What Is Bing Travel?

Comparison of Bing and Google Maps

The quality of their results is one of the things that shows many similarities between the two. Some searches might appear better on Bing than on the other side. Both Bing and Google are good at simple jobs.

The directions that each of the two Maps give is different, but the most notable difference is that they give this information. The estimated time for the journey and the accompanying route information is different for both web mapping services. Bing has a better social integration platform.

It can contract with social sites such as Facebook and get better access to more social data. Bing will give you social connections over the other websites since they are more popular. Most people who use the internet, like to spend a good amount of time browsing.

Verifying Business Locations in Bing Place

Business can use Bing Places for Business to make necessary changes to their listings. Businesses can describe their services and add hours, photos, and links to their website. When the information is more than three months old, Bing Places for Business will notify the business contact.

Businesses start by looking for a listing on Bing. Users can claim the listing and modify it if they so choose. Users can add a new listing if it doesn't exist.

Businesses can use a bulk upload file to add up to 10,000 locations at once. It is a good idea to verify a listing to make sure it is not changed by unauthorized changes. Users can verify ownership of their listings via unique PIN sent to them via email, phone, or postal mail.

There are multiple images published to your business in Bing, including your own uploaded images, web mined images and spoliers provided images. Business owners have in the past said that some of the images may be outdated, irrelevant or poor quality. They want to prevent damage to their online business reputation.

If all the locations have the same business name, chain businesses can verify all of their locations at once. The name column in the excel file should have the same value. If you are an agency that manages more than 10,000 business listings for your clients and have strict data quality checks, you might be eligible for the Bing Places trusted partner program.

Bing Rewards: A Microsoft Store

Bing rewards was launched in 2010 to reward the use of the Bing search engine. It seems like Bing is trying to bribe people to use their search engine, but loyalty programs are common in other industries. Bing rewards members with credits for using Bing, checking out new features and doing other tasks.

You can earn credits while searching on any device if you sign in to your Bing rewards account. You can download and install the Bing Bar, which has a Bing rewards button and credit counter. Bing rewards can be accessed through the mobile web browser.

Once members have earned 750 lifetime credits and are performing 150 Bing searches a month, they can attain Gold, the highest level of Bing rewards. Up to 10% off their rewards redemptions is given to members who reach Gold level. The options for rewards are notexistent.

You can choose Shop, Donate, or Win, but you cannot choose retailer, price, or any other parameters. If the program grows, filters would definitely be needed, as there are only 41 rewards listed in the shop section. Bing rewards offers a lot of Microsoft products, including discounts on Bing and Microsoft apparel, subscriptions to Microsoft OneDrive, premium Microsoft Outlook, or Xbox memberships and gift cards.

You can donate your Bing rewards credits in 50 equal parts. The school gets a shiny, new Surface 32GB tablet with a black cover when they accumulate 30,000 credits. Bing rewards users who are generous can use their credits to help others.