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Bing Developer blog — Oct 2011

  • Oct
    11
    20 11

    Instant Answers and White Pages Discontinued

    Effective December 8, 2011, we will discontinue support for both the Instant Answers source type and for Phonebook Residential White Pages results via the Bing API version 2.0.  For those of you using these source types with the Bing API, this means you will no longer receive results for Instant Answers or for Phonebook White Pages (Residential) results. We encourage you to continue using the many other source types available via the Bing API such as web, images, video, news, and more.  For more information on using the API, a number of resources can be found here .  This includes implementation instructions, code examples, links to forums and other helpful documentation. We hope that these resources will assist you in the transition. Our team regularly evaluates our API to make sure we’re focusing on the right areas for our partners. Decommissioning source types allows us to dedicate more resources to supporting other parts of the API. As always, thanks for your partnership, and we hope you continue to find the Bing API valuable in powering your products. Read More Effective December 8, 2011, we will discontinue support for both the Instant Answers source type and for Phonebook Residential White Pages results via the Bing API version 2.0.  For those of you using these source types with the Bing API, this means you will no longer receive results for Instant Answers or for Phonebook White Pages (Residential) results. We encourage you to continue using the many other source types available via the Bing API such as web, images, video, news, and more.  For more information on using the API, a number of resources can be found here .  This includes implementation instructions, code examples, links to forums and other helpful documentation. We hope that these resources will assist you in the transition. Our team regularly evaluates our API to make sure we’re focusing on the right areas for our partners. Decommissioning source types allows us to dedicate more resources to supporting other parts of the API. As always, thanks for your partnership, and we hope you continue to find the Bing API valuable in powering your products. Read More
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