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Bing and Yahoo are now (mostly) sharing their search capabilities, with further convergence planned in the coming months. This mix has resulted in Bing/Yahoo! having a 25% market share of the Search landscape! If you've been ignoring Bing's rising value, now is the time to start thinking about how to customize your website for Bing search results. This article will look at how indexing works on Bing. Google is very good at deciding a website's Canonical URL, even though the website is not coded to return the Canonical URL properly. Google Webmaster Tools also helps website owners to handle their Canonical URL without having to change any javascript. Furthermore, Google encourages domain owners to use the Canonical tag to conveniently prevent redundant content problems. In contrast, Bing does not accept the Canonical tag and does not have Canonical URL control in their Webmaster Center. And, from a programmatic perspective, Bing needs websites to be Canonical. westpie westp...