July 19–20, our traffic has dropped by 50% blog tech

[Gotcha]

Hello, We run a tech blog with 80,000 monthly page views, primarily from Bing. However, since the weekend of July 19–20, our traffic has dropped by 50%. Could this be due to a Bing algorithm update, similar to a Google Core Update?
by checking the site explorer (bing webmaster) my last articles were analyzed for the last time by bing bot on July 19-20, so almost a week

[ahsanulislamsami]

That definitely sounds like a significant and sudden drop — and the timing is interesting. If Bingbot last crawled your site on July 19–20, andBing rolled out an algorithm update or made changes to its indexing system around that time.

While Bing doesn’t announce updates as transparently as Google (like Google’s Core Updates), they dooccasions

Here are a few things to consider:
🔹 Check Bing Webmaster Tools > Crawl Info — Look for crawl errors, delays, or significant changes in crawl volume.
🔹 Test your robots.txt and site accessibility—
🔹 C- From
🔹Monitor Bing’s indexing—URL Inspection Tool in Bing Webmaster Tools to submit a few recent URLs and see if they're reindexed.
🔹 Check indexing in Bing vs. Google — If Google traffic stayed stable, it further suggests a Bing-specific change.

You're not alone — others have reported similar Bing traffic drops around that same period. If it’s an algorithm shift, it may take a little time to stabilize. In the meantime, make sure your site speed, structured data, and on-page SEO are in good shape.

[Brett_Tabke]

Has it bounced back? Have heard that Bing did update (added more ai).

[Gotcha]

Yes, the situation has returned to normal for me.