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.

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.
> >
> >
>

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.
> >
> >
>

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.

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.

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
 
________________________________________
From: ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ysearchboss@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
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

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

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
>

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

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...

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
> >
>

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?

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?

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?
>

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?

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

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

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
> > >
> >
>

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
>
>

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
>

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?