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Holiday Bargain Hunters: Beware of the Classifieds’ Con Artist

With purse strings tightened, shoppers nationwide are turning to online classifieds in search of great deals.  For the most part, shopping online classifieds is completely safe.  Most people want to do right by their neighbors and local communities. However, consumers should be cautious as online con artists are becoming more widespread and creative using online classifieds as [...]

What Happened to the Wall?

Ah, office remodeling. We recently finished knocking out a wall here at the Oodle HQ, making way for the glorious sunlight. What was once a dark, rarely-visited corner has since become a place of merriment and joy.
Check out all our remodeling photos on Flickr!

The Oodle Blog Wordle Cloud

Check out our Wordle “word cloud” of the Oodle blog. Pretty nifty!

Oodle Scores Big on Walkscore

We just found out that the Oodle HQ gets a whopping 98/100 score on Walkscore. Score a point for the “San Mateo is the new Palo Alto” team!

Happy Birthday, Craig Newmark!

Our favorite grandfather of online classifieds turned 55 today!

Secure ye booty!

Argh mateys, we take Talk Like a Pirate Day completely seriously here, which be why we created a search engine for classifieds just for pirates.
For today only, Oodle be all about pirates. T’ see t’ origin o’ Talk Like a Pirate Day, check out http://www.talklikeapirate.com.

The Oodle Yak Connection

While you can’t actually buy a Yak on Oodle, the company’s intrepid co-founder has been taking them for a test drive…