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How to Verify Your Bing Business Portal Listing
One of the more common questions that comes up when I write about the Bing Business Portal surrounds how to verify a new listing. Or maybe “where” is the better word. The “how” part is pretty easy, but some users are having trouble finding where to finish the verification process. So here’s what I know […]
Bing Business Portal Adds “Order by Smartphone” Tool
Bing has quietly added a new feature to the Bing Business Portal (BBP) that lets local businesses accept orders from mobile searchers using smartphones. The “Order by Smartphone” option/tool is integrated into the existing BBP tool that lets local business owners create a free mobile website to go along with their Bing local listing. Background […]
Hey Bing Business Portal: Nice Update Postcard!
If you’ve ever updated a local business listing — on Google, Bing, Yahoo, or wherever — you’ve felt that fear and dread. It’s the fear and dread that comes when you submit the updated information and then start waiting for the postcard. Will the postcard reach me? Will it be obvious who it’s from and […]
Bing Business Portal Continues to Grow
The Bing Business Portal was already pretty impressive when it launched back in the spring, and Bing has recently rolled out a series of updates and new features that only make it more impressive — not only for online marketing, but also for offline, too.
Control Your Bing Business Portal Photos with “Key Area” Feature
If you’re in Google Maps and you do a search that will bring up my wife‘s Google Places listing, you’ll see something that’s been frustrating me for a while now: Google clipped the main photo of her so much that it looks likes she’s imitating a prairie dog! It’s terrible:
Bing Local Business Portal Goes Into Maintenance Mode
Good luck trying to add or update a local listing at the Bing Business Portal. It’s not working, and won’t be for another 10 days. As both Daniel Hollerung and David Wallace noticed on Twitter this morning, there’s a new “Scheduled Maintenance Alert” on the dashboard when you login:
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