Yahoo API
Perhaps one of the most important ingredients to make your site popular and memorable is the inclusion of third party APIs. These APIs help charge your site with user-friendly functions that help enhance its appeal. The vOfficeware team can easily integrate APIs into your site design to not only lend it a professional look but also infuse it with fun along with usability. Following Google’s suit in providing APIs is Yahoo!, it offers:
Yahoo! Local API
Once integrated to your site the Yahoo! Local API would offer visitors local business information, user reviews as well as access to local real-time traffic information with custom data by automatically detecting their present location.
Yahoo! Maps API
Integrating the Yahoo! Maps API will offer your visitors rich and interactive maps along with content that would be relevant to their location, traffic patterns and custom routes. What makes the maps API different from the local API is its store locator that gives users detailed directions to any of your stores in their vicinity.
Yahoo! Shopping API
The Yahoo! Shopping API lets your visitors compare products by integrating shopping comparison features. Especially suited to e-commerce sites, the shopping API offers user reviews along with advanced product search functionalities.
Yahoo! Weather
The Yahoo! Weather API offers visitors up-to-date weather information of your location. Especially suited to sites associated with the travel and tourism sector, you can now inform your visitors of the weather conditions along with forecasts before they make plans.
Yahoo! Media Player
The Yahoo! Media Player lends your site a cool appeal as it creates an embedded player for each audio link. If you are targeting a younger audience or intend to use many audio files on your site, using the Yahoo! Media Player can help turn your entire page into one big playlist in just a single click.
