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#1766 From: BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...>
Date: Fri May 1, 2009 11:40 pm
Subject: Re: Duplicates/Restart at 100 on news feed
sboss64
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Hello nickfritzkowski.

I've been running some various tests based on your below test case, and I think I'm able to see the issue that you are seeing, and I've already started working with our BOSS dev team by sharing my results with them.

I can give you an update next week, after more investigation has been performed.

But in the meantime, just to be clear, can you please clarify exactly what the issue is, when you look at your two below results (Result #1 and Result #100)?   I just wanted to be clear, and not assume what you are pointing out, with your comparison of these 2 specific results, and what specifically I should be focusing on.

thanks in advance,
Jay



nickfritzkowski wrote:

Hi,

It seems the system is restarting at number 100 when I am pulling it in via the BOSS system.

My queries are as follows for an example:

http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=0

http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=50

http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=100

This search generates 491 hits but when it gets to 100 it starts from the start again or doing something silly as it start duplicating and missing this at 100.

It's happening for all my keywords over 100 hits

First entry of the first query:

[responsecode] => 200
[nextpage] => /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=50
[totalhits] => 491
[deephits] => 491
[count] => 50
[start] => 0
[resultset_news] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[abstract] => FEATURED EVENTS FRIDAY Baseball: Parma at Marsing, 5 p.m. Boys golf: Fruitland, Homedale,
[clickurl] => http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnMnVvNWYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAM1ejBoYWtnZUF1M0I3bVlOczJaVW1qUDF5anhTT0VuNm1Nd0FEUE1w/SIG=12174sm1e/**http%3A//idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
[date] => 2009/05/01
[language] => english
[source] => The Idaho Statesman
[sourceurl] => http://www.idahostatesman.com/
[time] => 06:17:23
[title] => Thursday, April 30, Varsity Extra Scoreboard
[url] => http://idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
)

First Entry of the 100+ query:

[responsecode] => 200
[prevpage] => /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=50
[nextpage] => /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=150
[totalhits] => 491
[deephits] => 491
[count] => 50
[start] => 100
[resultset_news] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[abstract] => Could the global financial crisis and looming pandemic create a shift to green retailing? asks Michael Baker.
[clickurl] => http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnZnU5aTYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAN6SWR2NUVnZUF1MC54NGg4UGJPMUxndjl5anhTT0VuNm1OQUFEQ0Jp/SIG=14p4a335c/**http%3A//smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu! -could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html%3Fs_cid=rss_smallbiz
[date] => 2009/05/01
[language] => english
[source] => The Age
[sourceurl] => http://www.theage.com.au/
[time] => 03:33:30
[title] => Swine flu could teach us a lesson in social responsibility
[url] => http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz
)

And yes I am putting my API key in I just took it out of this post.



#1767 From: "nickfritzkowski" <nick@...>
Date: Sat May 2, 2009 12:35 am
Subject: Re: Duplicates/Restart at 100 on news feed
nickfritzkowski
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What seems to be happening is that the news entries are running fine up until
the third query when it hit 100 and then the date jumps out of sequence with the
previous queries and starts duplicating at random some of the previous entries.

I have temporarily made my system keep a hard limit of 100 to stop duplications
but i'd like to get all entries in the 30 day period in date order and without
duplications.



--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, BOSS User Group Support Team
<boss-usergroup-support-team@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello nickfritzkowski.
>
> I've been running some various tests based on your below test case, and
> I think I'm able to see the issue that you are seeing, and I've already
> started working with our BOSS dev team by sharing my results with them.
>
> I can give you an update next week, after more investigation has been
> performed.
>
> But in the meantime, just to be clear, can you please clarify exactly
> what the issue is, when you look at your two below results (Result #1
> and Result #100)?   I just wanted to be clear, and not assume what you
> are pointing out, with your comparison of these 2 specific results, and
> what specifically I should be focusing on.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Jay
>
>
>
> nickfritzkowski wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > It seems the system is restarting at number 100 when I am pulling it
> > in via the BOSS system.
> >
> > My queries are as follows for an example:
> >
> >
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=da\
te&age=30d&count=50&start=0
> >
<http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=d\
ate&age=30d&count=50&start=0>
> >
> >
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=da\
te&age=30d&count=50&start=50
> >
<http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=d\
ate&age=30d&count=50&start=50>
> >
> >
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=da\
te&age=30d&count=50&start=100
> >
<http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=d\
ate&age=30d&count=50&start=100>
> >
> > This search generates 491 hits but when it gets to 100 it starts from
> > the start again or doing something silly as it start duplicating and
> > missing this at 100.
> >
> > It's happening for all my keywords over 100 hits
> >
> > First entry of the first query:
> >
> > [responsecode] => 200
> > [nextpage] =>
> >
/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=js\
on&start=50
> > [totalhits] => 491
> > [deephits] => 491
> > [count] => 50
> > [start] => 0
> > [resultset_news] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => stdClass Object
> > (
> > [abstract] => FEATURED EVENTS FRIDAY Baseball: Parma at Marsing, 5
> > p.m. Boys golf: Fruitland, Homedale,
> > [clickurl] =>
> >
http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnMnVvNWYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3\
dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSl\
h2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAM1ejBoYWtnZU\
F1M0I3bVlOczJaVW1qUDF5anhTT0VuNm1Nd0FEUE1w/SIG=12174sm1e/**http%3A//idahostatesm\
an.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
> >
<http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnMnVvNWYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY\
3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBS\
lh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAM1ejBoYWtnZ\
UF1M0I3bVlOczJaVW1qUDF5anhTT0VuNm1Nd0FEUE1w/SIG=12174sm1e/**http%3A//idahostates\
man.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html>
> > [date] => 2009/05/01
> > [language] => english
> > [source] => The Idaho Statesman
> > [sourceurl] => http://www.idahostatesman.com/
> > <http://www.idahostatesman.com/>
> > [time] => 06:17:23
> > [title] => Thursday, April 30, Varsity Extra Scoreboard
> > [url] => http://idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
> > <http://idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html>
> > )
> >
> > First Entry of the 100+ query:
> >
> > [responsecode] => 200
> > [prevpage] =>
> >
/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=js\
on&start=50
> > [nextpage] =>
> >
/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=js\
on&start=150
> > [totalhits] => 491
> > [deephits] => 491
> > [count] => 50
> > [start] => 100
> > [resultset_news] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => stdClass Object
> > (
> > [abstract] => Could the global financial crisis and looming pandemic
> > create a shift to green retailing? asks Michael Baker.
> > [clickurl] =>
> >
http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnZnU5aTYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3\
dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSl\
h2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAN6SWR2NUVnZU\
F1MC54NGg4UGJPMUxndjl5anhTT0VuNm1OQUFEQ0Jp/SIG=14p4a335c/**http%3A//smallbusines\
s.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu!
> >
-could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html%3Fs_cid=rss_sma\
llbiz
> >
<http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnZnU5aTYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY\
3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBS\
lh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAN6SWR2NUVnZ\
UF1MC54NGg4UGJPMUxndjl5anhTT0VuNm1OQUFEQ0Jp/SIG=14p4a335c/**http%3A//smallbusine\
ss.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-\
responsibility-617519928.html%3Fs_cid=rss_smallbiz>
> > [date] => 2009/05/01
> > [language] => english
> > [source] => The Age
> > [sourceurl] => http://www.theage.com.au/ <http://www.theage.com.au/>
> > [time] => 03:33:30
> > [title] => Swine flu could teach us a lesson in social responsibility
> > [url] =>
> >
http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a\
-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz
> >
<http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-\
a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz>
> > )
> >
> > And yes I am putting my API key in I just took it out of this post.
> >
> >
>

#1768 From: Devajyoti Sarkar <dsarkar@...>
Date: Sun May 3, 2009 12:50 pm
Subject: Re: Help needed with ads
devajyoti_sa...
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Hi Bill,

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Indeed we hope to qualify for Yahoo ads in the future.

Dev

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Bill Michels <michelsb@...> wrote:


Hi Dev -

This is a totally fair to ask for this and we’ve been working on providing names of companies that can provide ads.  It’s important to us that the companies meet a certain threshold of quality, so give us a couple weeks.

-bill




On 4/28/09 2:01 AM, "Devajyoti Sarkar" <dsarkar@...> wrote:


  

  

Thanks for the Right Media pointer. We have a similar need.

Is there a list of search ad providers whom one can contact with regards to ads in a BOSS application. I would think that this is a common need for many BOSS developers. Does it make sense to share some wisdom across the community in this regard?

Thanks and best regards,
Dev



On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Ted Drake <tdrake@...> wrote:

  

  

Right Media has a self-service product that lets you use their set of ad providers as well as integrate google and yahoo ads. It's very easy to implement and lets you choose the type of ads and ad content that is appropriate for your site.
http://blog.rightmedia.com/2007/01/29/rmx-direct-is-open-for-business/
However, you'll need a fairly decent amount of traffc or your application may be declined.
FWIW: Yahoo! bought Right Media a year or so ago.
Ted
 


From: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of walrus_x1x
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:34 PM
To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ysearchboss] Help needed with ads

Hi,

So it seems that the hopes of shared ad links are dead, so I was wondering if anyone knows of any good ad networks that could be used with a BOSS app. Obviously the problem is serving ads that match the context of a user's search (i.e. unlike Google AdWords that rely on spidering of static content). Is there anyone out there who does this? I have looked around and can't find anything.

Any help would be much appreciated...

Matt

  
    

  
    




#1769 From: BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...>
Date: Mon May 4, 2009 11:52 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Duplicates/Restart at 100 on news feed
sboss64
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Hello again nickfritzkowski.

I found out that the fix for this is understood, and we're hoping to address this issue sometime in June.

I will get back to you (through this user group, so that everybody is updated) around that time, with further details.

thanks,
Jay


nickfritzkowski wrote:

What seems to be happening is that the news entries are running fine up until the third query when it hit 100 and then the date jumps out of sequence with the previous queries and starts duplicating at random some of the previous entries.

I have temporarily made my system keep a hard limit of 100 to stop duplications but i'd like to get all entries in the 30 day period in date order and without duplications.

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello nickfritzkowski.
>
> I've been running some various tests based on your below test case, and
> I think I'm able to see the issue that you are seeing, and I've already
> started working with our BOSS dev team by sharing my results with them.
>
> I can give you an update next week, after more investigation has been
> performed.
>
> But in the meantime, just to be clear, can you please clarify exactly
> what the issue is, when you look at your two below results (Result #1
> and Result #100)? I just wanted to be clear, and not assume what you
> are pointing out, with your comparison of these 2 specific results, and
> what specifically I should be focusing on.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Jay
>
>
>
> nickfritzkowski wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > It seems the system is restarting at number 100 when I am pulling it
> > in via the BOSS system.
> >
> > My queries are as follows for an example:
> >
> > http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=0
> > <http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=0>
> >
> > http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=50
> > <http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=50>
> >
> > http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=100
> > <http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?appid=APIKEYHERE&orderby=date&age=30d&count=50&start=100>
> >
> > This search generates 491 hits but when it gets to 100 it starts from
> > the start again or doing something silly as it start duplicating and
> > missing this at 100.
> >
> > It's happening for all my keywords over 100 hits
> >
> > First entry of the first query:
> >
> > [responsecode] => 200
> > [nextpage] =>
> > /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=50
> > [totalhits] => 491
> > [deephits] => 491
> > [count] => 50
> > [start] => 0
> > [resultset_news] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => stdClass Object
> > (
> > [abstract] => FEATURED EVENTS FRIDAY Baseball: Parma at Marsing, 5
> > p.m. Boys golf: Fruitland, Homedale,
> > [clickurl] =>
> > http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnMnVvNWYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAM1ejBoYWtnZUF1M0I3bVlOczJaVW1qUDF5anhTT0VuNm1Nd0FEUE1w/SIG=12174sm1e/**http%3A//idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
> > <http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnMnVvNWYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAM1ejBoYWtnZUF1M0I3bVlOczJaVW1qUDF5anhTT0VuNm1Nd0FEUE1w/SIG=12174sm1e/**http%3A//idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html>
> > [date] => 2009/05/01
> > [language] => english
> > [source] => The Idaho Statesman
> > [sourceurl] => http://www.idahostatesman.com/
> > <http://www.idahostatesman.com/>
> > [time] => 06:17:23
> > [title] => Thursday, April 30, Varsity Extra Scoreboard
> > [url] => http://idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html
> > <http://idahostatesman.com/highschoolsports/story/753790.html>
> > )
> >
> > First Entry of the 100+ query:
> >
> > [responsecode] => 200
> > [prevpage] =>
> > /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=50
> > [nextpage] =>
> > /ysearch/news/v1/%22myer%22?count=50&appid=APIKEY&age=30d&orderby=date&format=json&start=150
> > [totalhits] => 491
> > [deephits] => 491
> > [count] => 50
> > [start] => 100
> > [resultset_news] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => stdClass Object
> > (
> > [abstract] => Could the global financial crisis and looming pandemic
> > create a shift to green retailing? asks Michael Baker.
> > [clickurl] =>
> > http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnZnU5aTYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAN6SWR2NUVnZUF1MC54NGg4UGJPMUxndjl5anhTT0VuNm1OQUFEQ0Jp/SIG=14p4a335c/**http%3A//smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu!
> > -could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html%3Fs_cid=rss_smallbiz
> > <http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTVnZnU5aTYxBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDaXRkY3dVblYzNEZWNWcud2NEVGxSSmtsdjlLVXFVcnVNYmI4aFNSV1I1UmFyMkI1REtWaU9CZ1JoNWlsa1dBSlh2dVd5VklaBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAN6SWR2NUVnZUF1MC54NGg4UGJPMUxndjl5anhTT0VuNm1OQUFEQ0Jp/SIG=14p4a335c/**http%3A//smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a-les! son-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html%3Fs_cid=rss_smallbiz>
> > [date] => 2009/05/01
> > [language] => english
> > [source] => The Age
> > [sourceurl] => http://www.theage.com.au/ <http://www.theage.com.au/>
> > [time] => 03:33:30
> > [title] => Swine flu could teach us a lesson in social responsibility
> > [url] =>
> > http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz
> > <http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/management/swine-flu-could-teach-us-a-lesson-in-social-responsibility-617519928.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz>
> > )
> >
> > And yes I am putting my API key in I just took it out of this post.
> >
> >
>



#1770 From: "yufeldman" <yufeldman@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 1:22 am
Subject: Question regarding language return field
yufeldman
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Hello here,

I don't really see "language" tag in any of the response results even if Title
and abstract are in other then English.

Here is an example:
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/%22belaya%20roza%22?appid=APP_ID&format\
=xml&abstract=long&count=50

It shows some results in English, some in Russian, but how would I know it while
parsing? Yes, I would use UTF-8 encoding, but what if I need to know language as
well?

Thanks.

#1771 From: "Mithun Ashok" <amithun@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 3:40 am
Subject: RE: Question regarding language return field
mithun5053
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Hello,

To get Language tag on web responses,
You would need to append a parameter  " &view=language"

e.g.
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/"belaya%20roza"?appid={APPID}
&format=xml&abstract=long&count=50&view=language

Response:
<language>english</language>

Hope this helps,

Good  Day,

Regards,
Mithun Ashok
 
________________________________________
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Of yufeldman
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:52 AM
To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ysearchboss] Question regarding language return field




Hello here,

I don't really see "language" tag in any of the response results even if Title
and abstract are in other then English.

Here is an example:
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/%22belaya%20roza%22?appid=APP_ID&format\
=xml&abstract=long&count=50

It shows some results in English, some in Russian, but how would I know it while
parsing? Yes, I would use UTF-8 encoding, but what if I need to know language as
well?

Thanks.

#1772 From: yuliya Feldman <yufeldman@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 5:11 am
Subject: Re: Question regarding language return field
yufeldman
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Thank you Ashok


From: Mithun Ashok <amithun@...>
To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 8:40:23 PM
Subject: RE: [ysearchboss] Question regarding language return field

Hello,

To get Language tag on web responses,
You would need to append a parameter " &view=language"

e.g.
http://boss. yahooapis. com/ysearch/ web/v1/"belaya%20roza" ?appid={APPID} &format=xml& abstract= long&count= 50&view=language

Response:
<language>english< /language>

Hope this helps,

Good Day,

Regards,
Mithun Ashok
 
____________ _________ _________ _________ _
From: ysearchboss@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ysearchboss@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of yufeldman
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:52 AM
To: ysearchboss@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: [ysearchboss] Question regarding language return field

Hello here,

I don't really see "language" tag in any of the response results even if Title and abstract are in other then English.

Here is an example:
http://boss. yahooapis. com/ysearch/ web/v1/%22belaya %20roza%22? appid=APP_ ID&format= xml&abstract= long&count= 50

It shows some results in English, some in Russian, but how would I know it while parsing? Yes, I would use UTF-8 encoding, but what if I need to know language as well?

Thanks.



#1773 From: vipul gupta <vipulgupta83r@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 9:30 am
Subject: How to exclude the search results from specific section of website
vipulgupta83r
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Hi,
      Thanks a lot to Boss team for building this amazing product. I am a big fan of Yahoo Boss and i am proudly using it for the search feature on my website.
I have a doubt which i would like to share. While sending the request to Yahoo Boss is it possible to inform Boss to exclude results from specific section of my website. I don't want the results under specific directory to come up on search page.
 
Thanks
--
vipul

#1774 From: "Mithun Ashok" <amithun@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 10:05 am
Subject: RE: How to exclude the search results from specific section of website
mithun5053
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Hello,

http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/www.yahoo.com?format=xml&appid={appid}&\
sites=tech.yahoo.com

The Query give me results like,
<url>http://tech.yahoo.com/rc/digital-cameras/103</url>

To remove a folder from the resultset,
e.g.  /rc/ folder..
We can mention,
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/www.yahoo.com%20-inurl:%2frc?format=xml\
&appid={appid}&sites=tech.yahoo.com

We get results apart from the folder “/rc†☺

Hope This Helps...
Good Day,

Regards,
Mithun Ashok
 
________________________________________
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Of vipul gupta
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:00 PM
To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com; boss-usergroup-support-team
Subject: [ysearchboss] How to exclude the search results from specific section
of website




Hi,
      Thanks a lot to Boss team for building this amazing product. I am a
big fan of Yahoo Boss and i am proudly using it for the search feature on my
website.
I have a doubt which i would like to share. While sending the request to Yahoo
Boss is it possible to inform Boss to exclude results from specific section of
my website. I don't want the results under specific directory to come up on
search page.

 
Thanks
--
vipul

#1775 From: "Ted Drake" <tdrake@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 2:14 pm
Subject: New Boss hack site
t_drake_net
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Hi Guys
 
I've been writing some BOSS related stuff for the Yahoo Developer Network and have given some BOSS related presentations. However, these things require lots of effort and I wanted a venue for showcasing smaller tidbits of information. Such as the answer Mithun gave today for avoiding a directory of a site:
 
using the -inurl:%2frc to remove /rc directory content from a site search.
 
So I created a site for archiving some of these tidbits: http://bosshacks.com
It's completely unofficial and is not related to Yahoo, even though I work there. So the official documentation will continue to be on Yahoo Developer Network.
 
I have started adding some content, links to previously published articles, and will begin keeping a list of BOSS mashups.
 
Think of it as an easier way to find content and answers for some of the discussions that come up on this list and in other areas.
 
P.S.  If you are near London, please join us this weekend for the Open Hack Day http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2142631/
 
P.S.S. watch for a new article on the Yahoo Developer Network very soon about my presentation in Madrid for the www2009 conference.
 
 
 
Thanks
 

Ted Drake

Yahoo! France

Part of the Global Finance Project

 

Member of the International Yahoo! Developer Network

 

Yahoo! Boss

Create Your Own Search Engine

 

 

 

#1776 From: "Ted Drake" <tdrake@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 5:46 pm
Subject: Boss cheat sheet
t_drake_net
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Christian Heilmann spilled the beans in his twitter stream(http://twitter.com/codepo8/status/1706573328), so here's  the new BOSS cheat sheet put together for the Open Hack Day in London this weekend.
 
 

Ted Drake

Yahoo! France

Part of the Global Finance Project

 

Member of the International Yahoo! Developer Network

 

Yahoo! Boss

Create Your Own Search Engine

 

 

 

#1777 From: "yufeldman" <yufeldman@...>
Date: Wed May 6, 2009 5:04 pm
Subject: Order of BOSS results and their scores
yufeldman
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Hello here,

Just want to confirm that BOSS results come back in descending order of
relevance.

My second question is whether it is possible to get kind of "score" on those
results?

Thanks in advance

#1778 From: "chitikadan" <chitikadan@...>
Date: Wed May 6, 2009 5:45 pm
Subject: Re: Help needed with ads
chitikadan
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Hi Matt,

You can check out Chitika, I think we may provide what you're looking for.  Our
ads are contextually based on individual users' searches rather than the content
of a website, so they work out pretty well for BOSS apps.  Let me know if you
have any questions about it, we're big fans of BOSS - in fact, one of the
finalists for the Searchappalooza event we sponsored at SES this year was
Middlespot, a BOSS-using search app.

http://chitika.com

Dan Ruby
Chitika Director of Marketing

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "walrus_x1x" <walrus_x1x@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> So it seems that the hopes of shared ad links are dead, so I was wondering if
anyone knows of any good ad networks that could be used with a BOSS app.
Obviously the problem is serving ads that match the context of a user's search
(i.e. unlike Google AdWords that rely on spidering of static content). Is there
anyone out there who does this? I have looked around and can't find anything.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated...
>
> Matt
>

#1779 From: BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...>
Date: Wed May 6, 2009 9:36 pm
Subject: Re: Order of BOSS results and their scores
sboss64
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Hello yufeldman.   Comments below...


yufeldman wrote:
  >
  >
  > Hello here,
  >
  > Just want to confirm that BOSS results come back in descending order
of relevance.
  >


Yes, that is correct.



  > My second question is whether it is possible to get kind of "score"
on those results?
  >
  > Thanks in advance



I will FWD your email to the BOSS Product + Biz Dev teams, to see if
they can assist.


thanks,
Jay

#1780 From: "Ted Drake" <tdrake@...>
Date: Thu May 7, 2009 8:35 am
Subject: future of vertical search engines post on YDN
t_drake_net
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Hi All
As promised, there is a new post on the Yahoo Developer Network from my presentation at the www2009 conference in Madrid.
I discuss future movements in vertical search engines.
I hope you enjoy it.

Ted Drake

Yahoo! France

Part of the Global Finance Project

 

Member of the International Yahoo! Developer Network

 

Yahoo! Boss

Create Your Own Search Engine

 

 

 

#1781 From: "cmichaelharris" <michael@...>
Date: Thu May 7, 2009 8:47 pm
Subject: Re: Order of BOSS results and their scores
cmichaelharris
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Hi

I second that (as noted in my post Some issues and general comments).

As the "sites" parameter is not currently working for very long lists, my only work around would be to run multipl queries on shorter sites lists and then to merge these. A score would help me to do this more effectively - at least until the "sites" parameter can handle longer lists.

regards
Michael


--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "yufeldman" <yufeldman@...> wrote:
>
> Hello here,
>
> Just want to confirm that BOSS results come back in descending order of relevance.
>
> My second question is whether it is possible to get kind of "score" on those results?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

#1782 From: "Ted Drake" <tdrake@...>
Date: Mon May 11, 2009 1:42 pm
Subject: Best BOSS Hack from Open Hack London 2009
t_drake_net
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Hi All
 
This past weekend was the Open Hack Day in London. We saw some interesting ideas for BOSS. Surprisingly it was mostly used as in information source rather than the building block for a search engine. For instance, the ability to find microformatted information was exploited for a hack that found rel="me" and tracked down connected web sites.
 
However, the winner of Best BOSS Hacks used BOSS in many ways. It's a site that lets you find information about a band on MySpace without having to deal with their ugly pages.
 
It also uses additional BOSS requests to discover related artists, events, and other information about the band from around the internet.
 

Best BOSS Hack:

Boss of Myspace

Use Yahoo BOSS to find MySpace music artists, link to the dbtune/myspace resource that is the best match and get the the myspace audio w/o having to look at ugly myspace pages.

find BBC programmes from location, depending on artists featured on that programme related to that location, e.g. http://dbtune.org/openhacklondon/Bristol

  • Uses: DBpedia, BBC Music and BBC Programmes
  • Countries Represented: USA, France, UK, Germany, Ireland
  • Team:
    • Kurt J
    • Yves Raimond
    • Benjamin Heitmann
This site was built in 24 hours and is a good example of solving a problem by using BOSS as a data api more than a search API. I will be writing a summary of BOSS and Open Hack Day this week.  I wanted to let you know about this one as soon as possible.
 
Here's a list of the hacks from the weekend.
 
 

Ted Drake

Yahoo! France

Part of the Global Finance Project

 

Member of the International Yahoo! Developer Network

 

Yahoo! Boss

Create Your Own Search Engine

 

 

 

#1783 From: "Ted Drake" <tdrake@...>
Date: Mon May 11, 2009 3:02 pm
Subject: RE: Best BOSS Hack from Open Hack London 2009
t_drake_net
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As an aside.
 
If your web site links to mp3 files, you may want to use the Yahoo! music player. You can try it on Boss of Myspace. Essentially, you add a javascript to your site and it will find any mp3 link and generate the appropriate play lists and players. 
 
 
Ted
 
 
 


From: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Drake
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:43 PM
To: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ysearchboss] Best BOSS Hack from Open Hack London 2009

Hi All
 
This past weekend was the Open Hack Day in London. We saw some interesting ideas for BOSS. Surprisingly it was mostly used as in information source rather than the building block for a search engine. For instance, the ability to find microformatted information was exploited for a hack that found rel="me" and tracked down connected web sites.
 
However, the winner of Best BOSS Hacks used BOSS in many ways. It's a site that lets you find information about a band on MySpace without having to deal with their ugly pages.
 
It also uses additional BOSS requests to discover related artists, events, and other information about the band from around the internet.
 

Best BOSS Hack:

Boss of Myspace

Use Yahoo BOSS to find MySpace music artists, link to the dbtune/myspace resource that is the best match and get the the myspace audio w/o having to look at ugly myspace pages.

find BBC programmes from location, depending on artists featured on that programme related to that location, e.g. http://dbtune.org/openhacklondon/Bristol

  • Uses: DBpedia, BBC Music and BBC Programmes
  • Countries Represented: USA, France, UK, Germany, Ireland
  • Team:
    • Kurt J
    • Yves Raimond
    • Benjamin Heitmann
This site was built in 24 hours and is a good example of solving a problem by using BOSS as a data api more than a search API. I will be writing a summary of BOSS and Open Hack Day this week.  I wanted to let you know about this one as soon as possible.
 
Here's a list of the hacks from the weekend.
 
 

Ted Drake

Yahoo! France

Part of the Global Finance Project

Member of the International Yahoo! Developer Network

 

Yahoo! Boss

Create Your Own Search Engine

 

 

 


#1784 From: "joel_wolfe_inc" <joel_wolfe_inc@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 4:56 am
Subject: Yahoo! BOSS program allowing Monetization?
joel_wolfe_inc
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Hello, I wanted to know when BOSS! API users would have access to Yahoo! Ad
publishing. We're interested in working with Yahoo! and the Yahoo! BOSS API
Program. We've already implemented the API code and stream Yahoo!'s search
results. All we're missing is monetization, which you guys said would be offered
in the BOSS program (Sponsored Yahoo! Publisher Ads).

Any information on when this feature is released in the BOSS program?

Thanks...

#1785 From: "jamesmorrisoncook" <james.morrison.cook@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 6:58 am
Subject: Re: Help needed with ads
jamesmorriso...
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I have tried implementing Chitika ads, but had a question.  The ads are based on
the referring web site URL which is used to determine the query terms. I was
wondering if there is a way in which BOSS users could directly specify those
query terms, instead of relying on the referring website.  This seems like
something all BOSS based sites would be interested in. Thank you very much for
your help.  Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
James

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "chitikadan" <chitikadan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> You can check out Chitika, I think we may provide what you're looking for. 
Our ads are contextually based on individual users' searches rather than the
content of a website, so they work out pretty well for BOSS apps.  Let me know
if you have any questions about it, we're big fans of BOSS - in fact, one of the
finalists for the Searchappalooza event we sponsored at SES this year was
Middlespot, a BOSS-using search app.
>
> http://chitika.com
>
> Dan Ruby
> Chitika Director of Marketing
>
> --- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "walrus_x1x" <walrus_x1x@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > So it seems that the hopes of shared ad links are dead, so I was wondering
if anyone knows of any good ad networks that could be used with a BOSS app.
Obviously the problem is serving ads that match the context of a user's search
(i.e. unlike Google AdWords that rely on spidering of static content). Is there
anyone out there who does this? I have looked around and can't find anything.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated...
> >
> > Matt
> >
>

#1786 From: "christian.kroll83" <christian.kroll83@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 9:04 pm
Subject: High response times...
christian.kr...
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Hi,

  within the last few days I saw a huge increase in the latency in the web search
responses. Today it got really ugly:

- more than 1% of the requests took >4 sec
- 0.5% got completely timed out after 20 sec ("Connection time-out")

What's wrong?

#1787 From: "Samuel Deskin" <ssd2@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 10:15 pm
Subject: Search Delivered Through Yahoo.com
samdeskin
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Hello,

I would like to use Yahoo BOSS to deliver search results from Yahoo.

But I would like to do so with the search results appearing on the Yahoo.com
domain.

In other words, I would like to direct traffic from search queries to a search
result from Yahoo BOSS on Yahoo.com but I would like to monetize it - using a
Yahoo service or otherwise - similar to Google Custom Search.

I have found this page that allows me to structure a Yahoo search, but it does
not specify how to deliver the search on Yahoo.com:

http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/boss_guide/Web_Search.html

Is this possible?  How?

#1788 From: "evangoer" <goer@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 10:37 pm
Subject: Re: Search Delivered Through Yahoo.com
evangoer
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Hi Samuel,

No, this is not possible right now. The BOSS API is designed so that you can
fetch search results and serve them up (using whatever presentation you like) on
a domain that you control.

Best regards,

Evan Goer
Yahoo! Search BOSS Team


--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "Samuel Deskin" <ssd2@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to use Yahoo BOSS to deliver search results from Yahoo.
>
> But I would like to do so with the search results appearing on the Yahoo.com
domain.
>
> In other words, I would like to direct traffic from search queries to a search
result from Yahoo BOSS on Yahoo.com but I would like to monetize it - using a
Yahoo service or otherwise - similar to Google Custom Search.
>
> I have found this page that allows me to structure a Yahoo search, but it does
not specify how to deliver the search on Yahoo.com:
>
> http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/boss_guide/Web_Search.html
>
> Is this possible?  How?
>

#1789 From: BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...>
Date: Tue May 12, 2009 11:21 pm
Subject: Re: High response times...
sboss64
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christian.kroll83,

I'm not seeing any latency issues on my side, regarding the last few days.

--------------

The next time you experience high latency for "web" vertical BOSS queries, you might want to try the following:

[1]
Perform BOSS queries against some of the other verticals ("images", "news", "spelling", etc.) and see how those response times compare.

[2]
Provide examples of the BOSS queries which had the very high response time  (make sure not to expose your APP ID, to the BOSS community), and show response time for each one.  (you could use the unix "time" command, in combination with either a curl or wget command for making the BOSS "web" API call, from the same box as your BOSS web app).

Make sure to also record the exact date and time (and time zone) that you are performing each of these commands / tests.

[3]
Perform a "traceroute" command against the "boss.yahooapis.com" host name, and try to see where the delay is coming from.

Make sure to also record the exact date and time (and time zone) that you are performing this.

[4]
Provide which location (city/state, or country) that you are issuing your BOSS queries from.

[5]
Regarding your answer to #2 above, see if there is anything special/different/unique about those BOSS queries, compared to other BOSS "web" queries which you issue that have a reasonable response time(?)

[6]
Keep a record of what times (with time zone) and days which the high latency issues happen, to see if there is a trend over time of when it seems to happen (ie:  It mainly seems to happen around a certain time of day, etc.)

--------------

Thanks,
Jay





christian.kroll83 wrote:

Hi,

within the last few days I saw a huge increase in the latency in the web search responses. Today it got really ugly:

- more than 1% of the requests took >4 sec
- 0.5% got completely timed out after 20 sec ("Connection time-out")

What's wrong?



#1790 From: "bantisk" <bantisk@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 7:38 am
Subject: Not able to retrive KeyTerm Information
bantisk
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Hi,

I am new to BOSS API and I am looking to search some information using BOSS API.
I have an issue with keyterms information. I am not able to retrieve this
information for news search.
My query is
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/Indian
Election?appid=MYAPPID&format=xml&view=keyterms

This does not return keyterms information for news. I am able to retrieve
keyterms information for images web etc but not for news

Any suggestion

#1791 From: "cmichaelharris" <michael@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 2:17 pm
Subject: clickurl 's : replacing, tracking/stats and decoding
cmichaelharris
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Hi

I have already asked this - but it was bundled in with some other points and I
was not quite so explicit :

I have read the various posts that have been made in the past about having to
use the clickURL, but there does not seem to have been a definitive answer to
what substitutions we are allowed to make here.

My main question is : how much are we allowed to obscure this?

For instance which of the following is acceptable :

1. simple bypass (assuming properly coded)
http://www.mysite.com/track?t=http://lrd.yahooapis.com/clickurl
This would then call the "track" page, which would strip out the clickurl, and
redirect there, while optionally doing other processing such as tracking.

2. url replacement
http://track.mysite.com/track/clickurl
This would work similar to the above, but there is no mention of yahoo at all.

Secondly, for those asking on how the clickurl is created : hint : base64 decode
the "obscured" portion.

Thirdly, is there any point in tracking the searches, and the subsequent
clickurl's, or is this something that is / will be provided by yahoo ?

regards
Michael

#1792 From: "cmichaelharris" <michael@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 2:22 pm
Subject: Re: Some issues and general comments
cmichaelharris
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Hi

Any chance there has been some feedback on this, even if its just a "hmmm
interesting, but not hugely urgent", or even better a "wow - we'll get on that
right away" ?

regards
Michael

--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "evangoer" <goer@...> wrote:
>
> It's a totally reasonable request. Parameter limits should be documented in
the manual, and BOSS's behavior around those limits should be predictable.
>
> And yes, this forum is the right place to post requests for features and
bugfixes. Your earlier post was an excellent example, because you provided such
detailed queries and commentary for us to chew on. :) If you have more, please
do post them in the forum -- any reasonable request will be taken to the BOSS
product team for consideration.
>
> Evan
>
>
> --- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "cmichaelharris" <michael@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Evan
> >
> > I hope it is also reasonable to ask that, if there are limits to the sites
param (like length) that these are documented. At least then we can work within
these (certainly if that is the case, my next request would be a relevancy
indicator of some kind ;).
> >
> > Is there a official place we can log requests? Or is this forum the best
place? (Just thinking about other points I noted in my original email).
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> > Michael
> >
> > --- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "evangoer" <goer@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael,
> > >
> > > No need to apologize for this being dry, and thanks for providing such
detailed examples. At the very least, the behavior for the sites param should be
much more predictable than this. I've submitted this as a bug, and we'll
investigate.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Evan Goer
> > > Yahoo! BOSS Team
> > >
> >
>

#1793 From: BOSS User Group Support Team <boss-usergroup-support-team@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 6:01 pm
Subject: Re: Not able to retrive KeyTerm Information
sboss64
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Hello bantisk.

We currently offer keyterms ("view=keyterms") for the web vertical, only.


But in this previous posting from Vik, he suggested a possible
work-around for this (for the news vertical):

          http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ysearchboss/message/1575

Jay




bantisk wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to BOSS API and I am looking to search some information using
> BOSS API.
> I have an issue with keyterms information. I am not able to retrieve
> this information for news search.
> My query is
> http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/Indian
> <http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/news/v1/Indian>
> Election?appid=MYAPPID&format=xml&view=keyterms
>
> This does not return keyterms information for news. I am able to
> retrieve keyterms information for images web etc but not for news
>
> Any suggestion
>
>

#1794 From: "cmichaelharris" <michael@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 6:29 pm
Subject: Re: clickurl 's : replacing, tracking/stats and decoding
cmichaelharris
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There is also a 3rd option that I forgot to mention ....

1, and 2 could prevent the yahoo tracking server from seeing any details of the
useragent, as everything may appear to come from the hosting server. (I think
using a header "Location : <<clickurl>>" will actually also forward the
useragent details.)

So ...
option 3 - simple dns alias
- create a CNAME record pointing at lrd.yahooapis.com (ie. track.mysite.com =>
CNAME => lrd.yahooapis.com, and then do a string replace on the clickurl
replacing lrd.yahooapis.com with track.mysite.com.

This last option will prevent the site from doing any tracking, but leave yahoo
receiving everything, on a url that appears to be your own.

rgds
Michael


--- In ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com, "cmichaelharris" <michael@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have already asked this - but it was bundled in with some other points and I
was not quite so explicit :
>
> I have read the various posts that have been made in the past about having to
use the clickURL, but there does not seem to have been a definitive answer to
what substitutions we are allowed to make here.
>
> My main question is : how much are we allowed to obscure this?
>
> For instance which of the following is acceptable :
>
> 1. simple bypass (assuming properly coded)
> http://www.mysite.com/track?t=http://lrd.yahooapis.com/clickurl
> This would then call the "track" page, which would strip out the clickurl, and
redirect there, while optionally doing other processing such as tracking.
>
> 2. url replacement
> http://track.mysite.com/track/clickurl
> This would work similar to the above, but there is no mention of yahoo at all.
>
> Secondly, for those asking on how the clickurl is created : hint : base64
decode the "obscured" portion.
>
> Thirdly, is there any point in tracking the searches, and the subsequent
clickurl's, or is this something that is / will be provided by yahoo ?
>
> regards
> Michael
>

#1795 From: "gabrielweinberg" <yegg@...>
Date: Fri May 15, 2009 7:12 pm
Subject: Trouble with minus queries -- Bug?
gabrielweinberg
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For example, if you do the query:

panasonic dvd -shop

The fifth result's snippet starts with the word shop!  It is also in the page's
text in multiple places.

Why? Am I doing something wrong?

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