Oodle Makes Strong Impact with Local Students
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sep 7, 2005--Oodle(TM), the search engine for local classifieds, announced today that with the rollout of its newest college sites for Boston University (bu.oodle.com), UCLA (ucla.oodle.com), and University of Pennsylvania (upenn.oodle.com), it now caters to over 100 colleges in the U.S.. Oodle is an especially useful resource for college students who want to get cheap furniture, find the right roommate, buy used textbooks and land the perfect internship.
Oodle, launched in April of this year, is a free online service that provides timely access to all the classified listings in a local area, making it easy for students to quickly see all the listings as well as be the first to respond. Oodle covers everything from popular online sites, such as Craigslist, eBay, Monster and VolunteerMatch, to local and campus newspapers.
Oodle has gotten rave reviews from students for its easy to use interface and innovative features like mapping and alerts.
''I just moved to a new apartment in a new city and I`ve been looking for unique things for my place,'' said Kim Benedicto, who attends OSU in Columbus, OH. ''Oodle Alerts let me know as soon as items I want become available and the map option is awesome! I barely know my way around town, but it`s not a problem because Oodle shows me exactly where my item is located.''
Helping Buyers on College Campuses
Oodle provides a unique combination of features and technologies to help students find what they are looking for:
* See it all. Oodle enables students to easily see listings from most sources available in their local area. In addition, Oodle shows listings for local charities, informing users which community organizations accept goods or offer volunteering opportunities.
* Get it first. More than 2 million new listings are posted each week and hot items move quickly. Oodle Alerts enables students to see listings minutes after they are posted. A user simply describes what he wants, and Oodle emails them relevant listings as soon as they become available.
* Browse by Map. Students can use maps to browse listings around their campus. When a user selects a map area, only listings associated with this area are displayed. If he drags the map to a different area, a new set of listings is shown.
* Give Locally. Oodle offers extensive information on local charities and volunteer opportunities making it easy to donate sweaters not worn since freshman year or to find a fun job that offers school credit.
''Students are always looking for great deals'' said Faith Sedlin, Vice President and co-founder of Oodle. ''With alerts, mapping and other features, our goal is make classifieds more useful and more popular with college students.''
About Oodle, Inc.
Oodle, Inc. is a consumer Internet company whose mission is to provide online tools that make it easier to buy, sell and give in your local area. Launched in April of this year, Oodle (www.oodle.com) now covers colleges and universities in 30 metropolitan areas in the US (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Los Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St.Paul, New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington DC), with many more cities and colleges launching this fall. For more information, or to request your school, please visit http://www.oodle.com/college.
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