I have been trying in vain for the last month to get my site indexed by Bing. The site has a robots.txt, has a sitemap and is indexed by Google. I’ve used IndexNow, I have followed the Webmaster Guidelines, which by the way is some sort of bible that they just throw at you in case they can’t index you. They don’t give me any specific reason as to why…simply and confusingly they just say, 

The inspected URL is known to Bing but has some issues which are preventing indexation. We recommend you to follow Bing Webmaster Guidelines to increase your chances of indexation.

I have reached out to Bing Webmaster Support on several occasions and I get the automated reply. This is so insanely frustrating and I’ve seen it on thread after thread that others have experienced the EXACT same issue. Why does Microsoft ignore this issue and not help users who are experiencing the same issue? I’ve seen threads just like this get shut down but I’m going to raise the question again in hopes that someone can help. 

​I have been trying in vain for the last month to get my site indexed by Bing. The site has a robots.txt, has a sitemap and is indexed by Google. I’ve used IndexNow, I have followed the Webmaster Guidelines, which by the way is some sort of bible that they just throw at you in case they can’t index you. They don’t give me any specific reason as to why…simply and confusingly they just say, The inspected URL is known to Bing but has some issues which are preventing indexation. We recommend you to follow Bing Webmaster Guidelines to increase your chances of indexation.I have reached out to Bing Webmaster Support on several occasions and I get the automated reply. This is so insanely frustrating and I’ve seen it on thread after thread that others have experienced the EXACT same issue. Why does Microsoft ignore this issue and not help users who are experiencing the same issue? I’ve seen threads just like this get shut down but I’m going to raise the question again in hopes that someone can help.   Read More

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