Bing Places & Bing Webmaster Tools: Why They Matter for ChatGPT
ChatGPT search draws on Bing. How UK businesses should set up Bing Webmaster Tools, submit a sitemap, use IndexNow and claim Bing Places.
ChatGPT search uses Bing's index among its sources, so a site Bing hasn't indexed is hard for ChatGPT to find.
- Add your site in Bing Webmaster Tools (import from Google Search Console or verify with a meta tag).
- Submit your XML sitemap.
- Turn on IndexNow so changes are picked up in hours.
- Claim your free Bing Places listing with the same name, address and phone as Google.
- Allow Bingbot and OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt.
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