As apps and web developers add search functionality to their products and services, they can use either Bing or Google to propagate search results to enhance their apps and websites. Developers can modify search results using several types of computer languages such as XML or JSON. The Bing Search API helps developers to implant the search functionality easily. It was free when Bing Search API 2.0 was introduced, but now the “Doing Engine” will charge developers to use them.
There are several pricing points. The cheapest will start at $0 (free) for retrieving search results for up to 5,000 transactions per month. The most expensive on the price lists will be $5,000 for retrieving search results for up to 2,500,000 transactions per month.
As per the blog post, the team also announced that Bing Search API 2.0 will be discontinued on August 1, 2012. The team urges existing developers to start migrating their apps or websites search functionality to the Windows Azure Marketplace as soon as possible.
(Image: Bing Search API price lists)
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