How to use Bing Webmaster to index pages?

Manually submit the sitemap in Bing Webmaster Tools rather than repeating the Google Search Console import, then inspect its coverage and submit the most important URLs individually.

1. Submit the sitemap directly

Importing from Google Search Console verifies the site and can transfer associated sitemaps, but the absence of a sitemap in Bing Webmaster Tools indicates that it should be added manually ^1^.

1. Confirm that the sitemap opens publicly in a browser and contains the preferred HTTPS URLs for the site.
2. Sign in to Bing Webmaster Tools and select the site.
3. Open Sitemaps.
4. Select Submit sitemap, enter the complete sitemap URL, and submit it.
5. Wait for its status to change from pending to processed.

Also reference the sitemap in the root robots.txt file so crawlers can discover it independently:

User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml

Sitemaps identify the URLs available for crawling; Microsoft recommends both placing the sitemap location in robots.txt and submitting it through webmaster tools for status information ^2^.

2. Check what Bing did with the submitted URLs

After the sitemap is processed:

1. Go to Sitemaps and open the submitted sitemap.
2. Open Sitemap Index Coverage.
3. Review the counts for indexed and excluded URLs.
4. Check the exclusion reason for affected URLs, such as:
   • Not yet crawled
   • Blocked by robots.txt
   • Redirected
   • Content quality
5. Use Export if you need the complete affected-URL list.

This report distinguishes “Bing knows about the URL” from “Bing has indexed the URL” ^3^.

3. Inspect and submit priority pages

For the homepage and several important service or content pages:

1. Select URL Inspection from the left navigation.
2. Enter the exact canonical HTTPS URL and select Inspect.
3. Review:
   • Index status
   • Whether crawling and indexing are allowed
   • HTTP response and fetch status
   • Canonical URL
   • Any recommended action

The inspection tool is intended to expose crawl and indexing issues for individual URLs ^4^.

For important pages that are not indexed, open URL Submission, select Submit URLs, enter one URL per line, and submit. Microsoft documents a limit of up to 100 submitted URLs per day ^5^. Submission requests discovery or recrawling; it does not guarantee inclusion or ranking.

4. If the sitemap remains absent or nothing is crawled

Run Site Scan → Start new scan and address reported crawl or SEO issues. In particular, ensure each intended page:

• Returns a successful response without a login requirement.
• Is not disallowed by robots.txt.
• Does not contain an indexing prohibition.
• Uses a canonical URL consistent with the sitemap.
• Is internally linked rather than existing only in the sitemap.
• Contains substantial, distinct content.

Because this is a recently created site, allow time after successful processing. If the sitemap is processed and URL Inspection shows crawling is allowed but pages remain uncrawled or excluded without an actionable reason, use Bing Webmaster Support → Raise support request. Support can investigate indexing information that is not exposed in Webmaster Tools ^6^.

References

1. Easily Verify Your Site in Bing Webmaster Tools by Importing from...
2. Managing Robots.txt and Sitemap Files
3. How to Use the new Sitemap Index Coverage to Improve Your Site’s...
4. Introducing the Bing Webmaster Tools URL Inspection Tool
5. Generate answers from public data using Bing search
6. My website is discovered but not crawled or indexed on Bing - Microsoft Q&A