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Kijiji Adds New Search Features

eBay's online classified site Kijiji has launched two new features that improve search functions for users. All Kijiji listings have a thumbnail photo if provided. The site now has a new Gallery View option that allows user to view listings in a larger photo gallery format.

Facebook Marketplace Goes Live With Oodle

Facebook Marketplace has relaunched and is now powered by online classified service Oodle. Facebook first launched its Marketplace application in May of 2007 as a way for users to create, share and respond to listings across categories such as "Furniture" and "Roommates." "Marketplace helps people buy and sell furniture and household items in a trusted environment," wrote Craig Donato, CEO of Oodle, on the Facebook Blog.

Arkansas Paper Upset Over Walmart.com Classifieds

Wal-Mart recently partnered with classified Web site Oodle.com to launch free classified ads on Walmart.com and is already creating a controversy.When users in Arkansas clicked on some of the classified ads on Walmart.com they were led to classifieds from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper. Paul R. Smith, president of WEHCO Newspapers, Inc., the company that publishes the Democrat-Gazette, said Wal-Mart and Oodle do not have permission to use the ads.

Hotswap Gets Funding From Wozniak

Hotswap says that “seeing is believing,” and, to a point, I agree; Hotswap lets people post videos to sell their used cars, which is far better than a picture or 15-word newspaper blurb.  Now, with the support of Steve Wozniak, the site may be in a good position to take off.

Newspapers Sniping Over CareerBuilder

McClatchy, Gannett, and Tribune own parts of the CareerBuilder job listings site, but McClatchy is starting to feel like it's just heard the song stop during musical chairs, and all the seats are taken.

Online Job Seekers Get More Offers

People use print and online classifieds about evenly, but when it comes to finding a new cubicle to occupy, job hunters have been landing more offers from the Internet versions.

Bargain Hunters Lose Papers, Find Craigslist

People are more and more putting down the red markers, forsaking ink-stained fingers in favor of carpel tunnel and blue-light specials at online classified websites. comScore reports the industry has grown by 47 percent over the past year - not so much from the folks in the Ozarks, though.