TopCoder created a huge contest with huge prize purse for developer everywhere, Truveo Developer Challenge, a challenge to create a mashup of Truveo, a video search website owned by AOL. This contest giving $10,000 for 9 competitors for best mashup. And all other 20 get $500.

Welcome to the $100,000 Truveo Developer Challenge, powered by TopCoder.

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.

More detailed information please visit Truveo Developer Challenge

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