How to add your website to Bing Webmaster Tools

Yoast SEO allows you to connect your site to Bing Webmaster Tools. By connecting your website to Bing Webmaster Tools, you will be able to track how Bing is crawling your website. In this article, we’ll walk you through the steps of connecting your website to Bing Webmaster Tools.

How to add your site to Bing Webmaster Tools with Yoast SEO

  1. Go to Bing Webmaster Tools and create an account


  2. In the Enter your site URL field, fill in your URL and click Add

    Did you already verify your site on Google Search Console? Skip the Yoast SEO verification and leave the input field blank.

  3. Select the option HTML Meta Tag and click Copy

    Screenshot of verifying your site with Bing Webmaster Tools

  4. Log in to your WordPress website

    When you’re logged in, you will be in your Dashboard.

  5. Click on Yoast SEO


    Screenshot of the "Yoast SEO" menu item.

  6. Go to Settings


    Screenshot of the settings menu item in Yoast SEO

  7. Click on Site connections

    In the Yoast SEO settings menu, click Site connections.

  8. Add the code under Bing

    Paste the code you just copied in the input field below Bing.
    Screenshot of the Site connections settings in Yoast SEO, highlighting the Bing input field.

  9. Click Save changes


  10. Return to Bing Webmaster Tools and click Verify


  11. You’ve now added your site to Bing Webmaster tools

    Your sitemap will most likely show up as pending and will be crawled shortly. This may take a few hours to a few days

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