Claim 124
Microsoft verifies Bingbot traffic through reverse DNS lookups that resolve to hostnames ending in search.msn.com.
- entity
- Bingbot
- field
- verifiable_by_rdns
- value
yes- statement
- Microsoft verifies Bingbot traffic through reverse DNS lookups that resolve to hostnames ending in search.msn.com.
- evidence_url
- https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26
- evidence_quote
- "Perform a reverse DNS lookup using the IP address from the logs to verify that it resolves to a name that end with search.msn.com"
- method
- vendor_doc
- verified_at
- 2026-09-14
- confidence
- high
- status
- current
- supersedes
- none
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