If you’re thinking of developing Bing application or want to look under the hood of what’s coming up next on Bing, take a look at these resources.
Bing Services
Bing Services give you programmatic access to Bing data through an application programming interfaces (APIs). This includes Bing API and Bing Maps.
Bing API
The Bing API, V 2.0 provides developers and site managers with a multiple-protocol access to content SourceTypes such as Image, InstantAnswer, MobileWeb, News, Phonebook, RelatedSearch and Web.
Bing Maps SDKs
The Bing Maps SDKs provide documentation for the APIs that power Bing Maps, an online mapping service that enables users to search, discover, explore, plan, and share information about specific locations.
By using traditional road maps, labeled aerial photo views, low-angle high-resolution aerial photos, and proximity searching capabilities, Bing Maps lets you incorporate both location and local search features into Web applications.
- Live Search API, Version 1.1b provides an XML Web service through a SOAP API.
- The Live Search Web Service enables you to submit queries to, and return results from, the Live Search Engine.
These MSDN articles provides information about a variety of technical topics and coding techniques for the Bing or Live Search developer.
Introducing Live Search API Version 2.0 Beta
Creating Custom Error Pages with Live Search
Building Search for Your Web Site with the Windows Live Search Service
Working with Advanced Queries in the Windows Live Search Box
Hacking the Look and Feel of the Windows Live Search Box
The documentation and code samples are available from the software development kit (SDK) sites for Bing Version 2.0 and Live Search, Version 1.1b.
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