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Yahoo used to have an independent search engine but switched to using Microsoft Bing (for the most part) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search#Search_technology_acquisition in 2010].


Yahoo is one of several [[search-engines]] that index and support microformats.
Previously: one of several independent [[search-engines]] that index and support microformats.


== main search ==
== search site ==
[http://search.yahoo.com/ search.yahoo.com] supports [[rel-nofollow]] (since 2005(?) citation needed).
* <span id="main_search">[http://search.yahoo.com/ search.yahoo.com]</span> supports [[rel-nofollow]] (since 2005(?) citation needed).
 
* <span id="advanced search">advanced search</span>. Through additional user interfaces:
== advanced search ==
** [http://search.yahoo.com/cc Yahoo Creative Commons search] supported [[rel-license]] in the past.
Through additional user interfaces:
* [http://search.yahoo.com/cc Yahoo Creative Commons search] supports [[rel-license]]


== search APIs and tools ==
== search APIs and tools ==
Yahoo provides search APIs like:
=== BOSS ===
=== BOSS ===
Yahoo supported a custom search API called BOSS until 2016-03-31 which had built-in microformats support.
* [http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ Yahoo Search BOSS]
* [http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ Yahoo Search BOSS]
** When calling the BOSS web search API, you can retrieve all structured data Yahoo! has extracted for the specified URLs via SearchMonkey, including any microformats. Just add the parameters "view=searchmonkey_feed&format=xml" to your web search API call. This is probably the most efficient way to fetch structured data from Yahoo!.
** When calling the BOSS web search API, you can retrieve all structured data Yahoo! has extracted for the specified URLs via SearchMonkey, including any microformats. Just add the parameters "view=searchmonkey_feed&format=xml" to your web search API call. This is probably the most efficient way to fetch structured data from Yahoo!.
** [http://www.bosshacks.com/build-semantic-search-boss.html Build a semantic Search Engine with BOSS] documents how to use Yahoo's BOSS API to access Yahoo SearchMonkey which supports the [[hAtom]], [[hCalendar]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]], [[XFN]], [[geo]], [[rel-tag]], [[adr]] microformats.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20090517052503/http://www.bosshacks.com/build-semantic-search-boss.html Build a semantic Search Engine with BOSS] documents how to use Yahoo's BOSS API to access Yahoo SearchMonkey which supports the [[hAtom]], [[hCalendar]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]], [[XFN]], [[geo]], [[rel-tag]], [[adr]] microformats.


=== SearchMonkey ===
=== SearchMonkey ===
[http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/06/monkey_microformat.html Yahoo SearchMonkey] supports [[hCard]], [[hCalendar]], [[hReview]], [[hAtom]], others - launched 2008 May. SearchMonkey is Yahoo!'s program for collecting and displaying structured data, including microformats.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090216094046/http://developer.yahoo.net:80/blog/archives/2008/12/monkey_finds_microformats_and_rdf.html Yahoo SearchMonkey] supported [[hCard]], [[hCalendar]], [[hReview]], [[hAtom]], others - [https://web.archive.org/web/20090216054934/http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/06/monkey_microformat.html launched 2008 May], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090216094046/http://developer.yahoo.net:80/blog/archives/2008/12/monkey_finds_microformats_and_rdf.html updated 2008-12-07], until it was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_SearchMonkey#End_of_Life shut down in 2010 October]. SearchMonkey was Yahoo!'s program for collecting and displaying structured data, including microformats.
* You can inspect microformat and other structured data gathered by SearchMonkey by going to the [http://developer.search.yahoo.com SearchMonkey Developer Tool]. However, if you are only interested in microformat data (i.e. you are not planning on building a full-fledged [http://gallery.search.yahoo.com/ SearchMonkey application]), it is more efficient to use the BOSS API or YQL.
* You can inspect microformat and other structured data gathered by SearchMonkey by going to the [http://developer.search.yahoo.com SearchMonkey Developer Tool]. However, if you are only interested in microformat data (i.e. you are not planning on building a full-fledged [http://gallery.search.yahoo.com/ SearchMonkey application]), it is more efficient to use BOSS or YQL.
* A nifty hack for inspecting structured data directly on the Yahoo! Search page is to install the [http://gallery.search.yahoo.com/application?smid=NAo.s Structured Data Display infobar].
* To inspect structured data directly on the Yahoo! Search page, install the [http://gallery.search.yahoo.com/application?smid=NAo.s Structured Data Display infobar].
* Microformat filtering on Yahoo! Search: The general form is "searchmonkey:com.yahoo.page.uf.''<microformat>'' ''<additional query terms>''". For example, you could search for all pages with [[hResume]] and the word "php". Note that "searchmonkey:" acts as a filter. You aren't inspecting the actual hResume content ''for'' the word "php", you are searching for all pages that A) have hResume and B) happen to have the word "php".
* Microformat filtering on Yahoo! Search: The general form is "searchmonkey:com.yahoo.page.uf.''<microformat>'' ''<additional query terms>''". For example, you could search for all pages with [[hResume]] and the word "php". Note that "searchmonkey:" acts as a filter. You aren't inspecting the actual hResume content ''for'' the word "php", you are searching for all pages that A) have hResume and B) would be returned by an ordinary Yahoo! Search for "php".
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hcard search Yahoo for hCards]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hcard search Yahoo for hCards] (all of these searches tell you how many Search Monkey has found)
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hcalendar search Yahoo for hCalendar events]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hcalendar search Yahoo for hCalendar events]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hreview search Yahoo for hReviews]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.hreview search Yahoo for hReviews]
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** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.geo search Yahoo for GEO]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.geo search Yahoo for GEO]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.tag search Yahoo for rel-tag]
** [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchmonkey%3Acom.yahoo.page.uf.tag search Yahoo for rel-tag]
** All of these microformat filters can be used with the BOSS APIs as well.
** All of these microformat filters can be used with the BOSS API as well.


=== YQL ===
=== YQL ===
Yahoo Query Language (documentation and links needed!)
[http://developer.yahoo.com/yql Yahoo Query Language] used a SQL-like syntax to "normalize" web service calls. In addition to wrapping web services such as Flickr, Yelp, and Zillow, YQL also enabled you to extract content directly from web pages. As part of that functionality, YQL could [https://web.archive.org/web/20100706144149/http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/01/yql_with_microformats.html query and filter on microformats] from
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100706144149/http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/01/yql_with_microformats.html 2009-01-13] until [http://web.archive.org/web/20190110000110/https://developer.yahoo.com/yql/?guccounter=1 YQL shut down on 2019-01-03].
 
For example, the YQL query:
 
[http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20microformats%20where%20url%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fupcoming.yahoo.com%2Fvenue%2F23933%2F'&format=xml http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select * from microformats where url%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fupcoming.yahoo.com%2Fvenue%2F23933%2F'&format=xml]
 
extracts all microformats from a particular page on upcoming.yahoo.com.
 
''Unlike'' BOSS and the simple microformat filters described above, you can use YQL to perform filtering and other operations on the microformat data itself.


== see also ==
== see also ==
* [[search-engines]]
* [[search-engines]]
* [[implementations]]
* [[implementations]]

Latest revision as of 16:35, 18 July 2020

Yahoo used to have an independent search engine but switched to using Microsoft Bing (for the most part) in 2010.

Previously: one of several independent search-engines that index and support microformats.

search site

search APIs and tools

BOSS

Yahoo supported a custom search API called BOSS until 2016-03-31 which had built-in microformats support.

  • Yahoo Search BOSS
    • When calling the BOSS web search API, you can retrieve all structured data Yahoo! has extracted for the specified URLs via SearchMonkey, including any microformats. Just add the parameters "view=searchmonkey_feed&format=xml" to your web search API call. This is probably the most efficient way to fetch structured data from Yahoo!.
    • Build a semantic Search Engine with BOSS documents how to use Yahoo's BOSS API to access Yahoo SearchMonkey which supports the hAtom, hCalendar, hCard, hReview, XFN, geo, rel-tag, adr microformats.

SearchMonkey

Yahoo SearchMonkey supported hCard, hCalendar, hReview, hAtom, others - launched 2008 May, updated 2008-12-07, until it was shut down in 2010 October. SearchMonkey was Yahoo!'s program for collecting and displaying structured data, including microformats.

YQL

Yahoo Query Language used a SQL-like syntax to "normalize" web service calls. In addition to wrapping web services such as Flickr, Yelp, and Zillow, YQL also enabled you to extract content directly from web pages. As part of that functionality, YQL could query and filter on microformats from 2009-01-13 until YQL shut down on 2019-01-03.

For example, the YQL query:

http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select * from microformats where url%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fupcoming.yahoo.com%2Fvenue%2F23933%2F'&format=xml

extracts all microformats from a particular page on upcoming.yahoo.com.

Unlike BOSS and the simple microformat filters described above, you can use YQL to perform filtering and other operations on the microformat data itself.

see also