Hello christian.kroll83.

This is really more of a question for Ashim, so I've added him to the CC: of this reply.

fyi,
Jay


christian.kroll83 wrote:

 

@BOSS team: I thought I would get a response on this?

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "christian.kroll83" <christian.kroll83@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> while testing a few other search APIs I created a list of very usefull features BOSS does not have. I hope you will provide these features soon.
>
>
> 1. We have included "XXXX":
> If I search at Yahoo.com for "schwummel" I receive this message:
> --> "We have included 'schwimmer' results - Show only 'schwummel'".
> This feature is not supported in the BOSS API even though it is very usefull. I would call the lack of this feature a bug.
>
> 2. Instant Answers:
> If I type in "weather Miami" at yahoo.com I receive a weather forecast for miami. Also I receive the result "5" if I search for "1+4". I think you should provide these instant answers via the API too.
>
> 3. More International versions:
> Currently countries like Portugal, China and Poland are not available
> for the BOSS API. I hope this is going to change.
>
> 4. Click URL:
> At the moment you send a click url that contains "yahooapis.com" and a
> hash value. This might be good for you in order to track the click
> activity, but it really worsens the usability. Because of the hash
> value the users can not see if they already visited a page or not.
> (Developers don't have the means to format the pseudo css class
> "a:visited")
>
> 5. Related searches:
> At Yahoo.com there are "Also try:..." suggestions. These are not
> available in a seperate BOSS API though they would be very useful.
>
> 6. Sending a cached link:
> At Yahoo.com there is a link "Cached" behind the search result url.
> This is also a handy feature, but the link is not send via the BOSS API.
>
> 7. Group results from one page:
> On Yahoo.com multiple search results from single domain are bundeled. E.g. If I search for "test" I receive www.test.com as the first result and right below www.test.com/individuals.htm as a second result from the sam ewebsite(indicated by a little padding on the left). The API does not really support this grouping.
>
>
>
> I really hope you will add this features soon.
>
> Best,
>
> ChrischiK
>