How To Get Bing API Key For SEOPressor

SEO to blog is what engine tuning is to a car. Out of several SEO plugins available for WordPress blogs, I use SEOPressor. SEOProcessor is an inexpensive and extremely powerful SEO plugin that lets you run LSI keyword search. Now one problem here is that when you try to run the LSI keyword search in SEOPressor, it gives the following error asking to get BING API Key:

In order to get the LSI you should go to Settings/Advanced/LSI Settings tab and specify a valid Bing API Key.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to get Bing Search API key for SEOProcessor for free.

How to get Bing API key for SEOProcessor:

Steps to get Bing API key for search are very simple. I have divided the tutorial in steps for an easy to follow approach. Here you go:

Step 1:

First step is to create a Bing API key. Go to Windows Azure Marketplace and log in to it from the top right corner. You should have a Microsoft account such as Live, Outlook or Hotmail. You can also use the username and password that you use to login to Windows 8. When you login with it, it asks you to create a Windows Azure account. No hassle here. Just fill the form.

Step 2:

Once the Windows Azure account has been created, go back to Bing Search API page.Now Bing API Key has several plans and I would suggest to go with the free plan if you don’t want to spend money on it. With the free plan, you can do 5000 keywords per month. pretty much sufficient for couple of blogs.

Step 3:

Once you have signed up for the free plan, go to your account (you can see the My Account option in top navigation bar). In your account, go to Account Keys. You’ll see a Bing API Key here. But WAIT! Job is not done. Not just yet. As you can see, the API key is attached to Default. Edit it and link it to SEOProcessor. Check the screenshot for hint. Once you did this, copy this API key.

Step 4:

Now you’ve got the Bing Search API key. Now is the time to use it in SEOPressor. Go to SEOPressor settings > Advanced > LSI Settings and paste the API key here. Validate the key and then save the setting.