Title: Bing
Last modified: August 12, 2017

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# Bing

 *  Resolved [pixelbird](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelbird/)
 * (@pixelbird)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bing/)
 * What do I need to add to allow Bing, I do not want to block it. I am using the
   default settings.
 * Google:HOST,bot:HOST,slurp:HOST
    spider:HOST,archive:HOST,*:FEED embed.ly:HOST,
   Twitterbot:US,Facebot:US
 * Thank you
    -  This topic was modified 9 years ago by [pixelbird](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelbird/).

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 *  Plugin Author [tokkonopapa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tokkonopapa/)
 * (@tokkonopapa)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bing/#post-9403783)
 * Hi [@pixelbird](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelbird/),
 * Thank you for your asking.
 * The default values in “UA string and qualification” should accept Bingbot because:
    1. The user agent string includes “bot”.
    2. Reverse DNS lookup from its IP address is available.
    3. So Bingbot matches `bot:HOST`.
 * Please refer to “[UA string and Qualification](http://www.ipgeoblock.com/codex/ua-string-and-qualification.html)”
   for details.

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