Leverage Bing Custom Search to build a search that fits your needs with powerful ranking, a global-scale search index, and document processing. Setup is easy and fast. The core technology works in three steps: it identifies on-topic sites, applies the Bing ranker, and delivers relevant search results while allowing you to adjust the parameters at any time.
Customize your search
Quickly and reliably define the slices of the web that you want to draw from. Change the parameters of the sites you want and don't want at any time. Explore site suggestions to intelligently expand the scope of your search domain.
Easy-to-use
Custom Search features a straightforward UI that enables you to create your web search without a line of code.
Commercial-grade
Usage is ad-free – no matter how much or how little of the service you use.
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Translator Text API
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Translator Speech API
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Bing Web Search API
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Bing Video Search API
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Recommendations API PREVIEW
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Academic Knowledge API PREVIEW
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