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What API are you using?",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"5618647","Yep, Bing. Mostly because of how it's priced.",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"5618546","noonespecial","Thats really cool. How bout letting me specify more params like size?",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Bing API cost makes each request expensive; maker chose Bing for its pricing","maker",[68,71],{"id":69,"by":11,"text":70},"5618558","Sure! To finish it quickly I kept it simple. Also, it's somewhat expensive to get the results so cost is a factor.",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},{"value":73,"source":66,"evidence":74},"Weekend project; ease of use in chat applications like Campfire",[75,77],{"id":76},"post",{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"5619025","Since my main use case was ease of use when using chat applications (like Campfire), I wanted a super short domain. 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