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Oodle Launches BandTracker and Announces the Largest Database of Local Music Events
BandTracker Allows Music Fans to Track Their Favorite Bands and Stay in Touch With Their Local Music Scene
| Source: Oodle
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - August 14, 2007) - Oodle (http://www.oodle.com/), the search
engine for classifieds, today announced the launch of BandTracker
(http://www.bandtracker.com/). BandTracker is a free web-based service that
lets music fans know when their favorite bands are performing nearby. The
BandTracker database currently tracks over 330,000 bands and 700,000 shows,
the largest compendium of shows and bands on the web.
With BandTracker, fans receive email alerts when their favorite bands are
due to play nearby. BandTracker also provides access to concert, venue and
ticket purchase information. Bands use BandTracker to easily connect with
their fan base.
"BandTracker is a natural complement to Oodle.com, which covers local
ticket listings," said Craig Donato, CEO of Oodle. "With BandTracker, we've
created a compelling application for folks that love going to see live
music."
Web Widgets for Fans and Bands
Fans can proudly display their favorite bands on MySpace or their blogs
with BandTracker widgets.
Bands can stay connected with their fans using the BandPromoter widget.
The widget lets bands invite fans to track their concert schedule and also
showcases their popularity by displaying how many fans are tracking them.
"BandTracker has filled a significant gap when it comes to promoting our
concert tours," said Nick Dobbratz, keyboardist for San Francisco-based
band Sugar & Gold. "We put the widget up on MySpace before our nationwide
tour and received emails from all across the country, saying that our fans
are looking forward to our shows."
BandTracker: Early Success with Facebook
BandTracker recently launched a popular application on Facebook's f8
Platform that allows users to track and share bands within their social
network. Users can see which bands their friends are tracking and can even
see top videos and top songs. BandTracker on Facebook, which boasts over
30,000 users, demonstrates the promise for Bandtracker.com.
About Oodle
Oodle 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 80,000 sites
across every major category: concert and sports tickets, automotive, real
estate, rentals, employment, personals, 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.