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BING and Me and ActiveRain

I kept hearing about Microsoft launching a new search engine called BING. Google has always been the search engine of my choice and I often check other search engines to see how well my placement is.

Well, my husband and I were talking about it last night when I accidentally typed in the top search bar for something and up came "BING". I was actually searching keywords for my website as I had made a big goof and had to go back to the backup from a week ago and redo some stuff.

Anyway, while typing in one of my keywords for Hawaii Relocation who should pop up on the first page of BING. NINE ...yes, NINE places out of TEN!

The first few spots on this first page were my website, a woohoo sally spot, website and Localism!

And then I kept scrolling down and saw the following.....Localism, ActiveRain, ActiveRain, Localism spots of my posts from different times and topics. I was jumping up and down. I am in the top spots on BING too!

If you notice, I also put arrows on the right sides of these screen shots as well. For each topic they have a little pop up screen for each website. For the first shot it showed all the links on my website too! For Localism it showed the first snippet of the post.

Now...how cool is this? More Juice for my ActiveRain and Localism posts.

It's not that ActiveRain was losing Google Juice...it's that it just may be that this new search engine is picking up the GOOD websites :) :)

What do you think?

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Be proactive in your Hawaii Relocation and Hawaii Home Buying Experience.

Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocating to Hawaii, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents. Website: www.hawaiihomesmarket.com

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Posted by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman HAWAII Relocations & Real Estate on 06/12/2009 05:39 PM

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77 Comments on BING and Me and ActiveRain

JUN

Wow...I just saw a featured post on Bing too!

My theory is, get all the coverage everywhere you can.

However, Bing must be cruising the Internet to pick up these sites optomized for Google.

Makes sense.

I've got 3 of 10 and 7 of the top 20. Happy.

It's awesome! Congrats. I checked out Bing just the other day and found myself on page 1 as well. Love it!

Kathy

Lenn: I'm happy too...I frequently check Yahoo, MSN, Google and other search engines to see how well my keywords and placement are doing (I will forever remember you and my start in all that:) I'll take everything...because the consumer looks at many too :) :)

Kathy: I do too! Just remember to gear to all search engines and don't rule anything out because it's new. I love finding new things to help with researching my stuff. :)

I have not heard of Bing but you better believe I am heading over there right now to check my results- I hope they are good!

Christine..or Jennifer: Yup...run over there....don't stop there...check all of them!

Hello Sally, I am a google person also and I have never heard of Bing. When I first started reading your post I thought maybe it was about Bing Crosby (rest his soul)!

I will be checking this out for sure!

My results with Bing are pretty ppor. Since MSN has gone to Bing I get no traffic from them. Google still brings over 90% of my traffic. Sorry Bing not impressed.

Sally Jo, I check the visitors on our site (search engine) and this bing thing has been showing up more regularly. I'm glad to have read this, because I'd done no research (except, AR seems to prove often to be a superb research site, so I guess I did)- thanks for the post!

Bob: hahaha....I'm sure a lot of folks will be thinking about Bing Crosby....or confuse it with Bling lol.

Corinne: What key words are you putting in? Oh, well...I'm impressed. I even found out you can refresh the page and it keeps changing ...some more ...some less. I like that part too...it's constantly changing.

I registered with Bing last week. However, I'm not sure if "Bing" of Microsoft can beat Google. Thanks!

Jenny

This is new to me, I'm going to go there and see what shows up.

Jenny: It's not all about 'beating' Google...it's about 'the consumers use plenty of different search engines'. If you have good titles, tags and keywords you should be showing up all over the place!

Auntie Laurie (lol) ...I love when you call me Sally Jo...it reminds me of all my cousins and relatives who can't let go lol! Yup...it is making it's entrance in a grand way ..:)

Jon: Good luck! Hope you find what you're looking for!

Thanks for reminding me about BING -- and how I've got to learn yet another trick.

Congrats to you! I found your arrows cool!!

I just looked on the second page and my AR outside blog has got a few spots too!

Carla: No tricks...just tips :) :)

Those are some pretty good results WooHoo. I'm off to see how I'm faring on Bing. I've never even heard of it before.

Sally-I am doing well on Bing too. Since we are both targeting military clients in our different locations it is nice to know we can be found with some familar phrases.

Sally those are great results, Bing is certainly working for you.

I heard a tv ad about Bing and checked and I was on the first page twice. I'll take it. After reading the comments I'm off to see what "registering" with Bing is all about.

Bing! has certainly garnered a corner of the search engine market. Congrats on making the 'headlines' on the search. You have that way about you! ;)

Sally...

Good info ...it seem that BING relies very heavily on the URL as the key term. Thanks for sharing this important information!

I've added several clients to Bing.com over the last couple of days, Sally, and the results are absolutely astounding.

Bryant: It's all Microsoft...I happen to be a fan LOL! They are wonderful results!

Cindy: And that's a FACT! I've been competing hard and we've been slipping on Google vs. the pay per stuff.....and I don't think that's a good thing all the time :) Especially when they called me this am and tried to sell me something.

Jennifer: It was surprised....really.

Tammy: Register for what? I was just talking about search engines :)

Carol: Badda Bing lol! Oh...I do do I? :)

Wow Sally how fun is this. I can't wait to check it out. I was going to leave and go home but I just can't resist seeing what BING is all about! And thanks for the reminder to check all of them. I am learning as fast as I can with the help of you and all the other wonderful rainers!

Way to Go.........you're the TOP Sally!

Good for you, Sally. I need to do some work. I have a few spots there but not like on Google.

But, you are right, consumers use many search sites and we need to be seen and found as many places as we can.

I'm off to check my ranking on Bing. Thanks for the information.

Was surprised when I ran my website analytics about a week ago to see a significant jump in Bing among my referring pages. I'm sure Google will remain a top referrer for some time to come, but I pay attention to the "little guys" as well and am glad to see that Bing must be doing a good job of selecting relevant content.

Excellent ! More angles the better ! Great results Sally :o)

Aloha my friend! I will have to start calling you Sally the Dominatrix! LOL, Deb

Show us your boots!

Thanks for the info Sallky. I will be checking into this tonight.

I just checked it out. Found myself on page 1 but when I did San ANtonio real estate I was not #1!

I checked out bing the other day and it will be interesting to see if this search engine becomes a hit. The good news is that woohoo Sally is #1.

I was working on my mom's assistant's computer today and I ran a search on the top bar like you mentioned and bing popped up...it took me a minute to figure out what was going on, but I remembered reading about bing in a blog. I am going to go look and see how I rank in bing-world!!!

Kristin: I checked google too and San Antonio Real Estate had others but not yours either.

Rebecca: More the better!

Hey Deb! Glad to see you around! Too funny...I was happy...more search engines for me the merrier!

Sheldon: That's what I say too! Yes, google is great, yes yahoo is great...and now bing will add to it. Love it!

Trent: Me too... never know what sites the consumer goes on....

Norma: No problem...hope the stats are good for you :)

Missy: No kidding. What part of staying stuck on one thing do people not understand? Hey, at least we do...more places to be found is better for any one in business.

Joan: It'll be a hit with just a few...as long as it gets attention for my websites and blogs I'm happy.

Exit: Bing World :)

Sally--I am glad you posted this as it made me check to see what BING picked up on me. Most of my key word searches, I come up 5-8 times. Not as good as your stats but not too shabby either. :)

Sally - That's awesome. I have not had a chance to try Bing. I'll have to see if I have anything indexed on it.

Congratulations! Your hard work and perseverance is paying off BINGtime!

Sally, I am going to have to go over and check this site....I cam curious what might come up! I'm thrilled that you have such wonderful placement, though, and am heading over there right now! Btw, CONGRATULATIONS....you don't get to the top without plain old HARD WORK!

Very Cool Sally, I will be going to check Bing out!!

I guess I need to get on over there and check things out. You are always so good on SEO.

Woo Hoo, Just goes to show you that all your efforts will be paying off very soon. Congratulations. I doubt that when I type in my seach that I will get the same results, :-)

Good for you. My placement isn't really any different than Google. Which is great so I'm happy :-)

Thanks Sally, just checked out Bing. I'm there... cool!

I've heard a little about Bing but that's about it. It's good to know though that AR does well on it for all of us.

That is awesome! I had not ventured to take a look at Bing yet, but did so just now. I quickly check a couple of words and we are 7 of 10, 5 of 10 and 4 of 10. That is good for me too :0 ~Rita

Sally: All this talk about BING has ne ready to jump over and see what it's all about.

Sally - I have known about Bing for some time (shortly after the launch) but still haven't tested it - guess I will now. Their TV ad is kinda interesting. An inriguing perspective on searching and how it can drive you crazy.

Jeff

JUN

Sally, never heard of Bing - will check it out and be back.

Thanks for the reminder to check Bing (I was pleasantly surprised to have a lot of listings there in the Home Staging category for Portland Oregon).

Greg's going to go bing himself

I actually heard a Bing radio commercial spot yesterday, I had seen it already and now Im hearing it. Looks like you have ranked well with bing,

Sally,

I'm new to Bing, and hadn't heard of it until reading your post. Congrats on the feature; I'm going back now and reading the comments. :)

Mike in Tucson

I had to stop for a second there at comment #30! "Sally the Dominatrix!?" Okay, bootsie!

LOL

I have heard of Bing but did not check it out.Thanks for the post. I will check it out right now.

While I'm delighted for you, I'm sad for me. Just searched Bing and fare no better than I do on Google - not even on the map. Have re-edited all my posts with "long tails" but don't seem to be on the map at all. Perhaps it is just time - have only been at it 2 months...

Woo Hoo...

I just Binged BB. I got bored after the third page of results with his name on them :)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'm off to Bing a few things :)

P.S. I could create an entire language using the word "Bing" :)

TLW...ROAR!

Do you have a quick version of how to do that in SC? I could use your help!! Thanks!

So far in our area we are seeing nothing for search engine results.

BINGo you have reached the top of your game. I need to work harder to get to the top

I do believe that BING is the new search engine of MSN. It is worth making sure your register with it to get placement - regardless of how you feel about BING and your current placement. MSN is (was) one of the top (if not second) search engines after Google.

In my analytics from my website, I have noticed searches coming from Bing. Can they gain ground in the competitive search-engine business? Only time will tell.

Hi Sally, Certainly a lot of national advertising behind the new site. Lets hope it helps all of us.

I loved Bing, especially in the movie "High Society". Oops, wrong Bing. Time will tell. Getting people to change their Google habits will be hard. If Microsoft was the 20th century gorilla then Google is now the 21st one.

Woo-Hoo: I like it...I like it.

My results aren't that good on Bing. Does anyone know how to improve your status on Bing

I've gotta snoop around some more, Sally - but from what I'm seeing, #1, 3, 4, 6, 7 for one of my local area blogs on Bing. I am soooo happy about this!

Teri: It's not too shabby is it? It changes but not too much. It also matters with variations ...like adding an s at the end of condos or homes. Same thing like google. :)

Robert: Try Yahoo too. I seem to have the right key words for what my niche is.

Leolinda: That's cute :0

Carole: I was curious and at one time checked all the search engines to see how i fared. I like the Bing Commercial :)

Tina: Let us know how you did :)

Lizette: Not really but I do try hard :)

William: Hey...as long as it's something. I can just take away an s and I've only got my website on it. Go figure.

Christine: Good for you....bottom line...it's all going to depend what kind of words we're putting in our posts, the titles and tags.

Diego: Cool for you!

Christine D: It's just Microsoft doing their thing :)

Rita: Good for you too! You must be doing something right for other search engines to find you too:)

Roland: Jump on over!

Jeff: I laugh at the commercial lol. It can...drive you crazy...or utilize it the fullest :)

Virginia: good deal..let us know.

Maureen: Great! Another search engine to check our placement :)

Greg: You just go on and bing yourself buddy :)

Laura: Granted it's not like that for everything I want...but what can I expect....for free :)

Mike: ....okay Mike ..go check the Bing :)

Gita: It doesn't hurt to see how your placement is elsewhere. The consumer goes elsewhere as well.

TLW: LOL. Yeah...I got bored with my name too :) I'd love to see a BING post from you lol

Sally- That is great. Of course we want to think that BING is picking up the Good Sites. As with all new search engines- let's enjoy the thrill for a while- the spammers start coming and then BING will have to change things and we may not see the same results. It happens unfortunately with every good thing on line, the spammers try to take advantage. They did it to Google in the beginning and so Google had to shift its' indexing protocol. It happens to great content sites like Squidoo and Scribd.

So we shall enjoy the moment while it is in our hands:)

Kemp: Go to bing.com and type in keywords you use in your posts so people can find you.

Norma: what kind of keywords are you using? Are you being consistent in all your posts with your titles, tags and keywords for specific things you're writing about?

Russ: Not quite...but work hard at what I have :)

Jennifer: It sure is Microsoft :) ...and I've been registered with Windows Live for years....but finally did my profile etc. Kind of like Google profile :)

Steve: I'm sure there is competitiveness....even in the search engine world. Aren't we?

Bill: I'm sure it will. I mean... it's just like each of us..we all have our likes/dislikes and for me even IE is better for me than Firefox. Why? I like simple...and I don't have a bunch of stuff runnning in the background to mess up my use.

Joe: Hahah. I'm not changing my google habits...I'm just stating that other people may use other search engines more than others....so let's all take advantage of ALL search engines to see our placement :)

Kat: I bet you do :)

Judy: It's just a matter of what you are gearing towards..your niche.

William: Pretty cool huh?

Katerina: No matter what....there will always be game players :)

Woo Hoo! Hi I got your invitation but it only seems to work with hotmail ( no surprise with Internet Explorer). Would do me a favor? Would send me another invitation to my hotmail address, TheRealEstateTextBook@Hotmail.com. I am sure that will work.

JUN

Bada Bing! Good for you, Sis. I haven't even heard of Bing. I suppose I should get out more;) I'll be checking to see where I may or may not rank.

JUN

I was watching TV on hulu.com (as usual) the night of the Bing rollout. I didn't know what they were talking about, the week before. But I watched the excitment for a little while on hulu, then the next day, it was everywhere!

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