Archive for the 'opensearch' Category

Adding OpenSearch to FriendFeed
Friday, March 21st, 2008

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 [...]

Microsoft launches Search Server 2008 with OpenSearch support
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

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 defined the Location [...]

Yelp search API
Friday, August 3rd, 2007

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, [...]

A big OpenSearch roundup
Thursday, June 7th, 2007

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 [...]

Add OpenSearch to your site in five minutes
Thursday, February 8th, 2007

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 [...]