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Glyde.com Classifieds?

Classifieds have traditionally been a very local transaction. In most cases buy and seller agree on a price and exchange the merchandise locally. Both sides seem to perfer this because the risk of fraud is greatly reduce with an enhanced benefit that auxillary costs like shipping and taxes ...

Ebay and Black Friday

Ebay has released a very cool map/video of Black Friday transactions on their website, you can see it here: http://www.ebayholiday.com/black-friday If your not familar with Black Friday, its a mainly US phenomia where retailers enter into the "Black" for the year with the beginning of the Christmas holiday shopping. Most retailers offer ...

Facebook and Oodle

Facebook has launched an updated Marketplace powered by the Oodle classfied service. The relationship was initially announced a few months ago and has just launched today. Leading up to the launch Facebook deprecated their Marketplace API, there is currently no way for Facebook Applications or Facebook Connect sites to publish ...

Google dominates business directories

Google is quickly becoming the dominate source for business directory listings. Sensis announced they have partnered with Google to provide all of their business listings. Sensis is the leading publishing of business directories and classified products in Australia. No commercial terms were disclosed on the partnership but Google Australia and ...

Autotrader partners with Canadian International Autoshow

Trader Corporation, owner of the Autotrader brand in Canada, has announced an exclusive partnership with the Canadian International Autoshow. The Canadian International Autoshow is held annually in Toronto and the largest Canadian Automotive show. Typically attendees of the Autoshow are consumer that are looking for a new automobile. Attendence for the ...

Are micro directories the future?

Today we saw 2 announcements for very focused directories. This is an interesting online trend which highlights the practicality of micro directories. The first is for Roofing-Directory.com which focuses on connecting consumers with roofing contractors that will repair or replace your roof. The site supports commercial and residencial roofing companies and ...

Ziplocal.com adds more reviews

Ziplocal.com has added reviews from Gayot, WaySpa, The Globe and Mail, EYEWeekly and Sweetspot.ca to its directory service. Users generated reviews can be a great way for a business to stand out in a crowded directory listing. The challenge with user generated reviews has always been avoiding people that try ...

Nicadema, a new human edited directory

Brandan Connell, the owner of Rankrover.com, has launched a new human edited directory to compete with DMOZ. The new directory site is called Nicadema and features the ability accept reciprocal links and paid options. Reciprocal links are free and paid options start at $9 and go to $21 dollars for ...

OLX.com Raises $13M

Techcrunch is reporting that OLX.com raised $13M from General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund, and DN Capital. OLX.com aims to compete with Craigslist and other free classified sites but seems. The most interesting aspect of the OLX business plan is perhaps their partnership to white label their site with Friendster.com, ...

Homenet and Gumiyo create mobile brochures

Homenet Inc and Gumiyo have announced a partnership to leverage the Gumiyo's mobile platform with the Homenet dealer inventory management tools. The Homenet Inventory Online service is used by over 12,000 dealers primarily in the US and processes 2.5 million vehicles daily. A key requirement in the US automotive industry are ...