BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform
http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/
Examples of BOSS in use include:
hakia
hakia, a leading semantic search engine, uses Yahoo! Search BOSS to accelerate its semantic analysis of the Web by accessing the Yahoo! index's vast amounts of web documents.
Me.dium Search
Me.dium combined the BOSS API with its insight into the real time surfing activity of the crowds to build a unique "Crowd-Powered" social search engine prototype.
Daylife
Daylife To-Go is a new self-service, hosted publishing platform from Daylife. Anyone can use this platform to automatically generate 100% customizable pages and widgets. Daylife To-Go uses the BOSS API platform to power its Web search module.
http://www.daylife.com/page/yahoosearchondaylife
Cluuz
Cluuz generates easier to understand search results through patent pending semantic cluster graphs, image extraction, and tag clouds. The Cluuz analysis is performed in real-time on results returned from BOSS API.
