What is happening with Bing searches globally?
Microsoft search engine Bing is currently down. Users from Asia and Europe are being seen to be suffering from using Bing for their daily searches. The issue of Microsoft started at 3 AM EDT, and created inconvenience and frustrations among users.
According to many users when they search for bing.com, a grey-coloured blank page or a page displaying an HTTP 429 error code is showing. However, if users directly or through any URL search on it, it works perfectly. Mainly, the Microsoft outage impacted the homepage and created issues for Bing users. Microsoft is known about the issue, and announced on their social media handles that they are working to find the root cause of the problem. Microsoft added that users can directly search on Bing or can use alternate options for now until Microsoft takes any effective steps to solve it; mention admin centre CP795190 for more information.
We're investigating an issue where users may be unable to access the Microsoft Copilot service. We're working to isolate the cause of the issue. More information can be found in the admin center under CP795190.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) May 23, 2024Users are facing the same DuckDuckGo, Copilot and ChatGPT errors, but why?
Announcement: We're currently experiencing an issue with DuckDuckGo Search that might prevent you from getting results. Thanks for your patience while we get our ducks in a row…
— DuckDuckGo (@DuckDuckGo) May 23, 2024DuckDuckGo announced that they are currently facing technical issues in getting search results, and they are working on it to fix it as soon as possible. Ecosia also informed the same thing to the users through their X account.
The trees are silent. Some of you may not be able to get search results right now, but we will be back up and running soon!
— Ecosia (@ecosia) May 23, 2024Even while searching for Copilot, a grey-coloured blank page is displayed by featuring a Bing search option, which appears frustrating for many global users, not only this, but ChatGPT Plus Subscribers are also facing issues in their web searches. The users who have access to perform web searches on ChatGPT have seen an error sign apart from search results.
It's not just you: Microsoft's services are down in some regions.
1. #Bing is down
2. #Copilot / Copilot in Windows is down
DuckDuckGo is not working because it uses Bing. Similarly, ChatGPT's internet search is also down. pic.twitter.com/PCk3ZaPjIf
— Mayank Parmar (@mayank_jee) May 23, 2024How are these platforms connected to Bing? Well, the answer is Bings API. Bing API is the search engine which offers ads free, safe and location-aware search results for its users. By using this API, users can provide better search results next to the Large Language Model (LLM). This Bing API key enables to addition of search options for Bing AI images, Bing AI chat links, videos, news, custom search, Visual Search, Entities, Autosuggest and Spell. Bing API ChatGPT is famous and offers convenient web search options to its paid users. However, as the Bing API went down, therefore the sites of DuckDuckGo, Copilot, ChatGPT and Ecosia also went down for a while.
What are users saying about the errors and what can they do for it?
Many users said that may be Microsoft’s own planning to bring new updates in their web searches and that’s why the server seems busy. Users captured that, at first, the Bing searches were not working, and then they found that the Copilot was also not working. After sharing it on different social media, it has been found that different websites like DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT and others are not working properly. However, in this condition, users can use alternate search engines like Google’s Gemini and Google’s search engine.
Is it just me or is Microsoft Bing's #Copilot down for everyone?#Copilotdown pic.twitter.com/LlvqAuQqom
— Adarsh Verma (@AdarshV0524) May 23, 2024How can Google take advantage of this condition?
Google launched its generative AI directly in its Google Search named Gemini. Google can promote its Gemini and Google search engines through intense social media marketing and attract Bing’s users by highlighting its reliability and advanced search features. However, a few days ago Google server also went down, but they fixed that quickly. Bing needs to fix the Microsoft outage problem across Bing API to maintain the user’s engagement with their search engines.
FAQ
Is Microsoft Bing down?
Currently, from 3 AM EDT, Bing search went down globally, and it is showing a 429 error code.
Which users are not being able to use Bing search?
Users from Asia and Europe are not being able to use Bing search, and facing the 429 error code problem.
If Bing is down, what should I do?
Users can wait till Microsoft fixes the problems or can explore alternate options like Google search.
Does ChatGPT have web search access?
ChatGPT has web search access for those users who have paid for the ChatGPT Plus or GPT-4 version.
Does Google have an AI search like Bing?
Yes, Google launched its generative AI directly in its Google Search named Gemini.
