Written by Liz Gannes
Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM PT

 

Truveo: Here’s $100,000 to Help Us Do Our Job

Apparently searching video is really hard, as market leader Truveo today declared a competition to help it find new video search applications. And the prize? $100,000 in cold, hard cash.

The problem with video search is not just difficult technology, but usage habits — or more specifically, the challenge of getting people to use your product. So it makes sense that Truveo would be focusing on “customized applications that use Truveo’s open API,” as it said in a press release announcing the challenge, which is being put on through TopCoder.

The prize money may not be a huge draw, though, considering it will be divvied to death. Nine winners will get $10,000 and 20 more just $500. The deadline is July 21 and the winners will be announced July 31, after factors such as usage statistics, innovation as determined by judges, and community voting are considered.

Entrants also have to give up some rights to enter, such as preventing TopCoder and Truveo from producing, using and promoting what they make.

 

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  1. Seems to me that if I win $10,000 and AOL gets to promote it across their many sites that it is a win win. I get paid and they promote my stuff. Now if I could get revenue of an Ad, then I would be cranking on this stuff.

    I have no problem with them having access to my idea, this is way fair, normally I have to give up the IP to get $10k.

    Woohoo AOL - wish more companies would do this

    Stephen on May 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm - Permalink
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