VercatusCopilot uses Bing index
Microsoft Copilot grounds web answers in the Bing search service: it derives short search queries from the prompt, sends them to Bing and composes its response from what Bing returns (Microsoft documents this for Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Chat). Bing's AI Performance report counts a site's citations across Copilot, AI-generated summaries in Bing and partner integrations, and Microsoft recommends IndexNow to keep the version AI systems reference current. Eligibility therefore follows bingbot crawling and Bing indexing.
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- 1Microsoft Learn · 2026Data, privacy, and security for web search in Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Chatlearn.microsoft.com
- 2Bing Webmaster Blog · 2026Introducing AI Performance in Bing Webmaster Tools (public preview)blogs.bing.com
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