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Feb 23
2009

AOL Adds Classifieds; Partners with Oodle

AOL Local has teamed with Oodle to launch AOL Classifieds in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, AOL is launching a U.K. classifieds site at the end of the week. Oodle aggregates listings from more than 250 partner sites (including MySpace, Facebook and WalMart). The timing might be especially useful for used person-to-person goods, as …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Feb 10
2009

Oodle Raises New Round; VCs See Opportunity for ‘Social Classifieds’

Oodle, the mega classifieds platform company, has raised an additional $5.6 million from its existing investors, which include Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures and JAFCO Ventures. The company has raised $24 million in total. Noting that Oodle has recently signed companies such as WalMart, Facebook and MySpace, CEO Craig Donato told us his VCs see a …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Verticals

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Dec 22
2008

New Classifieds Aggregators: iList and Bamboo Ad Net

Local media is so fragmented that its becoming increasingly important to aggregate classifieds from several sources. GoogleBase and Oodle go a long way in this regard – the latter having recently signed Facebook and MySpace as partners for its growing network. But other classified aggregators are coming up the horizon, too. One site that recently …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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Dec 2
2008

Oodle Signs Facebook; Bets on Social-Infused Classifieds

Facebook will give up preliminary efforts to build its own classifieds service and will have classifieds powered by Oodle’s network instead. The effort, announced in Oodle’s blog, will launch by Q1, 2009. With the signing, Facebook joins MySpace, Wal-Mart, Media General, Cox, The Washington Post Co., CanWest and others as Oodle distributors. CEO Craig Donato …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds

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Jun 4
2008

Wal-Mart Joins Classifieds Game via Oodle

Wal-Mart.com is a national site without local pretensions. And the company’s stores themselves don’t really have much “community” about them. They generally don’t have bulletin boards or other things to bring the community together. But the giant retailer is now offering free classifieds on Wal-Mart.com via a deal with Oodle, which hopes to display its …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Shopping/Transactions

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