Entry AYKA-E-0015 · Fact
IndexNow: telling Bing and others about new pages at once
IndexNow is an open protocol that lets a site notify participating search engines, including Microsoft Bing, as soon as a page is added, changed or removed. Microsoft recommends IndexNow for fast URL submission; Copilot answers draw on Bing's index.
Key facts
| Who receives it | Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver and other participants |
|---|---|
| How | one key file on the site and one request per change |
| Cost | free |
What to do
Set up IndexNow once (many site builders have it built in) and register in Bing Webmaster Tools.
Source
IndexNow (Microsoft Bing and partners) · checked 2026-11-04
How to cite this entry
AYKA Technologies, “IndexNow: telling Bing and others about new pages at once”, entry AYKA-E-0015, getayka.com, updated 2026-11-04. https://getayka.com/entries/indexnow-bing/
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Markdown version · Updated 2026-11-04