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Why livesearch results from example different from MSN RRS feed

  • Question

  • I did a search using the API examples.
    The result is completely different from the result from MSN.
    Why?
    Thanks
    • Changed type vjkum Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:11 AM
    Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:06 AM

Answers

  • I found the problem

    I commented out the following

    //      request.Web.FileType = "DOC";

    Now the results with MSN is identical

    Thanks for the prompt response.
    • Marked as answer by vjkum Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:14 AM
    Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:13 AM

All replies

  • The most common source for this issue is that you are sending queries to the API in a market and are using a different one on MSN (for example, en-us for the API and en-in for the queries). Another possible subtle cause is the value of SearchRequest.Adult
    MSN goes through the API, so there is really no chance the results can be different if all parameters are the same.

    HTH

    --Alessandro

    Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:32 AM
  • I found the problem

    I commented out the following

    //      request.Web.FileType = "DOC";

    Now the results with MSN is identical

    Thanks for the prompt response.
    • Marked as answer by vjkum Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:14 AM
    Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:13 AM