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Thread begun 4/05/2011 1:58 am by John Langer | Last modified 6/07/2011 10:39 am by John Langer | 2646 views | 11 replies |

4/05/2011 1:58 am | #1 John LangerBeta Tester

Search for BOSS

Like a lot of people no doubt, I got the email from Yahoo the other day saying that version 2 of BOSS was coming out and that version one would cease to work after 60 days. Also that version two was a paid for service.

If I've understood that correctly, how will that affect users of your extension?

4/05/2011 10:04 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

We are planning to release a Search For Bing extension that will replace Search for BOSS. this will be given as a free update to any customers that have purchased Search For BOSS.

We hope to have this new search for Bing extension available before the cutoff of Search For Boss v1.

4/05/2011 10:50 am | #3 John LangerBeta Tester

Many thanks for the reply Jason

4/05/2011 11:02 am | #4 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

No worries.

4/05/2011 10:21 pm | #5 anonymous

YEA! That is great news, Jason!

Bing is extra wonderful.

4/06/2011 6:58 am | #6 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

Yahoo seams to think so as well. from what I understand the BOSS v2 API is now using the Bing Indexing servers.

4/11/2011 6:54 am | #7 tom92909Beta Tester

Just looking for a timeframe for the new Bing release to Beta. I've got a few sites that are fully utilizing Yahoo Boss.

Thanks!

4/11/2011 8:04 am | #8 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

We do not have a time frame for when a beta version of this will be available. We hope to have it released before the cutoff of the Search For BOSS v1 API, but I do not have any other details.

6/07/2011 9:54 am | #9 tom92909Beta Tester

It's been about 2 months since this thread has had any updates. I'm still hoping to see a new product offering to replace BOSS. Search for Bing was mentioned previously. Is there any movement towards creating a new Search Tool?

I'm finding myself looking for other solutions for site searches...

6/07/2011 10:14 am | #10 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

The Bing Search toolkit is planned to launch Tomorrow.

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