Comments on: Yahoo, Now Offering Search as a Web Service

By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive 10 More New Ways to Make Money Online «

WebWorkerDaily » Archive 10 More New Ways to Make Money Online « — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:06:31 +0000

[...] Team up with Yahoo! to offer custom search services. Yahoo! recently launched their BOSS API, which lets anyone build their own custom search engine or mashup using their search [...]

By: Yahoo’s BOSS and Web 3.0 « Speaking My Mind

Yahoo’s BOSS and Web 3.0 « Speaking My Mind — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:34:11 +0000

[...] Yahoo’s release of Build your Own Search Service (BOSS), by blogs like Boomtown, Techcrunch, GigaOm and others. Most bloggers viewed it as a smart move by Yahoo to attempt to compete with Google. [...]

By: jenkins

jenkins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:52:51 +0000

Will you all give me a break? The search game is over for the forseeable future. Yahoo lost. It doesn’t matter what they do; they are going to be down to single digit marketshare by 2010. They simply don’t matter anymore.

By: Yahoo! BOSS in the right direction, but only BOSS Custom goes far enough for radical search innovation - Travel Industry News - UpTake Blog

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:45 +0000

[...] to GigaOm, you have to use Yahoo! Search Advertising. And Om makes the point: Notably, they are asking [...]

By: Liddle Thoughts » Blog Archive » Is everything moving towards SaaS and the cloud ?

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:15 +0000

[...] search engine and its related infrastructure, which is why there are so few players. As explained by Om Malik the BOSS service is being offered for free, though as part of the deal users will have to use [...]

By: OStatic

OStatic — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:58:00 +0000

GigaOm: Yahoo, Now Offering Search as a Web Service…

Yahoo today announced the beta version of BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service), which essentially turns its core search and other related technologies into a free web service that can be used by anyone who wants to build a search engine. According to Y…

By: jamalystic

jamalystic — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:16:49 +0000

Is there a message on this BOSS initiative that Yahoo wants us to hear?Is Yahoo making itself more attractive for Microsoft or is it simply telling Icahn that it still has the legs to carry on on its own?Yahoo Searches for Enterprise Strategy(http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=625&doc_id=158648&F_src=flftwo)

By: despuesdegoogle » Blog Archive » Yahoo! BOSS, el buscador como servicio

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:32:46 +0000

[...] y esclarecedor), TechCrunch (extenso, técnico y optimista), OJObuscador (relativista), GigaOM (exhaustivo) o ReadWriteWeb (agudo como siempre. Destaca las expectativas que abre para el desarrollo de [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:11:17 +0000

Good perspective. I agree that it’s a big risk for Yahoo but what have they got to lose at this point? BOSS opens search to so much innovation and creativity, regardless of what happens to Yahoo, it will be good for the industry. I hope it’s successful.

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Looking at Yahoo’s Search Partners «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Looking at Yahoo’s Search Partners « — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:01:12 +0000

[...] has opened up its search engine through a comprehensive range of APIs. Our parent site GigaOm has coverage of the industry implications, but our interest is more in the practical uses for web workers. Fortunately, even though the [...]