I still have the same results ...

Query of "toto" gives more or less the same number of hits
whatever I'm asking for pages in french (and in france) or in english
(and in the US)...

It can't be true !

... any help appreciated.

regard,
Hubert.

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "Vik Singh" <viksi@...> wrote:
>
> Totalhits might be based more on the region param which is default
us in both queries
>
> Are you intending to search fr results in the us market? If no, then
try changing the region param.
>
> Let us know if that works
>
> Best
>
> - sent mobile
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
> To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon Oct 06 13:35:56 2008
> Subject: [ysearchboss] language & region parameter have no effect !?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to set language selection with the universal BOSS API
> arguments "&lang=..", but it seems to have to effects ...!
>
> This is two query about the word "toto", one in english, one in
> french, it outputs the same totalhits value!
>
> Query : "toto" in english
> --------
> http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/toto?appid=XXX&lang=en
<http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/toto?appid=XXX&lang=en>
>
> response: "totalhits":"3711685
> -----------
>
{"ysearchresponse":{"responsecode":"200","nextpage":"\/ysearch\/web\/v1\/toto?appid=BhrIZBLV34GS5DiKaLQnfudV4n9Fd0PWn1l._i9R4GtO.e6BAqFyqxhlNdAWxEZu1baeJ2o-&lang=en&start=10","totalhits":"3711685","deephits":"114000000","count":"10","start":"0","resultset_web"
> [...]
>
> AND
>
> Query : "toto" in french
> --------
> http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/toto?appid=XXX&lang=fr
<http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/toto?appid=XXX&lang=fr>
>
> response: "totalhits":"3711685. THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE SAME VALUE!
> ---------
>
>
{"ysearchresponse":{"responsecode":"200","nextpage":"\/ysearch\/web\/v1\/toto?appid=BhrIZBLV34GS5DiKaLQnfudV4n9Fd0PWn1l._i9R4GtO.e6BAqFyqxhlNdAWxEZu1baeJ2o-&lang=fr&start=10","totalhits":"3711685","deephits":"114000000","count":"10","start":"0","resultset_web"
>
> any help ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Hubert.
>