Since we launched Yahoo! Answers, we've seen some amazing growth. In July, Comscore recorded us at 14.3 million unique users in the US. Those users have written over 38 million answers so far, and that number is growing each and every day. We're all about sharing all those questions and answers with the world, and the latest way we have of doing that is with the Yahoo! Answers API, now available on the Yahoo! Developer Network.

A few months ago, we created a Flash Answers badge for to show off your questions and answers. Now, it's your turn to create your own badge or custom Answers application with the new Answers API. The API is a set of developer tools to help you build applications that use Yahoo! Answers content.

Using this API, you can access Answers content by user, search keyword, or category. These API's are almost identical to what Yahoo! properties use, and we hope that you?ll think of new and interesting ways to view and use all the info on Yahoo! Answers. We?ve also set up a Yahoo! Group for you to get tips, share your ideas and even brag about your applications.

We've used this API to build Messenger plugins, flash badges, and all kinds of nifty integrations within Yahoo!, but we know there are a lot of great ideas out there. We'll feature cool applications on our blog and in the Yahoo! Gallery, and we're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Quy Le
Product Manager, Yahoo! Answers