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Bing Web Search API doesn't return places results?

Matteo 11 Reputation points
2021-01-25T23:37:18.6+00:00

Hello, I'm playing a bit the Bing Web Search API using a trial account. I'm noticing some inconsistencies between the results as provided by the web ui and by the api. I would like to have some explanation about it, please.

When I go to bing.it and search for la polena montesilvano (a restaurant nearby my hometown), Bing shows directly in the SERP some interesting information about the restaurant like street address, phone number, reviews, related places, etc. (highlighted in red):
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However, if I try the same query via the API (mkt is it-IT) I get nothing similar in the resulting json.

Why is this? Are these data not available trough the API?

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  1. romungi-MSFT 42,761 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-27T08:47:42.25+00:00

    @Matteo The bing web search API as-is provides many parameters that can be added as part of the request to get more details of your search results that can be integrated in your application. In this case it looks like you used only the web search API. The web search API offers many other offerings such as the entity search, autosuggest, image, news, spell check, visual search & video search. While most of this result is shown on the basic bing search page additional details like the restaurants nearby or their reviews are integration of other bing services like the bing local business search and bing places where businesses claim the listings in search. You can try to use these offerings along with basic bing web search. I hope this helps!!