Local SEO consultants and agencies that manage business listings for clients have a number of new, agency-friendly tools at their disposal in Bing Places for Business. According to Bing's announcement, the first step is for consultants to register as an agency at Bing Places.com.Once registered, agencies will have access to a new dashboard with a summary of all current listings and links to add new client locations. The dashboard shows both the total number of business listings submitted, how many have been published and how many are in review or were suspended. Another new option is the ability to register chain business locations. Bing says these do not have to be verified individually, but consultants will need to provide a signed authorization from their client Bing has confirmed that these new tools are available in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, India, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Austria and Mexico.
