Today, a few articles have surfaced that Google will enter the classifieds business.  Very cool looking product.   We’ll definitely include Google’s listings in our index (unless they stop us which I very much doubt) .  The more sources the better.
Based on previous reports, it now appears that Google is pursuing a dual strategy with respect [...]

We’re very excited about where things are going.   Oodle provides a valuable service to consumers by enabling them to see all their choices.   We’ve seen over 25% growth in users and traffic to partners every month since we launched.   Last month alone we sent Craigslist well over 1 million referrals (i.e., users sent to their [...]

I wanted to briefly respond to a few of the comments I’ve read on this issue…   
I think it’s important to keep in mind what’s best for consumers.  And I think being open is good for consumers.
People tell us they want to see all their options.  This is especially important for classifieds: 

the market is [...]

We are no longer adding new Craigslist listings to our index.   We received a request from them to do so and we honored that request.   We’ll miss Craigslist.   They are clearly a good service and we’re big fans.  We are working to understand and address their concerns.
As of last month, about 80% of our listings [...]

In
preparation for this week’s show,
I thought it would be fun to describe Oodle using Web2.0 buzzwords… Oodle indexes classifieds listings from
across the web, many of them without even a URL to call their own. Once we find them, we tag them (e.g., pet
listings with breed, gender and color); remix them with other data sources
(e.g, expand abbreviations, [...]