Yahoo! Developer Network: Important API Updates and Changes

Yahoo! Developer Network: Important API Updates and Changes. Some important (and potentially worrying) news about Yahoo! APIs. The BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) API will no longer be free—not an enormous surprise, and hopefully the pricing will be sensible. Most of the other search APIs (including web, news and image search) are being turned off with no replacement, while term extraction and spelling suggestions will be YQL-only. Most worrying, changes to Geo, Maps and Local APIs will be announced in September, with some set to close. I really hope this doesn’t affect the GeoPlanet APIs.

Posted 17th August 2010 at 6:14 pm

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It's the uncertainty about the Geo, Maps and Local APIs that's worst - I had just recommended to a client we used these instead of Google's offering (ans the Yahoo! terms are more liberal). Now... we'll have to wait a month and see.

Peter Bowyer - 20th August 2010 07:52 - #
A miunte saved is a minute earned, and this saved hours!

Kelli - 16th August 2011 10:37 - #
This is a enormous surprise if the BOSS is no longer free. I hope they will fix an affordable price. Asigurari online
Lisa - 6th September 2011 15:29 - #
I think they made a mistake if they chose o close this application, because it is useful for a lot of users and now they will have to pay for it. optimizare site web
Amy - 6th September 2011 19:13 - #
The API update is not a new thing in this age. People want to make more flexible and more smooth application. Classified Ads
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