Thousands of dollars (and lots of T-Shirts) await the developers who can most creatively use the Truveo API to build an original application. Over 100 million video clips are indexed and searchable on Truveo, and now the tools are in your hands to build something amazing!
Truveo is one of the largest video search engines on the Web and the search engine that powers many of the Web's most popular video destinations. Truveo currently powers video search for AOL, Microsoft Corporation, CNET's Search.com, Brightcove, Qwest, Kosmix, CSTV, Infospace, Excite, and hundreds of other applications worldwide. Across the network of websites it powers, Truveo reaches an audience of over 40 million users every month. The Truveo video search engine is widely recognized as being the most comprehensive and up-to-date video search service on the Web.
Your goal here?
Do something creative using the Truveo API and win one of nine $10,000 first prizes or 20 $500 second prizes.
We'd love to see widgets, or gadgets for Microsoft Vista or Apple OSX, or something for a portal like MyYahoo or iGoogle, or any of the social networking sites. Build your own site, build a plugin for AIM – whatever you can dream of, we want to see it!
So make sure you put somewhere we can see it; on your own site or blog, or any one of the social network sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, BEBO, Cyworld, Skyblog, Hi5, Orkut, or Live Journal – anywhere where web users can play with it. Because the more users your application gets, the better chance you've got to win - usage counts as 20% of your final score.
(This contest format may look familiar to some of you :) )
I encourage you to click the "Learn More" link and read the full Contest Rules and Terms & Conditions document for important details about API keys as how to submit to this contest.
This page will be your source of information for all the latest information and developments with this contest, as well as the place to browse and download any of the submissions - so check back here often.
If you're not already a TopCoder member, become one now - then register for this contest.
Be creative, build something awesome - use TopCoder components if you want - and have fun!