Bing now surfaces API documentation from MSDN directly in its search results

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Microsoft today announced it has integrated API reference information from MSDN into its Bing search engine. As you can see below, the most common aspects of API documentation now show up right on the search results page.

This is a great feature for programmers, as frequently searching for syntax, availability, support versions, and guidelines, is part of the job. Unfortunately, MSDN support is not enough; we can only hope Microsoft has plans to include support for other sites as well.