Yahoo! Search Web Services

Yahoo! Search offers an array of web services to provide you with access to our investments in search technology and infrastructure. Developers and site owners can also use web services to enhance Yahoo! Search results.

Using Yahoo! Search Technology On Your Site

BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) and other web services give developers and start-ups access to our web-scale investments in search technology. See what's available and how to get started:

Yahoo! Search Boss

BOSS provides API access to Yahoo!'s web, news, and image search technology. Unlike other search APIs, developers can use BOSS technology with very few restrictions.

To get started, click here to learn more about BOSS, apply for an API key and read documentation.

Content Analysis

The Term Extraction Web Service provides a list of significant words or phrases extracted from a body of content.

Optimizing & Enhancing Yahoo! Search Results

Yahoo! Search has a number of platforms and technology for managing, enhancing and optimiing both natural and sponsored search results.

SearchMonkey

SearchMonkey allows site owners and developers to share structured data and build applications that enhance the usefulness and visual appeal of Yahoo! Search results. To learn more, read documentation and access the SearchMonkey Developer Tool, click here.

Site Explorer

The Site Explorer Web Service provides API access to information about your site from Yahoo! Search's Site Explorer service.

Search Marketing

The Search Marketing API provides programmatic access to the same functionality exposed in the Yahoo! Search Marketing interface. This API enables you to build applications that interact directly with our Sponsored Search marketplace.