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Yahoo! Search

 Open Ecosystem
                      BayCHI talk

                       Micah Alpern
 Larry Cornett.
                       Design Director
  VP Search Product
                       Search Ecosystem
What is Open Search?


              Yahoo!




Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
Search Today

         10 Blue links
         Limited Choice
         • Three players dominate
           the market, giving users
           limited choice


         • Neither site owners nor
           searchers can exert much
           influence on what
           information is presented
Search Tomorrow
Yahoo! Search Ecosystem

                                          Ecosystems thrive
                                          from win wins
                                          • For Searchers
                                          • Site Owners
                                          • and Developers




Building a richer, more relevant, and more personal
search experience.
What is Open Search?


   Yahoo!
What is Open Search?


   Yahoo!
Opening search -
    what does it mean?
•   Clear win for: developers, site
    owners, users and Yahoo!

•   Go from “to-do” to “done”

                   BEFORE




                          AFTER
Site Owners
•     Straight to the answers
•     Increase in quality of site traffic
•     Fosters loyalty and engagement

                        BEFORE



                                       AFTER




    Enhanced Results and Infobars:
    Ratings and reviews, images, deep links, and
    other name-value pairs.
Enhanced Result: what can a developer
                    build?



        deep
       links

      images




name/value
  pairs or
  abstract




YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 10
SearchMonkey

                       An open platform for using structured data to
                       build more useful and relevant search results



                                              After
Before




YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 11
The SearchMonkey Ecosystem



                  XML / API /
                                               Display
                    RDFa                                 Personalized
      Publisher
                                                            SERP
       Content
     Submission
                            SearchMonkey
                                                                 Users
Publishers

                           Templates/
                             PHP




                                        Developer
                                          Tool




                                Developers
Infobar: what can a developer build?




                                    Pull in data
                                    from any
                                    web service



YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 13
Infobar: what might a developer build?




                                 Open
                                 canvas for
                                 HTML
Infobar: what might a developer build?




YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 15
Search Monkey Design Process
Generative Studies    Lab and Bucket testing




                      Eye Tracking
What is Open Search?


              Yahoo!




Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
What is Open Search?


              Yahoo!




Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
Opening our platform


Becoming a serious Search principal requires a massive capital
investment (~$300MM)
   – People, knowledge, experience
   – Hardware, operations, and infrastructure
   – Data, relevance and ranking models



                               Classifying, rewriting, spell check, routing, caching
      Query Handling
      Query Handling
                               MLR models (massive data required)
          Ranking
          Ranking
                               Massive database (scalable, fast, and redundant)
           Index
            Index
           Crawl               Detect spam, de-dupe URLs, track updates
           Crawl
BOSS Vision




No matter where you are on the
Web, search experiences are
relevant, comprehensive, fresh and
well-presented.
4 hoursearch
PlayerSearch
NewsLine
Tianomo
Yahoo Open Search




http://developer.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/
http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/

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Yahoo Open Search

  • 1. Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem BayCHI talk Micah Alpern Larry Cornett. Design Director VP Search Product Search Ecosystem
  • 2. What is Open Search? Yahoo! Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
  • 3. Search Today 10 Blue links Limited Choice • Three players dominate the market, giving users limited choice • Neither site owners nor searchers can exert much influence on what information is presented
  • 5. Yahoo! Search Ecosystem Ecosystems thrive from win wins • For Searchers • Site Owners • and Developers Building a richer, more relevant, and more personal search experience.
  • 6. What is Open Search? Yahoo!
  • 7. What is Open Search? Yahoo!
  • 8. Opening search - what does it mean? • Clear win for: developers, site owners, users and Yahoo! • Go from “to-do” to “done” BEFORE AFTER
  • 9. Site Owners • Straight to the answers • Increase in quality of site traffic • Fosters loyalty and engagement BEFORE AFTER Enhanced Results and Infobars: Ratings and reviews, images, deep links, and other name-value pairs.
  • 10. Enhanced Result: what can a developer build? deep links images name/value pairs or abstract YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 10
  • 11. SearchMonkey An open platform for using structured data to build more useful and relevant search results After Before YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 11
  • 12. The SearchMonkey Ecosystem XML / API / Display RDFa Personalized Publisher SERP Content Submission SearchMonkey Users Publishers Templates/ PHP Developer Tool Developers
  • 13. Infobar: what can a developer build? Pull in data from any web service YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 13
  • 14. Infobar: what might a developer build? Open canvas for HTML
  • 15. Infobar: what might a developer build? YAHOO! CONFIDENTIAL | 15
  • 16. Search Monkey Design Process Generative Studies Lab and Bucket testing Eye Tracking
  • 17. What is Open Search? Yahoo! Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
  • 18. What is Open Search? Yahoo! Yahoo! Search Technology (YST)
  • 19. Opening our platform Becoming a serious Search principal requires a massive capital investment (~$300MM) – People, knowledge, experience – Hardware, operations, and infrastructure – Data, relevance and ranking models Classifying, rewriting, spell check, routing, caching Query Handling Query Handling MLR models (massive data required) Ranking Ranking Massive database (scalable, fast, and redundant) Index Index Crawl Detect spam, de-dupe URLs, track updates Crawl
  • 20. BOSS Vision No matter where you are on the Web, search experiences are relevant, comprehensive, fresh and well-presented.