Archive for November, 2007


Cyber Monday and Classifieds

If you’ve been reading the news, shopping online on Cyber Monday reached a record high this year. We noticed here that the shopping extended to the classifieds category: on Oodle, traffic spiked not only for the month but also to a whopping 36% increase in visitors from last year’s Cyber Monday.
So what does this mean? [...]

Oodle 2.0: One Week Later

We launched Oodle 2.0 one week ago today, and given all the incredibly hard work our team put in, we’re gratified to find that we’re receiving good responses. Big shout out to all the press who wrote reviews of the site. This is for you, TechCrunch, Mashable!, Greg Sterling, Cheezhead, Marketing Pilgrim, auctionBYTES, VentureBeat, CNET, [...]

Oodle 2.0 Unveiled!

We just launched our new site today! The new Oodle, a new way to shop classifieds, comes complete with a site redesign, brand new logo, and dozens of new and improved tools. You can read the press release here, and B-Roll footage is available here.
Tell us what you think by sending an email to support@oodle.com.

Classifieds: What’s Next?

Greg Sterling wrote a great post (“What Are Classifieds Today?”) after an interview with Craig (our CEO) about how the word “classifieds” doesn’t really mean much to anyone. He used the example of Craigslist and Google — to their users, Craigslist isn’t a classifieds site and Google isn’t a search engine. They are “places” to [...]

Groundbreaking Real Estate News to Kick off NAR

Seems that Zillow and Google plan to shake up the Real Estate industry. Nice work Dave! (via rentVine)
(Also, check out that our very own Faith was given a nod for helping to come up with the idea!)

Oodle: Now with Over 30 Million Listings!

More people are posting online than ever.  As the classifieds market continues to grow, so does Oodle.  We now have over 30 million listings in our database, with over 500,000 new listings a day.
We’re excited about this milestone because a large index coupled with powerful search will make it easier than ever for people to [...]