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- | ====== Bing AppId ====== | ||
- | ==== Why do I need an AppId? ==== | ||
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- | At the end of June 2011 Yahoo terminated the free search service BootCaT had been using for years, so we were forced to find an alternative solution. | ||
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- | On August 5, 2011 version 0.6 of the BootCat front-end (which includes version 0.16 of the toolkit) was released. Starting from this version, the [[http:// | ||
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- | We realise this is not ideal, but there' | ||
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- | ==== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ==== | ||
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- | The authors of BootCaT (mostly people working at the universities of Bologna and Trento) are in no way affiliated with Bing (a commercial search engine controlled by Microsoft). | ||
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- | The page you are reading has been created to provide a simple explanation of what is needed for BootCaT to work. We are not responsible for anything related to Bing. | ||
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- | ==== What's an AppId and how do I get one? ==== | ||
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- | An AppId is a sort of password: it's a very long string of letters and numbers. Unlike a password, you don't get to choose what your AppId is, it's assigned to you and you can't change it. | ||
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- | To get your free Bing AppId, visit http:// | ||
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- | See the image below for an example of how you should fill out the registration form. As you can see, only general information are required. | ||
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- | ==== Where' | ||
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- | Once you've filled out the form and clicked on " | ||
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