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.  [...]

Today I’m thrilled to announce the launch of MySpace Canada Classifieds http://canada.classifieds.myspace.com/, a new social classifieds service powered by Oodle.
Last year, we launched the MySpace Classifieds channel in the U.S. Since then, we’ve seen tremendous growth as more and more people are turning to social classifieds as a way to buy, sell and find things [...]

I was recently interviewed by Best Job Ever about why I love my what I do: http://www.bestjobsever.net/
Thinking about applying for a job here at Oodle? (Because we’re hiring!) Following are the top “Five Reasons Why I Love my Job at Oodle”

Classifieds are Cool – Oodle is building the next-generation of classifieds, which leverage the social [...]

With purse strings tightened, more and more people are turning to online classifieds for great deals — or to make a few extra dollars selling items no longer being used. Unfortunately, it’s a trend that has not gone unnoticed by scammers, who have become more widespread and creative in how they use online listings as [...]

After watching Annie Leonard’s “Story of Stuff,” I’ve just learned that while the US is only five percent of the world’s population, we consume 30 percent of the world’s goods. Clearly, America has a bad consumption habit. Unfortunately, the demand for these goods have consequences beyond financial woe. In addition to the US producing more [...]

The economic crisis may have put a crimp in travel budgets, but that does not mean foregoing a great vacation.
One way for families to save money is to rent an apartment or home in lieu of staying in a hotel. A great place to begin the search is Oodle.com’s vacation rentals. Oodle aggregates vacation listings [...]

I’m happy that Oodle is one of the Webware 100 finalists (CNET’s annual program in which readers select their favorite 2.0 apps).
Please share the love the and vote for Oodle!

Oodle employees and their families enjoyed a fabulous day of snow fun at Sugar Bowl resort. Watch it on Facebook!
Video courtesy of Oodler David West.

I’m pleased to announce that today Oodle closed an additional $5.6M in funding from our existing investors — Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures and JAFCO Ventures.
Oodle had a great year in 2008.  We brought some great partners into our network, including Walmart and MySpace, and our traffic more than tripled. Indeed, last month we hit a [...]

With unemployment numbers up, would you believe there are thousands of jobs up for grabs? If you don’t see that ‘Now Hiring’ sign in business windows, you’ll be surprised at what you can find online at Oodle.
The following are some tips to minimize the time you spend looking and increase the chance that you’ll find [...]