Bing index

[Sparkstone]

Hi Guys,

This is an interesting one. I've recently been looking into Bing and trying to get my company's website ranking for relevant search terms. So I typed in site:www.sparkstone.co.uk and was shocked when only 13 pages were returned.

So I signed up to bing webmaster tools and started submitting URLs manually as well as a sitemap. However i've just gone back to check expecting to see more pages being indexed. Sadly only the homepage has been indexed.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Dan

[ORob]

If you are trying to get a feel for indexed pages, I'd use the info provided in Bing webmaster data.

The other thing I find useful is to do an exact phrase match (putting quotes around a phrase from a page) for content to verify that a page is in fact indexed. If you choose a unique phrase, and it does not show up after an exact phrase match, it might not be indexed.

The search engines often show a representation of results when using that advanced operator.

[ORob]

I'm also not completely sure, but you mention 13 pages returned... meaning 13 pages of results, or 13 pages from your site indexed?

Using the site; operator I get 10 pages of results meaning many pages indexed from your site - not just your homepage.

What do you mean by, only your homepage is indexed?

[Sparkstone]

Hi Owen,

Thanks for the replies. I meant 13 pages from my website. It's still only returning one result

Thanks,

Dan