Bingbot
Microsoft · Bing Search index
1 of 1203 monitored sites (0.1%) block Bingbot by name, 7 restrict it.
Bingbot blocking over time share of monitored sites · weekly snapshot
Sites blocking
Bingbot
2026-06-22
2026-11-09
5 earlier weeks omitted (archive building) · 21 weekly snapshots with reliable coverage
Recent Bingbot events
- 2026-11-09 — General Dynamics: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-11-09 — Die Zeit: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’; Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot/’ diff
- 2026-11-05 — The Atlantic: Removed Disallow: /4624/TheAtlanticOnline/* for BingBot diff
- 2026-11-03 — Realtor: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-10-28 — The Atlantic: Added Disallow: /4624/TheAtlanticOnline/* for BingBot; Added Disallow: /ab/* for BingBot; Added Disallow: /search/?*q=* for BingBot … and 4 more change(s) diff
- 2026-10-20 — Cencora: Added rules for user-agent ‘Bingbot’ diff
- 2026-10-16 — Cisco Systems: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘Bingbot’ diff
- 2026-10-14 — Academia.edu: Added Disallow: /published_today_preview for bingbot diff
- 2026-10-08 — Mondelez International: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-10-02 — General Motors: Added rules for user-agent ‘Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)’; Removed Disallow: *.js for Bingbot; Removed Disallow: */_jcr_content/ for Bingbot diff
- 2026-09-29 — Kimberly-Clark: Added rules for user-agent ‘Bingbot’ diff
- 2026-09-29 — Kimberly-Clark: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘Bingbot’ diff
- 2026-09-28 — Yandex: Added Disallow: /alice*? for Bingbot; Removed Disallow: /alice/*? for Bingbot diff
- 2026-09-23 — Reuters: Added Disallow: /*/site-search/ for Bingbot diff
- 2026-09-22 — W.W. Grainger: Added Allow: */myaccount/signin for bingbot diff
- 2026-09-21 — Yandex: Removed Allow: /blogs$ for Bingbot; Removed Allow: /blogs/$ for Bingbot; Removed Allow: /blogs/pad$ for Bingbot … and 1 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-18 — Indeed: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘Bingbot’ diff
- 2026-09-17 — Best Buy: Removed Disallow: */site/searchpage.jsp?st=* for Bingbot; Removed Disallow: *?cp=*&id=*&st=* for Bingbot; Removed Disallow: *?id*_facet*&st=* for Bingbot … and 1 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-16 — Tenet Healthcare: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-09-15 — Reuters: Removed Disallow: /jp/ for Bingbot diff
- 2026-09-09 — Yandex: Added Disallow: /alice/chat/ for Bingbot diff
- 2026-09-08 — Tripadvisor: Removed Disallow: /OwnerEmailManage for bingbot; Removed Disallow: /developerslegacy for bingbot diff
- 2026-09-07 — Europe PMC: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-09-07 — De Telegraaf: Blocked user-agent ‘Bingbot’ entirely diff
- 2026-09-07 — Europe PMC: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-08-29 — Europe PMC: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-08-29 — Europe PMC: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-08-29 — Europe PMC: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-08-28 — Europe PMC: Added rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
- 2026-08-28 — Insight Enterprises: Removed all rules for user-agent ‘bingbot’ diff
Sites blocking Bingbot
| Site | Sector | Badge |
|---|---|---|
| De Telegraaf | News |  |
Sites restricting Bingbot
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