From a platform perspective, Oodle has a lot in common with Twitter…
1. We index a real-time a stream of perishable, unique “tweets” (800-900k new messages a day) in the form of classifieds listings. Actually, we do more than just index these listings. Our real-time infrastructure tags, enhances and prunes the messages flowing through our system. [...]
We’ve been pleased with the reception of our Sell for a Cause feature on Facebook Marketplace. We all have things we’re not using, why not sell them to raise money for a charity we care about?
We’re excited to announce that a number of celebrities are jumping in to help raise money for their favorite charities. [...]
Today, we’re launching Facebook Marketplace powered by Oodle. Facebook first introduced the Marketplace application in May 2007 as a way for people to post classified listings on the site — helping them buy and sell furniture and household items in a trusted environment. Late last year, Facebook turned to Oodle for our expertise with online [...]
We are thrilled to share the news that Facebook has chosen us to power Marketplace, their application for online classifieds.
Everyone has things they no longer use that they should give away or sell. Posting to a traditional classifieds site involves meeting strangers, which can be uncomfortable. Emailing all your friends is inefficient and potentially annoying.
This [...]
As you may have noticed, we have launched a Facebook version of BandTracker on Facebook Platform, but now it’s time to officially introduce the beta launch of Oodle’s newest service: BandTracker.
What it is
In short, BandTracker is a free service that allows music fans across the US (and expanding to the UK and Canada soon) to [...]
As Craig mentioned in his last post, Oodle participated in the May 24 launch of Facebook’s new social application platform, f8. As an Oodle engineer who was part of it all, I thought I’d provide some fun behind-the-scenes on our efforts, as well as a quick update on where things stand now.
Before The Event
Oodle [...]