Yahoo! Search BOSS

Yahoo! Released an API for it's search engine called BOSS (Build your Own Search Service). The open search web services platforms goal is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index. BOSS gives you access to Yahoo!'s investments in crawling and indexing, ranking and relevancy algorithms, and powerful infrastructure.

By combining your unique assets and ideas with our search technology assets, BOSS is a platform for the next generation of search innovation, serving hundreds of millions of users across the Web.

How To Get Started

1. Check out BOSS specs and mash-up examples
2. Review the documentation
3. Get a BOSS Application ID