[Bing Search API] `count` param producing low quality results

[moya1295]

Searches with count param producing low quality results with high response time. However first param is working as intended.

Playground links: count=50 | Default no pagination| first=51

[shubhamjain]

@moya1295 Can we check if it's the case of Bing bot detection or count has been deprecated in this way?

https://www.bing.com/search?form=QBLH&q=Coffee&count=50

This returns low quality results as well for me in a normal browser.

[moya1295]

Thanks @shubhamjain for the verification and it is same here. I think this param is deprecated from the bing side now.

[oceansize]

Another customer report:

Intercom

[moya1295]

After a deep investigation into this issue, we came to the conclusion that count param is deprecated from the bing and the use of this param now results in 100% soft-ban of low-quality search results / weird results eg:

In light of the above we decided to deprecate count param from our Bing Search API engine.