Yahoo! Search Boss is an open search web services platform launched by Yahoo! in July 2008. BOSS allows users to use the Yahoo! search index to create their own web-scale search products. In December 2008, five months after BOSS' launch, Yahoo! announced that BOSS is averaging 10 million queries per day, which break down to about 100 queries per second. The Yahoo! Developer Network website says that monetizing options for BOSS are in the works for 2009.CNET: Yahoo BOSS just behind Ask.com... (December 8, 2008)
BOSS Team Quote
We believe growing to more than 100 queries a second in just over 5 months says something about the demand for an open search platform. As a point of reference, the total queries from these developer-built, BOSS-powered search engines would rank ahead of the combined searches done on both Facebook and Amazon, and just behind Ask.com.—Bill Michels of the Yahoo! BOSS TeamCNET: Yahoo BOSS just behind Ask.com... (December 8, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Developer
Yahoo!
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Launched
July 2008
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Fact:
Yahoo!'s BOSS stands for "Build Your Own Search Service"CNET: Yahoo BOSS just behind Ask.com... (December 8, 2008)
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Averages 10 million queries per day, or 100 queries per secondCNET: Yahoo BOSS just behind Ask.com... (December 8, 2008)
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BOSS searches are counted separately from Yahoo!'s own searchesSilicon Alley Insider: Yahoo Boss Hits the Ground Running (December 8, 2008)
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BOSS searches won't count to help Yahoo! reclaim the search market from GoogleSilicon Alley Insider: Yahoo Boss Hits the Ground Running (December 8, 2008)
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Monetizing capabilities are expected to be added to the platform in 2009CNET: Yahoo BOSS just behind Ask.com... (December 8, 2008)
