🧠 Bing Search Insights Extractor

Author: Mamadou Diao Bah (Diao-bah)
Version: 1.0.0

This Apify Actor enables you to perform advanced Bing search queries and extract structured insights — perfect for SEO, content analysis, or AI knowledge pipelines.

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✅ Features

• 🔍 Extract organic search results (title, URL, source)
• 📢 Get sponsored results (ads) when available
• 📦 Parse featured snippets (quick answers)
• 🙋 Grab People Also Ask questions
• 🧠 Generate a summary of results
• 📑 Support for single or multiple queries
• 🚨 Detect CAPTCHAs and fallback states
• 📅 Timestamped output for tracking

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🔧 Input Format

You can input either a single query (legacy) or multiple queries (preferred):

✅ Recommended input:

{
  "queries": [
    "best VPN services 2025",
    "how to learn javascript for free"
  ]
}

Legacy:
{
  "query": "single search term"
}

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📤 Output Dataset Format:

Each output item in the dataset includes:

| Field              | Type    | Description                               |
| ------------------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `query`            | string  | Original search query                     |
| `results`          | array   | Organic search results with title + URL   |
| `sponsoredResults` | array   | Sponsored results (ads), if any           |
| `featuredSnippet`  | string  | Extracted featured snippet                |
| `peopleAlsoAsk`    | array   | List of related questions                 |
| `summary`          | string  | Auto-generated summary from result titles |
| `timestamp`        | string  | Date-time of the run                      |
| `noResults`        | boolean | If no results were found                  |
| `captchaDetected`  | boolean | If a CAPTCHA was detected                 |
| `error`            | string  | Any error encountered (optional)          |


Use Cases:

Cases
🧠 Feed LLMs or GPT bots with live Bing data

📊 Track competitors and SEO ranking shifts

📚 Generate summaries for trending topics

🔍 Enrich content curation tools

📅 Schedule periodic queries with fresh results

How to Use?

Go to the Input tab and paste your search terms.

Click Run to launch the Actor.

View your results in the Dataset tab.

Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Advanced Options:

Tune maxRequestsPerCrawl for performance (in main.js)

Customize selectors for regional Bing domains

Combine with Apify Proxy for reliability

Support & Freelance:

Need help customizing this Actor or building something similar?
I'm available on Upwork or LinkedIn.
💼 Need a custom scraping Actor or data extractor?

📩 Contact me on:
- [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01644021da8913e68d?mp_source=share)
- [Fiverr](https://www.fiverr.com/users/diao_bah/seller_dashboard)


License:

MIT — Free to use and modify.
Created by @Diao-bah-timbi