Oodle, Inc.
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 Oodle.com main page | |
| Type of business | Division of QVC |
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Type of site | classifieds |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California, United States |
| Founder(s) | Craig Donato Scott Kister Faith Sedlin |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2005[1] |
| Current status | active |
Oodle, Inc. is an online marketplace based out of San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2004 by ex-Excite executives Craig Donato, Scott Kister and Faith Sedlin.[2]
Overview
[edit]Oodle is a classifieds aggregator which aggregates listings from sites like eBay, ForRent.com, BoatTrader.com, as well as local listings from local newspapers and websites.[3]
Oodle aggressively encourages posters to add a Facebook profile with their listings, claiming that users will prefer the openness of interacting with someone who can be identified by name and face.
Oodle also powers other companies' classifieds websites, from the online classifieds for traditional newspapers including The Washington Post Express,[4] New York Post[5] to other large websites like AOL, Lycos,[6] Local.com,[7] Military.com,[8] to non-traditional classifieds hosting sites like Wal-Mart.[9] Oodle searches vertically in the classifieds categories of cars, real estate, renting, jobs, personals, merchandise, tickets, pets and services.
Oodle aggregates listings from national and local sources, covering over 1000 regions in the United States, UK, Canada, Ireland, and India.
History
[edit]On March 6, 2009, Facebook launched a now defunct version of its Marketplace application powered by Oodle. In November 2010 Oodle acquired Grouply, a platform for building custom social networking groups. The QVC home shopping company purchased Oodle in 2012.[10][11] In May 2015, the site was purchased from QVC by Oodle Holdings.[citation needed]
Third party resources
[edit]Oodle provides its classifieds content for publication on external websites through the use of an API or simpler JavaScript Widget.
Partner listings
[edit]Websites supply their classified ad listings to Oodle in the form of XML or CSV files which Oodle parses into their database for redistribution. Oodle currently has over 75,000 partner listings.[citation needed] FreeAdsTime is one of the ad suppliers of Oodle.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oodle Company Info". Oodle.com. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Oodle FAQ". Oodle.com. April 14, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Dot-com refugees land at a new home". Oodle.com. April 23, 2005. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Classifieds Search-Engine Oodle to Power Washington Posts Express Newspaper". Auctionbytes.com. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ Nicole, Kristen (December 11, 2007). "Oodle Does Classifeds [sic] for the New York Post". Mashable.com. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Oodle Announces Partnerships with Lycos and Backpage". Info.lycos.com. March 7, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Local.com Adds 20 Million Local Classifieds Listings". Corporate.local.com. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Unveils New Resources for Veterans, Active Military Personnel and Their Families". Military.com. February 15, 2007.
- ^ Talley, Karen (June 3, 2008). "Wal-Mart Adds Free Online Classifieds". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ Empson, Rip (December 5, 2012). "QVC Acquires Social Classifieds Veteran Oodle To Help Power Its Social Commerce Evolution". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Oodle". TechnoApt. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ Example of FreeAdsTime listing on Oodle . Archive.org. Retrieved February 8, 2021.