## **What Is Bing Indexing in OTTO?**

OTTO's Bing indexing feature uses the **Bing URL Submission API** to notify Bing when you publish or update content on your WordPress site, helping your content get indexed faster. This feature requires the **Search Atlas WordPress plugin** to be installed and connected to your Search Atlas account.

## **Before You Begin**

- Your WordPress site must have the **Search Atlas plugin installed and activated**.
- The plugin must be **authenticated and connected** to your Search Atlas account.
- You must have an active OTTO session deployed on the target site.
- Your Search Atlas plan must include OTTO access.

## **Setting Up Bing Indexing**

1. **Open your OTTO session** in Search Atlas and navigate to the site where the Search Atlas WordPress plugin is installed and connected.
2. **Locate the Bing Indexing setting** within OTTO's configuration options for your site.
3. **Enter your Bing URL Submission API key.** You can obtain this key from your **Bing Webmaster Tools** account (bing.com/webmasters). Log in to Bing Webmaster Tools and locate your API key to generate or copy it.
4. **Save and enable the Bing indexing feature.** Once your API key is entered and saved, OTTO will automatically submit new and updated URLs from your WordPress site to Bing via the Submission API.
5. **Verify the connection is active** by publishing or updating a page on your WordPress site and confirming that URL submissions are being processed through OTTO.

## **Troubleshooting**

- If Bing indexing is not working, confirm your Search Atlas plugin is fully authenticated and that your OTTO session is active and deployed on the correct site.
- Double-check that the Bing URL Submission API key entered in OTTO matches the key in your Bing Webmaster Tools account.
- Ensure your WordPress site URL in Search Atlas matches the property verified in Bing Webmaster Tools.

If you continue to experience issues, our support team is happy to help — click the **chat icon** in your Search Atlas dashboard to reach us.