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Oodle Launches Oodle Canada, the New Canadian Destination for Classifieds
Oodle Honors Canada by Launching on Canada Day
| Source: Oodle
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2007) - Oodle, the search engine for classifieds,
today announced the launch of Oodle Canada. This launch extends Oodle's
listings outside of the U.S. and U.K. to include Canada, which, according
to comScore (March 2007), is a wired leader with 70 percent of households
currently online.
Oodle is a free online service that provides consumers with a great
classifieds shopping experience. Users search the freshest, most
comprehensive collection of classified listings across every major
category, including: automotive, real estate, rentals, employment,
personals, tickets, pets, services and merchandise.
Oodle Canada includes nearly one million listings across the country,
servicing 38 metro areas and 31 universities, and draws from thousands of
sources, both at the local and national level.
"Expanding to Canada is a crucial next step in reaching and connecting
people worldwide," said Craig Donato, CEO and co-founder of Oodle.
"Canada's rapidly expanding online industry shows that there is a
definitive need for a free and competitive marketplace. Oodle is a perfect
fit to fulfill this need."
For towns and cities residing near the Canadian/United States border, Oodle
offers cross-border listings.
Oodle Canada incorporates the full spectrum of Oodle's services, allowing
consumers to shop smarter and find better deals, including email alerts
from Oodle that allow shoppers to note items they're looking for and have
Oodle email them the moment they become available.
To experience Oodle for yourself, please visit http://canada.oodle.com.
About Oodle
Oodle (www.oodle.com) provides consumers with a great shopping experience
for classifieds. Users search the freshest, most comprehensive collection
of classifieds listings with over one million listings a day from more than
75,000 sites across every major category: automotive, real estate, rentals,
employment, personals, tickets, pets, services and merchandise. Oodle is
also available in the UK (www.oodle.co.uk) and Canada
(www.canada.oodle.com).
Oodle also runs the Oodle network, a collection of sites that use Oodle to
power their online classifieds. The Oodle Network encompasses major
newspapers including the Washington Post and San Diego Union Tribune,
business directory providers including Local.com and Yell.com, television
broadcast including WTKR (Norfolk) and KLAS (Las Vegas) and large Internet
sites including Lycos. To be included in the Oodle index or to learn more
about the Oodle Network, please contact partner@oodle.com.