Your Complete Guide to Bing's New Local Business Listing Portal

Bing upped the ante in the Local Search Market this month with the beta release of the new Bing Business Portal. According to the Bing Search Blog, this new service has replaced the previous Bing Local Listing Center and businesses listed in the old service have already been transferred to the new Business Portal.

Here are the new additional features and details you need to update your listing with sooner rather than later.

• Links to your companies social pages on Facebook and Twitter.
• Mobile Friendly Site for Listing with QR Code that links to it.
• New Phone Verification available.
• Link to Company Web site.
• Additional Keywords.
• Company Logo.
• Parking Information.
• Payment Methods.
• Menus for restaurants.
• Create Advertising Deals at no charge. These ads are published and publicized for free and show up in Bing. Search results, Bing Mobile and directly to your businesses Facebook Page.

How to Add a New Listing...

Bing's Business Portal has a completely new look and many new features that their previous Local Listings Center didn't have.

Once logged in, you'll see the listings your account has in it, along with their current status. In this example below, there are two listings. The first is an earlier Local Business Center Listing that was already imported in the account. The second is one we've started adding, which is currently pending verification.