#Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search

#Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search

Reddit updated its robots.txt file prohibiting Bing and some other search engines from crawling its site. Reddit has updated its robots.txt file, preventing Bing and many other search engines from crawling the site. “Bing stopped crawling Reddit after they implemented their updated robots.txt file on July 1, which prohibits all crawling of their site,” a…

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#Bing testing new generative search experience

#Bing testing new generative search experience

Microsoft said this “combines the power of LLMs and SLMs with Bing’s search results to generate a more delightful and efficient UX layout.” Bing is now testing its new generative search experience that combines the Bing search results and its language models to use AI to generate a different breed of search results, including an…

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#Bing Search tests removing cache link

#Bing Search tests removing cache link

This comes after Google Search officially dropped its cache link a couple of months go. Microsoft is testing removing the cache link from the Bing search results a couple of months after Google officially removed the cache link from its search results. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft confirmed this is a Bing test, he wrote, “Yes….

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#Bing Deep Search is officially live for all users

#Bing Deep Search is officially live for all users

Microsoft announced Deep Search back in December, it went live for some users last month and is now officially live for all users. Bing Deep Search, an optional generative AI feature meant to help searchers with complex questions that don’t have simple answers, is now fully live for all users. Microsoft announced today that all…

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#Microsoft Ads expands Copilot to more advertisers

#Microsoft Ads expands Copilot to more advertisers

Copilot allows marketers to instantly generate assets for campaigns, such as images, headlines, and descriptions. Microsoft Ads expanded its Copilot trial to a larger set of advertisers. The company confirmed to Search Engine Land that it is giving more advertises access to Copilot as it continues to collect data, test, optimize, and work towards a…

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#Bing Deep Search is rolling out to more users

#Bing Deep Search is rolling out to more users

Microsoft previewed Deep Search in December 2023 and now it seems more users are able to see it. Microsoft’s Deep Search, an optional generative AI feature meant to help searchers with complex questions that don’t have simple answers, seems to have rolled out to more users today. I personally can see the “Deep Search” icon…

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#Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%

#Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%

This is the first time Microsoft has reported its quarterly earnings as a $3 trillion company and included revenue from Activision Blizzard. Microsoft reported its strongest financial quarter to date after becoming a $3 trillion company. Search and news advertising revenue increased 8% year on year, excluding traffic acquisition costs that Microsoft pays to publishers. However,…

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