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Oodle Launches Free Recycling On Facebook

Editor — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:15:30 +0000

Oodle, which offers a marketplace to buy, sell and trade goods, has launched what it’s calling “freecycling” communities on Facebook for the San Francisco Bay area.

Oodle Launches Facebook Recommendations Application for Real Estate Agents

Editor — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:20:15 +0000

Oodle today announced a tool to help Real Estate agents build their Facebook community and solicit testimonials. The Oodle Recommendations App gives the Real Estate Industry a seamless solution to harness existing customerâ€™s positive experiences and generate new referrals.

Defining Social Commerce: A Tale of Three Conversations

Editor — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:30:55 +0000

Everyone, especially Wall Street, is standing up to salute social commerce. Look at the IPO pipeline - LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, Living Social. But despite all this attention, the definition of social commerce is fuzzy at best. How do we know if these companies will win, if we can't even agree on what it is?

TOP 20 US Classifieds Websites (July 2011)

Daype — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:10:26 +0000

We have compiled the Best of the Best sites that accept free classifieds. Here youâ€™ll find the list of Top US Classifieds websites. These websites provide free classified advertisements for selling and buying items, real estate, jobs, services, personals. Classified ads is probably the most common source where unemployed people go to, to look for new jobs and to earn income.

ForRent.com and Oodle Lead Social Media Adoption in Multi-Family Industry

Editor — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:35:38 +0000

NORFOLK, VA - June 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) - ForRent.comÂ®, the anchor website of For Rent Media Solutionsâ„¢, announced today that it has achieved significant traction bringing apartment communities onto Facebook through its exclusive partnership with Oodle.

Oodle Chooses Aria Systems for Cloud Billing

Editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:00:56 +0000

Aria Systems (www.AriaSystems.com), the leading provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, today announced that Oodle has selected Aria to monetize their social-network-savvy classified advertising model.

Classifieds Wars: Craigslist, Oodle Fight Over Safety

Editor — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:50:28 +0000

In its latest attempt to challenge Craigslist, Oodle is trying to portray the rival site as a stomping ground for criminals - and Craigslist is not pleased. Oodle put out a report with classifieds research firm AIM Group this morning noting that 330 crimes, including 43 violent ones, were tied to interactions on Craigslist over the last year.

Why Hasn’t Another Product Disrupted and Replaced Craigslist?

Editor — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:55:31 +0000

Craiglist has been disrupted, it's just not obvious yet. And the world will be a better place for it. Craigslist has fewer unique visitors today than it did at this time in 2009.

Turning Trash Into Cash: 5 Tips For a Successful Yard Sale

Editor — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:45:37 +0000

What better time to turn some of your trash into cash than spring? Spring and summer are prime time for yard sales, so we turned to the experts for advice on cleaning out clutter at home â€“ and making some extra cash in the process. Here are five tips for throwing a successful yard sale:

1. Team Up

Alert neighbors in advance of your sale. This could pique their interest in shopping, or it might prompt them to throw their own yard sale â€” which can help bring in more shoppers, says Jonathon Papsin, co-author of The Ultimate Garage Sale Guide and cofounder of virtual garage sale site TagSellIt.com.

Craigslist to Oodle: Who are you calling a ‘cesspool of crime’?

Editor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:36:37 +0000

The gritty world of online classified ads took a turn for the worst this week after Craigslist.org rival Oodle.com released a study, in conjunction with research firm AIM Group, that labels Craigslist a â€œcesspool of crime.â€ With the aid of an infographic entitled â€œMayhem on Craigslist,â€ Oodle runs through the crime figures that are meant to paint a frightening picture of Craigslist: 330 crimes related to Craigslist in the last year alone; 43 violent crimes; 74 robberies; 31 assaults; 12 murders. The list goes on.

15 ways to optimize Facebook for business

Editor — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:19:00 +0000

NEW YORK -- Real estate agents can take concrete steps to get the most out of Facebook and grow their business, according to speakers at Agent Reboot in New York City. Navigating social media can be "like trying to take a drink from a fire hose. It's truly overwhelming," said Charlie Engel, vice president of sales at online classified ad company Oodle Inc. Engel spoke Tuesday with Agent Reboot host Nicole Nicolay of Agent Evolution, which provides social media training and WordPress website design. Engel and Nicolay offered 15 Facebook strategy tips:

Oodle Ads Processing

Editor — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:57:19 +0000

Oodle Ads Processing in Noah's Classifieds Pro

Oodle Launches New Social Marketplace

Editor — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:54:07 +0000

Facebook Marketplace and Oodle Gain New Features for Trading with People in Social Graph, Not with Strangers SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Social commerce pioneer Oodle today launched a new version of its popular classifieds platform, turning it into a social marketplace. The new social marketplace powers both the Facebook Marketplace (apps.facebook.com/marketplace) and Oodle (www.oodle.com). It is also available on smart phones (www.oodle.com/mobile).

Social Commerce Marketplace Oodle Acquires Grouply

Editor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:45:08 +0000

San Mateo social classified-ads site Oodle has bought Grouply, a Redwood City social groups startup backed by investors including LinkedIn co-founder and Chairman Reid Hoffman, the companies announced Wednesday.

Oodle grabs $1.5M to help you place classifieds on Facebook

Editor — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:40:15 +0000

Classifieds listing service Oodle has raised $1.5 million of an expected $3 million from Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures, according to a filing with the SEC. The San Mateo, Calif. company operates its own online classifieds network and powers the marketplace on Facebook.

Zillow expands rental listings, inks deal with Apartments.com

Editor — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:55:34 +0000

Zillow.com entered the apartment rental arena late last year in a move which we described at the time as a direct assault on Apartments.com and a host of other rental listing companies. But the rivalry between Chicago-based Apartments.com and Seattle-based Zillow.com didn't last too long.

Oodle Doubles Traffic and Revenue

Editor — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:04:09 +0000

Oodle announced it has added four new executives to its senior team, and reported traffic and revenue had more than doubled in the past year. Oodle is a classifieds aggregator and powers the classifieds services on Facebook and for over 200 leading brands including Cox Interactive, Media General, the Washington Post, Walmart, AOL and Lycos.

Social with RealYields

Editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:56:26 +0000

RealYields, a new cloud-based real estate application, allows buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate professionals to quickly analyze, publish, and share property performance metrics.

PostingKing Launches and Partners With Some Serious Names In Classifieds

Editor — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:30:55 +0000

PostingKing (http://www.postingking.com) recently partnered with Oodle.com allowing it's postings to be viewed on leading brands such as Cox Interactive, Media General, The Washington Post, San Diego Union Tribune, Military.com, and Lycos.

Bing Launches Maps Apps for World Tour, Oodle, Foursquare

Editor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:15:35 +0000

Microsoft launched a few new apps for Bing Maps today: the World Tour App, the Oodle App and the Foursquare App.

Oodle to Connect Classifieds Accounts to eBay

Daype — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:01:17 +0000

Oodle said it would soon enable users to connect their accounts to eBay, LinkedIn, Trulia and Zillow as part of its new, "more social," user interface. Oodle aggregates classifieds listings from around the web and also powers classifieds for over 200 leading brands including Cox Interactive, Media General, the Washington Post, Walmart, AOL and Lycos.

Oodle Launches Local Classifieds Platform

Daype — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:48:22 +0000

Oodle has launched Oodle Pro, a self-service platform for local classifieds advertisers to help them get their advertising distributed across Oodle's network of over 200 sites, including Oodle.com, Facebook Marketplace, Classifieds on MySpace, AOL Classifieds and GoogleBase.

Oodle + Twitter = Another Jab At Craigslist

Daype — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:29:42 +0000

Oodle continues to chip away at Craigslistâ€™s domination of the online classifieds market by partnering with much larger sites like AOL and powering their listingsâ€”but with a new Twitter integration, the startup is making the battle about more than just scaleâ€”itâ€™s trying to â€œmake classifieds more social,â€ according to CEO Craig Donato. The company plans to start feeding a stream of listings to its Twitter account, complete with searchable keywords and hashtags; Donato said he expects the stream to average at least 10,000 tweets per dayâ€”which the company cleared with Twitter in advance.

Easy2PlaceAds.com Announces Partnership with Oodle.com

Daype — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:27:38 +0000

Gilbert, AZ — Easy2PlaceAds.com, a free classifieds alternative with additional features for small and medium sized businesses, is announcing its partnership with Oodle, one of the fastest growing classifieds services across the globe. Coupled with Oodle’s excellent services for advertisers to promote their local listings and for publishers to power or enhance their classifieds, Easy2PlaceAds.com [...]

Rental Advertising Service Caters to Property Managers

Daype — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:07:38 +0000

As the rental market becomes saturated with vacant homes and more renters turn to the internet to search for apartments and condos, RentShout launches its online rental marketing service as a cost-effective option for property managers. The service allows property managers to create full-page online advertisements for their rental listings, which are then syndicated across the web to leading rental sites and search directories such as TenantPlus.com, SimpleRent, GoogleBase, and Oodle.

MySpace Canada Launches New Classifieds Channel

Daype — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:38:11 +0000

MySpace Canada, today announced a new social classifieds service called MySpace Canada Classifieds located at http://canada.classifieds.myspace.com/. Powered by Oodle, MySpace Canada Classifieds offers users a safe - and social - marketplace to buy and sell products and services within their trusted group of friends for free.

Tips For Finding then Landing a Job Online

Daype — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:34:22 +0000

Despite unemployment numbers going up, there still exist thousands of jobs up for grabs. Even if you don't see that "Now Hiring" sign in business windows, there are many jobs to be found online. In fact, the online classifieds site Oodle (www.oodle.com), which aggregates job listings from more than 80,000 sites, currently has 3 million job postings in the U.S. alone.

High Gear Media Extends Advertiser Reach

Daype — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:29:47 +0000

High Gear Media, a publisher of automotive digital media sites, today launched a suite of new features designed to increase users' ability to get the most comprehensive, relevant information for car buying decisions according to their interest or lifestyle. Key features include car videos from around the web

NewHomesForSale.co.uk Teams Up with Trovit and Oodle

Editor — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:31:30 +0000

Property portal, NewHomesForSale has teamed up with classified websites, Trovit and Oodle, a move that will increase the coverage of all its listed developments. New homes uploaded to www.newhomesforsale.co.uk will now automatically feature on the Trovit homes section and Oodle network.

Oodle To Expand Classified Categories

Editor — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:30:13 +0000

Oodle plans to expand its classified network to support a variety of categories from cars to homes and rentals, adding functions and tools that tap into social networks.