Search results
The Basics of Search. Returning search results is no easy feat, and involves complex, near-instantaneous algorithmic calculations. A search for something as simple as “cat” could yield over 55 million results. So how do we choose which results to show first? We start by crawling the web and building an index of available web pages.
How to report a concern or contact Bing. Turn search history off or on. Turn search suggestions off or on. Cash donations on Bing. Ethical shopping on Microsoft Bing. FAQ about E-tree on Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Weather. Add Microsoft Start Weather to your blog or site.
Maps in Power View use Bing map tiles, so you can zoom and pan as you would with any other Bing map. To make maps work, Power View has to send the data to Bing through a secured web connection for geocoding, so it asks you to enable content. Adding locations and fields places dots on the map.
Add and manage your business listing. To add or change information about your business in Bing Maps search results, use Bing Places for Business to claim or update your business listing. Some features and functionality described here may not be available in your country or region.
Microsoft Edge can give you more relevant search results, maps, and news when you share your precise location with Microsoft services. For example, when you share your precise location with Microsoft services, Bing can provide more accurate search results and maps. Microsoft Start can provide more accurate weather and relevant local news.
Power Map and Bing will try to find a solution by looking at surrounding data to determine where the city in each row of your data might be located, checking for state, country/region, province, and other geographic fields. If additional data is available, the city appears on the map, but in some cases, rows will be skipped.
Important: The Bing Maps add-in for Outlook will be retired in Q2 of 2024. To learn more, see Retirement of entity-based contextual Outlook add-ins. The Bing Maps add-in for Outlook is part of Office and Microsoft 365, so it’s already on your computer.
