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[Bing News API] Different results returned in the response than in actual Bing search
An Enterprise customer reported that our Bing News API returns different results than the actual Bing search. I was able to reproduce it in our Playground.
Even if I use different first parameter values, the same 4 results are returned from our Bing News API.
first=10
first=30
Thanks martin for this.
One thing I noticed that when I remove + sign from the q parameter then I get results but still these results are not matching with those results I get on navigating the search engine query. E.g. request#65d7618f969c0800e6e325b9
Thank you for providing additional information @vinodagole .
I will investigate that as well and will share my findings.
We'll try using the infinitescrollajax endpoint which returns more Bing News results for our Bing News API.
Initially, Bing News returns 14 results despite count=100 parameter.
Bing returns 14 results for cURL requests.
It's incorrect that only 4 results are returned for SerpApi requests from Bing News.
@ilyazub, can you please give us the timeline till when we can expect this issue is resolved?
@vinodagole I apologize for the issue you are having. Thank you for your patience.
Addressing the first part of the issue related to differences in results between SerpApi and local browser search using the same query.
The reason why you see the difference in results is that your browser is using your IP address for location and not the one you set with mkt parameter.
Using the search that was provided.
Viewed on SerpApi:
Viewed from Paris, France:
You can see that the results are identical. And that SerpApi returns results that you would actually see if located in France.
Addressing the second part of the issue related to pagination not working correctly (using first and count parameters). We are currently working on the fix and will update you as soon as it's done.
Please let us know if we have missed something or if you have additional questions.
The customer reported another search for which there are different results returned from our API and the actual Bing News engine. I was able to reproduce it in the Playground.