Not used Yahoo BOSS API for site explorer since i was under the impression this too was coming to an end.
Using the combination of OpenSiteExplorer and Majestic API's is now working out well.
Basically i've a system that checks the backlinks on about 10,000 different domains each day and records several metrics which would indicate quality.
ACRank, Page Authority, Domain Authrotiy, Ref Domains , Ref IPs, Ref SubNets
If you like the web services without an API then
http://www.linkdex.com/ looks good, but still not got round to giving it a try.