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A quick 30 second post because it’s hard to add markup to FriendFeed comments…
In response to this guide on adding FriendFeed search to your browser, here’s the 30 second guide for the FriendFeed guys on how to do it on their own site (not that they need it).
First, download this file and serve it as [...]

Microsoft is again moving the OpenSearch protocol forward. First with IE7, and now their enterprise Search Server 2008, which is using OpenSearch as the foundation for their Federated Search Connectors.
The most interesting part to me is what Microsoft is doing to extend the power of the OpenSearch description document format. They’ve [...]

Yelp, my favorite local review site, launched a data API today.
I was half hoping that it would use the draft OpenSearch Geo extensions that Andrew has been working on, but after taking a look, the API is richer in scope than what the geo extension is designed for. Though as you can see below, [...]

In lieu of having an official OpenSearch blog, I wanted to take a moment for a quick roundup of some of the highlights from the last several months in OpenSearch.
First, and perhaps the most fun because it includes video, Tantek Çelik posted a videoblog about his experience using the OpenSearch format to plug the Technorati [...]

You have a website.
Google makes a pretty good search engine.
Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 both support OpenSearch as a way of customizing the browser’s search box.
And you can make all three work together in five minutes. No programming required.
Check this out:
Step 1: Save the template
Use the template below to create a file on [...]

Steven Wittens, the clever hacker behind the OpenSearch for Drupal plugins, writes about two of my favorite topics and how to combine them.
Link: Authenticated Distributed Search (OpenSearch, OpenID)

Vox, the coolest blogging/social network release of the year, is also one of the OpenSearch friendliest.
Byrne Reese, platform hacker extraordinaire over at Six Apart has posted a detailed article on how Vox is using OpenSearch as part of its platform API. Not only is the Vox implementation of OpenSearch text-book perfect, it also uses [...]

The Live Search team just launched a major revision of their innovative Live Search Macros product. Zach Gutt (a super nice guy on Microsoft’s search team) writes all about the new features on the Live Search WebLog. Be sure to read his full post here.

Search Macros are a clever technique that gives the [...]

Sam Ruby has been working on adding OpenSearch validation capabilities to the invaluable Feed Validator for Atom and RSS. I can’t thank Sam enough for putting his time and energy into this. You can read all about Sam’s efforts with this project via this post on Sam’s blog.
In his post, Sam also brings [...]