Fabrice Canel Retires From Microsoft After Almost 30 Years Of Service

Fabrice Canel has announced he has retired from Microsoft arsenic of today. This comes aft almost 30 years of work astatine Microsoft. Fabrice was astir well-known successful our organization for his activity connected Bing and each of Microsoft's hunt services.

Fabrice Canel was responsible for what Bing indexed, the documents Microsoft Bing utilized to supply its hunt results connected Bing.com and connected its partner sites. Fabrice was responsible for and owned the end-to-end process for crawling, URL discovery, contented selection, and contented processing. Yes, he pushed the IndexNow inaugural and was instrumental successful Bing Webmaster Tools, but he was besides responsible for the instauration of Bing Search.

Fabrice posted this news connected LinkedIn and X - saying, "Today marks astir 30 years pinch Microsoft... I americium retiring from Microsoft, effective coming July 1st."

Not only that, Fabrice Canel often contributed his knowledge and the soul workings of Bing done his penning connected the Bing blog, astatine conferences astir the world and connected galore podcasts. Heck, I moreover interviewed him successful 3 different videos:

• Microsoft Bing Indexing Quality
• Generative AI Content & IndexNow
• Sitemaps & Next Big Thing In Search

Fabrice wrote connected LinkedIn and X:

Today marks astir 30 years pinch Microsoft. Thirty years… acold excessively short a clip to walk among specified fantabulous and admirable people. As Bilbo erstwhile said, “I don’t cognize half of you half arsenic good arsenic I should like; and I for illustration little than half of you half arsenic good arsenic you deserve”.

I guidelines earlier you for 3 purposes.

First, to show you that I americium immensely fond of you all. These 3 decades person been a awesome adventure: from solving existent business problems pinch IndexNow to helping webmasters and publishers thrive successful the ever-changing world of SEO and AI. It has genuinely been an unthinkable journey.

Second, to observe this milestone and to convey each 1 of you: the colleagues I worked alongside daily, the partners and publishers I collaborated with, and particularly the talented group I’ve trained and mentored complete the past 2 years. You are ready, for illustration young hobbits mounting retired pinch Sting and courage, to transportation the squad and our ngo guardant pinch excellence.

Third and finally, aft galore evenings by the fireside pinch my family and friends (who wisely reminded maine that moreover the longest travel must yet move toward home), I person decided to return advantage of Microsoft’s Voluntary Retirement Program.

So, though 30 years is acold excessively short a clip to walk among specified fantabulous and admirable people… this is the end.

I americium going.

I americium retiring from Microsoft, effective coming July 1st.

GOODBYE!

As Bilbo said, the roadworthy goes ever on… but for maine it now turns west, toward a spot of rest, starlight, song, and caller tales aft galore adventures. I time off pinch a bosom afloat of gratitude, memories brighter than mithril, and complete assurance successful the agleam early of the team.

Thank you, Microsoft.

Thank you to each colleague, partner, and webmaster who made this travel truthful special. Stay curious. Keep innovating. And whitethorn your contented ever beryllium found; swift arsenic eagles and judge arsenic the stars.

Fabrice Canel
Retiring aft 30 awesome years astatine Microsoft (Bing)

I presume we will beryllium getting much of our Microsoft Bing updates now from his colleague, Krishna Madhavan, going forward.

Fabrice - convey you for each your contributions to the manufacture and hunt - we profoundly admit it each and wish you each the champion successful retirement. Although, for immoderate reason, I fishy we will spot a batch much of you successful the future.

Here are a mates of photos pinch Fabrice and myself (there is besides Frederic Dubut who worked pinch Fabrice astatine Microsoft for immoderate time):

Thanks for the Bing hat!

My beloved followers,

My beloved chap Microsoftees, engineers, attorneys, marketers, webmasters, publishers, SEO champions, merchandise leaders, journalists, and each the superb minds crossed search, AI, and yes, moreover my friends astatine Google.

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Forum chat astatine LinkedIn and X.