If you’re new to search marketing, you might not remember the classic Google vs Bing discussion that questioned whether Microsoft’s search engine would ever topple Google as the king of search. These conversations don’t really happen anymore and you might be wondering whether Bing deserves a place in your SEO or PPC strategy. We firmly believe the answer is ‘yes’ as we explain in today’s bitesize blog.
That last point is particularly interesting in 2019 as voice search becomes increasingly important. One of the biggest challenges facing search marketing specialists is optimising for voice technology and we’ve talked about using featured snippets in Google as a key strategy for this. However, Bing is pulling way ahead of Google when it comes to voice tech implementation, which should be a major point of attraction for search marketing specialists in 2019.
Besides that, don’t let Google’s insane user numbers make you think Bing’s 137 million unique searches is anything to turn your nose up at. That’s still a huge audience to work with, even by today’s standards and this, combined with Bing Ads’ significantly lower CPCs, means the world’s second favourite search engine should be a part of your plans.
Lee is Head of Services at Vertical Leap.
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