Find your site position in Bing

One method is to search for the term you want and then count. Is easy when your on the first page, but it gets annoying when you’re not in top ten. So you can use a tool, preferably a free one. I will not go into the specialized tools, just give you a hint.

First you can go to http://www.searchenginegenie.com/bing-position-checker.html and use the tool there, it looks like this:

If you have multiple keywords, or want to check rankings on multiple search engines, is better to use a specialized tool, like:
http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/ranking-reports/
You do it frequently, then use http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/rank-checker/, a free tool that you can install in seconds.

What other tool you found useful? Comment:

Bing xRank ranks most notable people

According to the developers, “xRank keeps track of notable people and puts them in order for you. We count Bing web searches for movie stars, musicians, and other famous people. Then, we compile our findings into an insightful ranking formula that tells you who the world is searching for most. The result is a cultural snapshot of who’s hot and who’s not!”

By using xRank, you can easily do one of the following:

• Search.
  Enter a name and Bing will tell you who they are and how they rate.
• Learn.
  You can browse a bio or get the latest news headlines about the person you’re interested in.
• Explore.
  For each celebrity, you are ine click away from the latest videos, images, movies, albums, and more.
• Relate.
  This is one of my favorite features of xRank. This is one big electronic gossip machine. Thumbnail photos at the bottom of xRank show you the associates, friends, enemies, and romances, of the person you’re interested in.
• Scan.
  You are a big fan of some singer or movie star? Look over the rankings and trending over time. Movement at the top of the list means more than it does near the bottom.
• Track.
  View a person’s popularity over the past six months on the xRank History chart. Under the xRank History chart, find the top-moving searches. These are real searches from users on the day the person peaked in popularity on xRank.

Celebrities, politicians and…

According to Microsoft, worth tracking are:

• celebrities
• politicians
• musicians
• bloggers

You can see that these are the categories which make the first page of tabloids, except maybe bloggers.

I’m not into any of the celebrity business and also not interested in politics or top bloggers. But I like the concept and think this is a valuable SEO resource for people interested in more visitors and clicks. Write about what’s hot and you may receive thousands of visits a day.

What do you think? Is xRank useful or not?

1. Type the following address in IE: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/search/?search=bing
2. Select your favourite add-on and press the Add t Internet Explorer button.
3. That’s all, now enjoy.

As of present date, the following add-ons are available:

Bing Search
For decisions that matter. Bing and decide.

Bing Maps
Map addresses using this Bing Maps Accelerator

Bing Translator
Language translation at your fingertips with this Accelerator

Shop and Save with Bing Shopping
Gives you instant product prices, cashback offers and information and helps you save shopping online (Accelerator)

Surf Canyon
Unleash the power of search like never before

Finance from Bing
Get stock quotes from Bing with this Web Slice

Traffic from Bing
Get traffic updates from Bing with this Web Slice

Bing Maps for Outlook
Internet mapping and Outlook

Bing Image Search
Search Images with Bing (Accelerator)

Define with Bing
Define words or phrases with Bing (Accelerator)

Weather from Bing
Get weather updates from Bing with this Web Slice

Bing add-ons for Internet Explorer

If you use Firefox, see the list of Bing add-ons for Firefox.

They say “this is the only officially supported Bing add-on, provided by the Bing team in Microsoft.” We have to believe them (after seeing the EULA we give them credit), since there is a smilarly named add-on by Daniel Hoo that  places ads before the actual search results.

The plugin is very simple and installs Bing into the list of search engines available on the  right.

Bing 20090531, by longzheng

This add-on promises search suggestions, but it doesn’t deliver. It does the same thing as the official add-on.

You can see the other add-ons by searching for Bing in the Firefox add-ons window. If you use Internet Explorer, here’s a list of Bing add-ons for IE