Microsoft is going to developers to pay for its Bing Search api. Prices start at forty dollars per month for up to 20,000 requests. After a transitional period of several months, is the free api for developers phased out.
According to Microsoft, leads the measure to ‘newer results, improved relevancy and more opportunities to earn money from the api. During the transitional period, estimated at a few months, the api available for free. Afterwards, developers can only with a paid subscription to use. The fee starts at approximately $ 40 per month, starting from 20,000 requests to the api.
With the transition there are small changes in the use of the api. There will be other locations to be used, there will be changes in the aanvraagstructuur and authentication entered. For customers that three to four million requests per month process, the transition via a separate process.