Comments on: Yahoo! Boss – An Insider View http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/ vik singh's (mainly techy) thoughts Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:41:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Vik http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-19263 Vik Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:50:36 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-19263 This cannot be done in a single query with BOSS. Might be possible with many queries via individual or grouped site restricts (can do ~30 domains in a single query) with post-search filtering. This cannot be done in a single query with BOSS. Might be possible with many queries via individual or grouped site restricts (can do ~30 domains in a single query) with post-search filtering.

]]> By: Sushil http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-19244 Sushil Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:50:18 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-19244 I want to search certain keywords within about 5000 domains using yahoo boss, and I do not want to get multiple results from the same domain, instead I want only one result from each website. So that I can use some custom reordering of the results. Can anybody suggest how can I achieve this? Actually I want to get the ranks of my listed domains with respect to certain keywords. I want to search certain keywords within about 5000 domains using yahoo boss, and I do not want to get multiple results from the same domain, instead I want only one result from each website. So that I can use some custom reordering of the results. Can anybody suggest how can I achieve this? Actually I want to get the ranks of my listed domains with respect to certain keywords.

]]> By: Vik http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18938 Vik Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:49:24 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18938 @Shraga Probably not but you could try using the &view=searchmonkey_rss feature to obtain structured abstracts if they are available (which might include thumbnail links). Best @Shraga

Probably not but you could try using the &view=searchmonkey_rss feature to obtain structured abstracts if they are available (which might include thumbnail links).

Best

]]> By: Shraga http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18937 Shraga Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:43:33 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18937 Sorry, that should be Vik with a "k", my mistake! Sorry, that should be Vik with a “k”, my mistake!

]]> By: Shraga http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18936 Shraga Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:42:56 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18936 Vic, The big difference would be that the results would be text only, without thumbnails. Is this correct? Aside from that, I must say it's a really great initiative! Vic,

The big difference would be that the results would be text only, without thumbnails. Is this correct?

Aside from that, I must say it’s a really great initiative!

]]> By: Vik http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18926 Vik Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:16:04 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18926 @Shraga We're looking into it. There are ways of doing video search via web search (&sites=youtube.com,metacafe.com) but agree a video search solution would be great. Appreciate the feedback. @Shraga

We’re looking into it. There are ways of doing video search via web search (&sites=youtube.com,metacafe.com) but agree a video search solution would be great.

Appreciate the feedback.

]]> By: Shraga http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18922 Shraga Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:58:06 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18922 From what I see, Yahoo Boss does not include a way to search for videos? Is this correct? Wouldn't any search startup have to be able to offer video search in order to be competitive? From what I see, Yahoo Boss does not include a way to search for videos? Is this correct? Wouldn’t any search startup have to be able to offer video search in order to be competitive?

]]> By: A Comparison of Open Source Search Engines « zooie’s blog http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18680 A Comparison of Open Source Search Engines « zooie’s blog Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:46:02 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18680 [...] example, one non-search application of BOSS leveraged the Spelling service to spell correct video comments before handing them off to their [...] [...] example, one non-search application of BOSS leveraged the Spelling service to spell correct video comments before handing them off to their [...]

]]> By: TweetNews (Real-Time Search) Is Back « zooie’s blog http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18562 TweetNews (Real-Time Search) Is Back « zooie’s blog Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:19:35 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18562 [...] the openness and power of Yahoo! BOSS (you can read more about it in my previous posts here and here). Remarkably, many users found the service useful despite its slow performance, barebones UI, lack [...] [...] the openness and power of Yahoo! BOSS (you can read more about it in my previous posts here and here). Remarkably, many users found the service useful despite its slow performance, barebones UI, lack [...]

]]> By: Vik http://zooie.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/yahoo-boss-an-insider-view/#comment-18335 Vik Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:17:55 +0000 http://zooie.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18335 @William and @dinkler We hear you. Working on something for you guys. Check out search.techcrunch.com (which is powered by a future BOSS platform) for a pseudo sneak peak. @William and @dinkler

We hear you. Working on something for you guys. Check out search.techcrunch.com (which is powered by a future BOSS platform) for a pseudo sneak peak.

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