving role of the index: From ranking pages to supporting answers
- Bing · official Evolving role of the index: From ranking pages to supporting answers
April 2026
- Bing · official Microsoft Open-Sources Industry-Leading Embedding Model
- Bing · official Microsoft Open-Sources Industry-Leading Embedding Model
March 2026
- Bing · official Bing Maps Goes Global with TomTom Orbis Addresses
- Bing · official Bing Maps Goes Global with TomTom Orbis Addresses
- Bing · official You could unlock your share of $2,000,000 USD in prizes with your daily searches
- Bing · official You could unlock your share of $2,000,000 USD in prizes with your daily searches
February 2026
- Bing · official Elevating the Role of Grounding on the AI Web
- Bing · official Introducing AI Performance in Bing Webmaster Tools Public Preview
- Bing · official Introducing AI Performance in Bing Webmaster Tools Public Preview
December 2025
- Bing · official Does Duplicate Content Hurt SEO and AI Search Visibility?
- Bing · official Does Duplicate Content Hurt SEO and AI Search Visibility?
November 2025
- Bing · official How AI Search Is Changing the Way Conversions are Measured
- Bing · official How AI Search Is Changing the Way Conversions are Measured
October 2025
- Bing · official Bing Introduces Support for the data-nosnippet HTML Attribute
- Bing · official Bing Introduces Support for the data-nosnippet HTML Attribute
July 2025
- Bing · official Keeping Content Discoverable with Sitemaps in AI Powered Search
- Bing · official Keeping Content Discoverable with Sitemaps in AI Powered Search
June 2025
- Bing · official Start Using Bing Webmaster Tools to Improve Your Site Visibility
- Bing · official Start Using Bing Webmaster Tools to Improve Your Site Visibility
May 2025
- Bing · official IndexNow Enables Faster and More Reliable Updates for Shopping and Ads
- Bing · official IndexNow Drives Smarter and Faster Content Discovery
- Bing · official IndexNow Enables Faster and More Reliable Updates for Shopping and Ads
- Bing · official IndexNow Drives Smarter and Faster Content Discovery
April 2025
- Bing · official AI Revolutionizes Search: Key Insights from Microsoft Accelerate
- Bing · official AI Revolutionizes Search: Key Insights from Microsoft Accelerate
March 2025
- Bing · official Supercharge Your Search Performance with Bing Webmaster Tools
How entries are chosen
"Official" entries are every post on the Bing Webmaster Blog, the Bing Search Blog and the Yandex Webmaster blog. "Reported" entries are other outlets' headlines that name Bing, Copilot or Yandex together with an update, algorithm, ranking, index, crawl or webmaster-tools change — matched by keyword, so the occasional unrelated headline gets through. For the full stream, see Search Engines.