GigaOm: Yahoo, Now Offering Search as a Web Service

by Sam Dean - Jul. 10, 2008Comments (0)

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 Yahoo: "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." GigaOm points out that it will "allow anyone to rank, arrange and display search results that befit their own algorithm, without as much as acknowledging that the results are coming from Yahoo." Check out more analysis at GigaOm, and an analysis of Yahoo's alpha partners.

 


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