So, Yahoo have jumped on the API bandwagon and gone head to head with Google. With the Google API you are limited to 1000 queries per day and you can access standard search listings and thats about it. But with the new shiny Yahoo API you have a 5000 query limit and you can access web search results, news, images, local and video search. Plus, Yahoo have a wiki and a blog! Good grief! It’s all a bit open-source and un-Yahoo like. All this help and community makes Google’s handful of API pages look a bit, well, rubbish.
Of course, I had to sign up as a developer and give the API a try. It uses REST instead of SOAP (like Google) and I have to say, it is much easier to use. Have a play around.