BOSS Custom

BOSS Custom is an invite-only program focused on deep collaborations to build next generation search products. This program is designed for consumer web businesses with unique assets (such as extensive user/social data, URL metadata, or novel technologies) that can be integrated with Yahoo!'s extensive search infrastructure and technology.

What are BOSS Custom's capabilities?

• Near real-time indexing of public or proprietary content
• Blending training datasets to produce advanced, customized ranking models that scale to the Web
• Federating web and proprietary content in a single search display
• Integrating query suggestions (Search Assist technology)
• Leveraging highly trained query and document categorizers
• Structured search (range queries, refinement)
• And much, much more

Who is BOSS Custom for?

BOSS Custom implementations are aimed at established consumer web companies with unique assets (e.g., user data, novel technology) that would be able to develop high-scale search products.

If your company does not fit this description, please consider the BOSS API.

Contact us

To learn more about BOSS Custom, tell us a bit about you and your concept.

Send us an email and please include the following:

• Your Name
• Company
• Email address
• Phone number
• Description of your search engine concept

Please note that BOSS Custom is currently an invite-only program. All submissions will be reviewed, but only those concepts deemed to be truly innovative and scalable will be pursued.