# \[Bing Search API\] Irrelevant/poisoned search results returned intermittently

- Provider: [SerpApi](https://down.guide/providers/serpapi)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- ongoing for 5d
- started 2026-11-06 01:06 UTC
- Search API
- id: DWN-3528c059fa
- Official page: https://stspg.io/f3fxrsrj8g32

## Summary
SerpApi says the Bing Search API intermittently returns irrelevant or poisoned search results. A fix for basic queries is deployed, but irrelevant results are still possible, and site:, filetype:, and OR queries remain affected. Status: investigating.

_Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from SerpApi's own updates._

## Updates from SerpApi
### 2026-11-06 01:06 UTC: investigating
We have been observing Bing return irrelevant/poisoned search results intermittently over the last few weeks. Our team is working on fixing this on priority. 
Apologies for the inconvenience caused due to this. We will be sharing further updates as more information becomes available.

### 2026-11-06 22:12 UTC: identified
We have deployed a fix for basic Bing Search API queries.
Advanced queries using site:, filetype:, or OR remain affected and may still return irrelevant results. We are continuing to work on these queries and will share further updates as they become available.

### 2026-11-09 16:00 UTC: investigating
Even though we recently deployed a fix for basic queries, it's still possible to get irrelevant results. We're sorry for the difficulties. Our team is continuing to work on this issue.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

### 2026-11-10 02:28 UTC: investigating
Our engineer is currently looking into this issue.
Here is the GitHub issue for reference: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4565

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