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Formerly Bing Ads

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Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads) is Microsoft's search engine marketing and advertising campaign management alternative to the popular Adwords, that, similar to its competitor, provides analytics and a management dashboard for running a pay per click (PPC) paid listing campaign.…

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Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads) is Microsoft's search engine marketing and advertising campaign management alternative to the popular Adwords, that, similar to its competitor, provides analytics and a management dashboard for running a pay per click (PPC) paid listing campaign. Microsoft Advertising features the ability to delimit advertising to particular responsive demographics and to intermittent times and days of the week. It also supports offline updates that sync later.

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Attila-Csaba Szabo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bing Ads was supposed to be a supplementary ad network, besides the obvious Google Ads and facebook ads. It turned out to be a total failure and an absolutely unacceptable experience.
  • There are no points that Bing does well.
  • Ads have not been approved for WEEKS.
  • There's no real possibility of fixing things.
  • The support personnel keep apologizing, but offer no real support.
I give a rating of 4 stars, merely because of the effort of the support personnel, who've done a great job in trying to help me, but they obviously have no power to do so. The entire account is in a funny state. Initially, ads have been disapproved, then they are eligible but not running at all; the entire Bing Ads system offered an absolutely unacceptable experience.
What is wrong with these people? Seriously? It takes 2 weeks to approve some ads?
At the same time, I've spent roughly the same amount on FB ads and Google Ads, and generated 300% ROI almost, on both.

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses Bing Ads as paid media acquisition channels for our clients. It's mainly used only by our paid media team. Bing Ads specifically helps our clients capture intent from users that use Bing Ads as their search engine. We use this to sell products and services for a variety of businesses.
  • Single handedly the best thing about Bing Ads is being able to import your Google Ads account directly into the platform. Without this and Bing Ads highlighting this, they wouldn't have many advertisers.
  • Another nice perk of Bing Ads is their free credit when you sign up. Getting a $100 is nice and you don't have to spend $100 to get the $100, they just give it to you right away.
  • Very similar to Google Ads, making the learning curve extremely small.
  • The UI/UX could use a lot of work. It looks worse than the old Google Ads UI/UX and is a lot slower loading.
  • One of the other draw backs of Bing Ads is their limited search inventory, which drives up CPCs, CPAs, etc.
  • Most Bing users are an older generation because they use PCs or it's their work computer and these individuals aren't as comfortable / likely to checkout online. As a result, it's hard to drive a lot of conversions because of this adoption curve.
Bing Ads is a solid paid media channel if your target audience is older individuals. Also, if you have maxed out a lot of other paid media channels or if you have highly successful Google Ads campaigns than it would be ideal to import into Bing Ads and test as a potential acquisition channel.
Evan Laird | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is not being used any longer inside my organization or any clients that I'm working with, but Bing Ads is another search network ads platform where my business or clients can target individuals searching for their exact needs or solution. These ads then show up on top of the search depending on when what the search query is.
  • Google Ads integration.
  • Free $100 credit to get started.
  • Much lower search volume.
  • less friendly UI/UX than Google Ads.
  • Older, less tech-savvy demographic searching (at least a con for my business).
Bing Ads is suitable for every business as you can just target off of people searching for your business, solution, or the need you're trying to solve. And the beauty is you don't pay unless someone clicks. But through Bing Ads, the sad part is that most people don't and there are very little individuals actually using it, especially with purchase intent. I would use Bing Ads only for the $100 free credit for some free traffic.
.Kim Murphy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our web design firm ix using Bing Ads to market our client's websites in the search results. The advertising platform is very cost-effective and targets specific online searchers in precise ways that maximize our clients ROI. Bing has evolved this platform very well over the years to make things more efficient and easier to use. Managing our client's advertising couldn't be easier, we love Bing Ads.
  • Bing Ads are very cost-effective for small and medium sized businesses.
  • Bing Ads are able to target very specific demographics of internet users, including age, state, zip code, and device.
  • Bing Ads is a very effective advertising platform in which the leads generated for many businesses create a strong ROI in the long-term.
  • Bing Ads' advertising interface is very technical and confusing if your not familiar with PPC advertising.
  • Bing Ads' video advertising capabilities are not very flexible for certain advertising campaigns.
  • Bing Ads' network of third party websites to advertise on is not as diverse and robust as we hoped.
Bing is great for small and medium businesses who want low-cost advertising and can conceptualize a few specific online search phrases that would procure the perfect customer. Bing is also great if you have specific customer demographics in mind in your advertising, for example, a certain age group, or residents of a certain state or zip code. Bing is not well suited if you would like to widen your advertising results to a more broad spectrum of possibilities.
Joseph Lesho | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is being used for search ads for both our clients and our own marketing. Because the demographics of Bing users differs from that of Google Ads, the platform allows us to expand our audience reach.
  • For the most part the UI mimics Google Ads, so there's not much of a learning curve
  • With the right campaign structure and targeting, we can see great ROI, sometimes even exceeding that of Google Ads
  • Direct and automated imports from Google Ads makes it easy to get a campaign up and running
  • Search volume is much lower than what you see on Google
  • Though the UET tracking codes are supposed to make tracking implementation simpler, I find it a bit more confusing than Google's implementation
  • They tend to focus more on feature parity with Google, rather than creating compelling differentiators
Bing Ads is a great way to supplement Google Ads if your client has the budget for it. Smaller budget clients should probably just stick to Google, as that will typically be the most lucrative platform, but good return can also be had on Bing.
Brandon Mitchell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is one of many marketing channels our agency uses to generate revenue on behalf of our clients. We optimize our paid search around Google and Bing specifically in the paid search realm.
  • Seamless importing from Google.
  • Much easier account setup compared to Google.
  • Recent integration with AOL and Yahoo gives the platform more reach.
  • Much less traffic volume compared to Google.
  • Not much to differentiate the platform from Google.
  • Audiences (the search partner network) is very easy to miss for the average user, which can lead to spammy placements and overspending.
Bing Ads is suited to anyone that may be looking to generate more ROI to compliment their other paid search efforts. Bing generates more ROI than Google in our experience, however, it spends significantly less due to lower demand.
Ellen Evans | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I work for a company that has infomercials and a direct b2c website as well as the major b2b clients in the home improvement industry. We use Bing Ads as part of our overarching PPC strategy. This targets people on the Bing, Yahoo, and AOL networks that may not use Google. We see very good results on Bing Ads. We are a traditional Ecomm strategy based on MER.
  • Higher ROAS for my company.
  • Reaches people not on the Google Network.
  • Is large enough to still be run by our Agency, but friendly enough that internal reporting is not difficult.
  • Support is stellar (I use chat support).
  • Linking and unlinking agencies is difficult.
  • Admin settings are easy to change and there are no checks and balances to recover ownership.
  • No easy integration with Google Analytics (have to use Doubleclick, Kenshoo, etc.).
It's great to capture traffic for anyone not on Google. For us, a lot of our demographic uses these search engines still. We see a higher ROAS from these ads because it's more suited for our company. If you have to budget and can spread your spend, I definitely recommend Bing Ads.
Brittany Goodman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing Ads as a complementary SEM Solution alongside Google Ads. We run ongoing text ads and put a moderate budget towards it. Bing Ads is currently only being used by the marketing department in our company but helps us reach the few customers who do not rely on Google when searching for relevant terms.
  • Easy to set up ads. The process of creating text ads is very similar to Google and can be done in just a few minutes without a lot of prior SEM knowledge.
  • Easy to understand analytics suite. All the data we need for deciding if a campaign is successful is easily accessible.
  • Bing is always giving suggestions on how to improve your ads, which are actually rather helpful rather than gimmicky or just trying to increase your budget. The Keyword suggestions are particularly helpful.
  • Tracking is not supported on a lot of backend platforms. We have had quite a few issues getting the tracking set up because there's no simple way of adding the code to Shopify and Recurly (our two purchasing platforms).
  • Support is mostly just sales in disguise. We've never had much luck getting hold of a support tech who can help us with issues, instead the conversations I've had always ended with "spend more money with us."
  • The analytics suite is not quite as appealing or user-friendly as Google's. It takes a bit more searching to find all the custom analytics you may need.
  • Unfortunately Bing is just not as popular a platform, so campaign traffic and ROI tends to be lower than when we use other SEM and paid marketing solutions (Google, Facebook, Reddit, etc...).
[Well suited for] when you want to fill in the gaps in your Google Search traffic. Bing is typically the second biggest search platform and has loyal users who should always be considered when creating a marketing campaign. I would not use Bing as my sole SEM marketing strategy though, as bypassing Google in favor of Bing would be foolish.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads provides a real efficient spend of PPC dollars, usually coming in cheaper with better results than Google Ads. The reason for a not perfect score in the "Would you recommend to friends" then, comes from two factors that keep it from being a complete peer to Google Ads: Scale and ease.

Bing Ads simply does NOT have the scale that Google Ads has, with many less searches coming in daily. As for ease of use, Bing has some slight quirks that make it just a little harder to work with than Google. Nothing that should keep you from using it, but it's usually a supplement to Google than a replacement, or sole avenue for PPC spend.
  • Cheaper
  • More Efficient
  • Easy sync with Google Ads to find a new audience for PPC
  • Quicker interface
  • Easier addition of negative keywords
  • Find scale where possible
Bing Ads is well suited as a supplement to Google Ads. With an excellent synchronization feature, it works great when you use it in addition to Google Ads, as opposed to your sole avenue to PPC or a replacement for the behemoth of Google. It's also great if you don't have scale. With a small budget, Bing might be preferred, as you have no need to scale up, but just need the most efficient spend you can get.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is currently being utilized across our digital search team, spanning over several lines of businesses for our consumer electronics client. It helps us reach low tunnel users that are actively searching for solutions or products in search.
  • Ease of implementation and duplication from existing AdWords campaigns
  • Capability to sync with Excel spreadsheets a huge plus
  • Drive cost efficient traffic similar to AdWords at usually lower CPCS
  • Reporting interface in UI could be improved to include more commonly used KPIs (impression share)
  • Little to no account management opportunities at MCC level, must link and allow access at individual account levels
  • Browser specific features and opportunities based on languages within a country
Well suited scenarios for Bing Ads include opportunities to reach incremental low funnel traffic in addition to other search engines. Less suited scenarios include specific engines that need large volume or high number of impressions for success.
Leah Jakaitis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is used as one of the marketing platforms at the company, along with Google and Yahoo Gemini. Bing is one of the main search engines used, and Bing Ads is used - as marketers - to capture audiences that may be interested in a client's business. Bing Ads is used to create and launch advertising campaigns on the search platform, to bid on keywords, and to pull various analytics reports on advertisement performance. I specifically use it for gathering information on ad performance in order to optimize future advertising / keyword buying in the platform.
  • Analytics/reporting capabilities (getting metrics on ad campaigns)
  • Ad research for creating a tailored campaign to a particular need or segment
  • Keyword optimization and adjustments
  • Bulk editing campaigns can be time-consuming and frustrating
  • Data download/gathering speeds (ie, waiting a long time for a report to load)
  • Comparative performance - month over month, year over year - built into the platform as a rudimentary analytics capability
Bing Ads, along with Google and - to a lesser extent - Yahoo Gemini are really the core three search platforms for advertisers. It is well-suited for creating and launching ad campaigns in the platform, and for tailoring those campaigns for a specific audience or demographic. Additionally, it provides solid reporting capabilities to get data on campaign performance for optimization and strategy creation.
Ade Fowler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is being used as a way to complement our ads on Google and mainly used to reach a wider audience when we have saturated the Google market. Bing Ads also helps reach those who are not on Google and overall, drives a higher conversion rate in spite of its lower search volumes.
  • Bing tends to have a higher conversion rate than Google, mainly because of the nature of the users on Bing tend to be a bit older
  • Bing's universal event tracking, essentially a code that is placed on every page of your site, now allows you to utilise re-marketing lists to its fullest, as well as tracking and displaying your conversion points in the engine
  • Bing tends to lag a bit behind Google in terms of rolling out new features
  • Search volumes tend to be much smaller than Google's, around 1 /10th of Google's
  • Pulling reports for a long time scale, segmented by day is not fully supported, you have to pull the data multiple times with shorter time periods
As I have mentioned before, Bing Ads is very good when you have saturated the Google market. In my case, we have done just that and used Bing to expand our reach without compromising our targeting. This worked out very well, as we have driven a few more conversions with a small amount of extra spend. There is also less competition through Bing, so your CPCs tend to be cheaper.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Bing Ads to promote and distribute products and services to businesses and clients within a multimedia and creative agency. Using tailored ad copy and specific targeting I ensure that our ads are placed in front of the right customer at the right time. We work towards customer acquisition, product sales and brand awareness within previously agreed KPIs.
  • Bing Ads is particularly good for applying bid adjustments across different demographics different audiences different devices and other segments.
  • I find the interface easy to use and navigate.
  • Bing Ads has a number of excellent reps who provide insights and opportunities to improve performance.
  • Unable to see impression share
  • Keyword planner not as advanced as AdWords
  • Bing editor interface not as easy to navigate as AdWords editor
Bing Ads is useful when targeting audiences in the US and the older demographic who tend to use Bing Ads as their default browser. Bing is not so useful as the primary engine targeting a large wider audience.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing Ads to target in-market customers who are searching for products and services we offer. We convert them to leads and sales to grow our customer base.
  • Keyword-based targeting
  • Geographic targrting
  • Conversion tracking
  • Need to have offline sales uploads
  • Auto-tagging of ads
  • More traffic to PLAs
Helpful if you are targeting a specific identifiable market. Not good for branding or if you don’t have good tracking.
Jeffrey Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing Ads for a small slice of our digital advertising strategy, our clients skew older so Bing makes a lot of sense when targeting them. Our realistic spend on Bing is roughly 10% of our spend on AdWords, primarily because of how clunky and poorly implemented it is.
  • Bing targets the 65+ age bracket better than any other standard search engine.
  • Invoicing is simple and to the point.
  • Bing is relatively cheap when compared to AdWords, so a smaller budget goes a long way.
  • The UI is clunky and unintuitive, like most digital ad buy platforms.
  • The Google import is terrible but prominently displayed as a good way to get started in a hurry.
  • The ad manager is poorly designed, you are better off designing ads outside of the platform.
To specify why I gave it an 8/10 instead of a lower rating, this questions specifically mentions colleagues. My industry as a whole is 80% driven by older clients (75+ years old). Bing is one of the best sources for senior clients since it is often the default search engine they have when they buy a computer from most big box stores.
Benjamin Hale | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use BingAds to supplement our paid search efforts in a number of schools across the country. This allows us to ensure we are able to reach the entire search market at reasonable prices. Depending on the market, we find that BingAds can be a very successful place to get paid search leads. Additionally, due to the perception that it is not used often, we are often confronted with fewer competitors and a lower cost per click and per lead.
  • BingAds does a good job of matching similar structures and features of the more popular and familiar Google AdWords.
  • Bing Ads does a great job of providing integrations with our bid management systems.
  • The ability to clone or copy campaigns from AdWords saves time and effort in creating campaigns on the BingAds platform.
  • We have had lackluster support from our representatives in the past.
  • The lack of volume in the channel can make it difficult to get significantly significant results.
  • We have run into issues on bid management by device settings.
While we are quick to cut BingAds budgets when we have budget cuts in our school campaigns, we find that having a presence in the Bing search world will benefit our paid search efforts overall. This is because there are times where users will search both channels, and having a presence on one and not the other can limit your chances at getting the visitor. Additionally, there are times when, due to lower competition, we are able to get much lower cost per lead rates when compared with Google's AdWords.

I recommend having a presence in BingAds, when it is possible. But not to rely on it for heavy volume.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's being used in the marketing team as part of the paid search strategy for driving more traffic to client's websites. It's the cheaper version of AdWords so to say, unfortunately, the reach is very limited as not so many users search on Bing. It has almost all features offered by AdWords, although falling behind track a bit.
  • The strength is that it can be integrated with big data management platforms like DoubleClick and Marin Software.
  • It's very easy to set up.
  • It's cheaper than AdWords.
  • Since they changed their policy for competitors to bid on other brand terms, brand CPCs became significantly higher, which impacts negatively overall performance and ROI.
  • Shopping campaigns are not easy to set up, there are always issues. I personally never made it to see them working on any client have been managing.
  • Lack of support on the side of Bing, in most cases they can't find a solution to any problem.
I'd recommend it, because if gives the opportunity for some additional volume of visitors to the site and in most cases at a lower price. It's the best solution to expand a paid search activity beyond Google search. For shopping campaigns though it's hardly developed. In countries where people are more likely to search on Bing it brings even more benefits. In the UK though, its market share is not big enough.
Jeff Moriarty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is only used by the marketing department. While we take into consideration ideas from the entire company, the marketing department has the final word on what we advertise on, the messaging we use, the maximum cost per click we are willing to spend and the overall budget of the campaigns.
  • Ease of use. Bing Adcenter is very easy to use. It is not as complicated as Google Adwords is for new users.
  • Cheap. I should say cheap-er. Due to Bing not being as popular of search engine, compared to Google Adwords the cost is normally 25-50% less per click.
  • Effective. While you won't get as many clicks or impressions as Adwords, we find that the conversion rate is higher and cost of sale is lower for our ads.
  • Newer features. Bing doesn't seem to come out with new features as soon as Google Adwords. They are always one step behind.
  • Better support. The Google Adwords team is always contacting us to help improve our campaigns. I never hear from Bing Ads support.
  • Bigger audience. While not specifically the fault of Bing Ads, Bing needs to increase market share. That is the only way they will compete with Google.
Bing Ads seems to do well with e-commerce buyers over B2B. I have worked with different clients and e-commerce always does better than my B2B clients. Another reason to try Bing Ads is if you are on a tight budget. Due to the lower market share, there will be less competition within Bing Ads, which means cost per clicks will be lower.
December 12, 2017

Bing Ads Review

Rick Salmon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bing Ads is being used by members of our Digital Marketing team. We use to expand our advertising reach.
  • Lead generation
  • Search advertising
  • Optimization recommendations
  • Broad match keywords are too broad
  • Network placements are low quality and sometimes parked domains
  • Would like to see customer email audience lists as a feature
As a digital marketer, you want to have a brand presence on all of the major search engines, so Bing Ads is essential from that standpoint, This should not be your sole investment from a search perspective, but rather complimentary to Google AdWords. Bing Ads is suitable for lead generation and prospecting.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing Ads on a daily basis as part of our digital marketing strategy to better advertise across platforms outside of social media and Google. Bing Ads has become an effective part of our digital marketing campaigns and is generally a bit cheaper, as far as CPC goes, in comparison to Google Adwords.
  • Bing Ads is relatively cheaper for CPC campaigns in comparison to Google Adwords.
  • Bing Ads has an easily navigable platform and interface.
  • Bing Ads makes it easy to manage budget and to monitor campaign success.
  • Bing Ads platform needs a complete UI refresh as it aesthetically feels a bit dated.
  • Bing Ads could be a bit more interactive on the ad creation side of things.
Businesses of all sizes could use Bing Ads to better enhance their digital presence in any industry. The platform is easy to use and allows you to gain visitors and website traffic for a cheaper CPC price than Google Adwords, making it a no-brainer addition to your digital marketing & advertising strategies.
October 13, 2017

Boom! Bing Ads

Austin Moore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing across almost all of our clients. Bing ads is used in combination with Google AdWords to cover both search engines and range of demographics for our target audiences. Since Bing skews towards an older demographic it can sometimes be more effective to use than Google.
  • Bing skews towards an older demographic which helps for certain products to target
  • Can sometimes warrant a cheaper cost per click across specific search terms
  • Using Bing in combination with Google gives advertisers coverage across the two prioritized search engines
  • Bing ads editor is very clunky. You cannot select more than one campaign to view multiple campaigns and make changes more easily.
  • Bing typically takes longer to accommodate the changes and updates that Google rolls out. Whether it is for ad extensions or relative to the URL update...it always is delayed longer than anticipated.
  • Bing ads limits you to 2500 zip codes which can be problematic if you have more.
  • Bing ads UET tag is somewhat confusing to follow
Bing ads is good to use when your target demographic is skewed towards an older audience. It is also important to take advantage of your branded campaigns across Bing as well to become as efficient as you can.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We leverage Bing Ads for pay-per-click advertising across Bing, Yahoo and their partner network.
  • Data Visualization
  • Integration
  • Performance Recommendations
  • Reporting
  • Data Management
  • Usability
  • User Interface
Bing Ads is great for smaller scale search advertising management, but falls short for larger scale advertising programs. Small to mid-sized organizations will be satisfied with using Bing for their ad management, while larger organizations with more budget and a higher number of campaigns would be best suited with a third party ad management platform.
September 27, 2017

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Juba Bektache | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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It was used across the whole organization. I worked at a Digital Marketing agency - the client was Google. I uploaded campaigns, QA'ed, forecasted, and optimized campaigns based on performance.
  • Importing from Google AdWords - Google AdWords is the primary source of traffic
  • Higher ROAS than AdWords - the older audience demographic usually purchases more
  • Better CTRs - The lower traffic volume contributes to higher CTRs
  • Uploading Campaigns - prone to errors
  • Being a leader - Bing is currently seen as an engine that copies Google
  • Global targeting for search and partner network - cannot target specific countries with the partner network for additional traffic
  • Suited for higher ROAS
  • Suited to help expand as a second option
  • Not suited as a leader
Adam Lumley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bing Ads in the same manner that we use AdWords. It is used primarily for lead generation for our sales team.
  • On average we see a lower cost per conversion vs AdWords.
  • They offer an easy-to-use tool to import already proven campaigns from AdWords to Bing Ads.
  • The ability to integrate data directly into Excel is convenient.
  • The import tool from AdWords allows for errors within campaign settings.
  • Users should be advised to carefully review settings before going live as some campaigns may be optimized for clicks when they were optimized for conversions in AdWords.
  • Calculated cost per conversion does not have the same visibility as AdWords and requires more careful analysis.
  • Significantly lower volume of traffic can be expected compared to similar campaigns in AdWords.
Bing Ads is definitely worth testing and scaling up if you find success with the platform. Traffic volume is lower than AdWords for nearly identical campaigns, bids, etc. Conversion to sale as a result of having less lead volume has often taken longer compared to AdWords. Organizations with smaller monthly budgets may find more success testing with less spend in Bing Ads vs AdWords.
June 06, 2017

Bing Ads Review

Nathan O'Connor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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We use Bing Ads in our SEM department to expand our client reach. As the market share grows in Bing the more we will push adverting through the search engine.
  • Reach - Bing in the UK accounts for 23% of the market
  • In some cases, cheaper CPC nad lower CPA with a better ROAS
  • How they have made the set up straightforward by mirroring your AdWords account
  • Look at areas Google is not covering, Bing has always been 5 years behind AdWords its time to be different
  • Bing Analytics - but don't copy Google Analytics, look at areas they are not doing and capitalise on this
  • Audience target - As the future is all about targeted ads what is Bing doing on this front?
Bing accounts for 23% of the market share in the UK. To maximize reach and increase sales through a direct marketing platform you'd be silly not to explore this.
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