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AOL Partners With Oodle, Launches Classifieds Site
AppScout —
AOL today launched its entry into the world of classifieds, partnering with Oodle to create Classifieds.AOL.com (Classifieds.AOL.ca, in Canada). Oodle, operator of the US's largest network of classified services, already has some 250 partners, including such big names as Facebook, Myspace, Wal-Mart, and Comcast.
The site will become the latest in addition to the "AOL Local Network," which includes MapQuest. The network boasts an impressive 54 million uniques. While the added push of Oodle's 40 million listing will certainly be a nice ...
Webware Radar: Particls brings keyword search back to Twitter
Webware.com —
Particls, a company that once provided RSS feed organizers, announced Monday that it has launched a new project, called Particls Fountain. According to the company, the project will replace Twitter Track, which allowed the micro-blog's users to follow topics by keyword, and users will be able to ...
Oodle Adds Another Big Classifieds Partner
paidContent —
Craigslist may dominate the classifieds business by sheer audience numbers (46.8 million uniques) (via Compete), but Oodle is making headway among the larger, higher-profile properties. The latest evidence is Oodle's deal to run classified for AOL.
AOL (NYSE: TWX) has tapped Oodle to launch AOL Classifieds. It says the combination of its own local search ads—which run on AOL Autos, Jobs, Personals and Real Estate—with Oodle's network, gives users access to more than 40 million listings across 80,000 sites. (Oodle has 3.4 million uniques.)
It's familiar territory for ...
AOL Adds Classifieds; Partners with Oodle
BIA/Kelsey Blog —
AOL Local has teamed with Oodle to launch AOL Classifieds in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, AOL is launching a U.K. classifieds site at the end of the week. Oodle aggregates listings from more than 250 partner sites (including MySpace, Facebook and WalMart).
The timing might be especially useful for used person-to-person goods, as people try to raise additional money to stave off the bad economy. Oodle certainly likes the deal.
With 54 million unique visitors for AOL Local, Oodle CEO Craig Donato told us that “AOL should be a good sized partner. ...
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
BIA/Kelsey Blog —
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full.
Behind the Forecast Numbers
Earlier this week I went to hear an economist talk about his take on the current economy and his perspective on how soon it would recover. Long story short, I believe the speaker, who had outstanding credentials, was overly optimistic. (I really believed he may have been on vacation in some secluded island for the past year.). (read more)
Sensis Continues to Defy Global Trend ...
New AOL Search Toolbar allows customization with addon button
D' Technology Weblog —
AOL has released a new search toolbar for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Flock. Once installed, it links to AOL products: AOL Yellow Pages, AOL Classifieds and Reference Center. Hot Searches ticker shows latest news and gossip. You can also customize toolbar with your favorite content from across the web, also allows you to add buttons; you can select from button gallery for add-ons like: CNN, Facebook, eBay, social media, news sites, shopping sites, etc. ...
