BOSS Going To A Fee-Based Model

By Melody Smith|October 14th, 2010|News, search|Comments Off

October 14, 2010 – Yahoo’s BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) platform lets external developers build custom search engines on top of the company’s search infrastructure. The latest news is that it will shift to a fee-based model in early 2011. In its new version, BOSS will also give developers various options to generate revenue.

PCWorld brought this to our attention in their article, “Yahoo Lays out Road Map for BOSS.” This Yahoo gem is geared toward developers of all sizes, including individuals, start-ups, and large companies. BOSS will provide access to general Web results, images and news articles, and its fees will be based on the type and number of queries from a search engine. Exceptions will be made for academic institutions and nonprofit organizations.

It’ll be interesting to see how developers react to having to pay for access to BOSS.

Melody K. Smith

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About the Author: Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

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BOSS Going To A Fee-Based Model