Userplane, the application platform for online communities and a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL, unveiled Userplane Feeds– a collection of free APIs, making it easy for website developers and publishers to access and integrate applications that add content and function to their websites. Each “Feed†is offered as a free, ad-supported solution, and can be integrated with Userplane Money to generate revenue for the site.
Userplane’s first Featured Feed is AOL’s Truveo Video Search, available at www.userplane.com/feeds. Userplane soon will add MapQuest and real-time news stream Relegence to its collection. Separately, the company also is working to offer messaging interoperability with AIM.
The Truveo Video Search API allows developers to easily integrate a feature-rich video search service into their websites. The Truveo back-end is constantly indexing new videos from all over the web, including sites like MySpace, YouTube and AOL Video. Developers can access the data contained in the Truveo video search index to build a variety custom applications that feature video search functionality.
Originally posted on October 17, 2007 @ 9:30 pm