Yahoo Search Monkey

Yahoo Search Monkey (SM) is an initiative that was put in action through grass root development within Yahoo. Technically, it is a rather complex undertaking. It provides enriched search content beyond text results. We found ourselves participating in the code competition. In a short time we were able to study the architecture anf develop several search content on an xslt based framework using xpath, php and other techniques.

Challenges
  • text results with images and price
  • interact with digg api
  • extract content from amazonn api
Solution
  • went beyond easy interface of SM
  • crated xslt / xpath based templates
  • built solution on public api's