Announcing the developer preview for Bing’s new Search APIs

Announcing the developer preview for Bing’s new Search APIs

The Bing team knows that developers want solutions that are easy to understand, simple to implement, and can make their apps and experiences smarter and more engaging for end users. We have created this next-generation of search APIs based on feedback from developers, partners and customers and would like to invite all developers to try them out.
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Bing Streamlines MSDN API Search

For programmers looking up API reference information is a critical part of their daily routine. Whether they’re looking for syntax, availability, support versions or guidelines, being able to quickly reference API information is essential to getting the job done. At Bing we looked at ways to streamline the most common aspects of API documentation and serve results in a way that is most useful for programmers. In the example below, you can...
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Five Bing Contest Web Apps Chosen, to be Judged at Gnomedex

Gnomedex Photo by Scott Beale/ Laughing Squid Well, it meant a lot of Excel spreadsheets (hey, we are Microsofties!) and a lot of off-hours surfing but we’ve finally come up with the 5 finalists that will be judged at Gnomedex this week for the final chapter of the Will Code for Green contest. Even if you aren’t among the top five, please know we appreciated and reviewed your efforts. In no particular order Ecology Climate Times ...
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The next step in search

Today at PubCon we launched a new release of the Live Search API for publishers and web developers. Now, in one place, we’re making available what is essentially a content management system for your site or blog, plus the ability to monetize by selling ads. This release is the next step in what we’re calling Project Silk Road, a broad range of tools and services we’re offering online publishers and developers to help them...
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Live Search SOAP API – Updated!

We’re proud to announce that we’re taking our search API out of beta, and rebranding it the Live Search SOAP API 1.0, to reflect the search engine that is powering it.   This release provides continued enhancements to the original API, from which you submit up to 10,000 queries per day for News, Local, or general Web content. We’ve reviewed a lot of feedback from our developer’s forum and this blog, and have made the...
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