Founded by former Excite and eBay executives, Oodle's management team includes CEO Craig Donato; Senior VP of Oodle Network Kevin Doerr; VP of Marketing Faith Sedlin; CTO Scott Kister; VP of Business Development Kim Jacobson; VP of Network Product; Matt Kaufman; VP of Consumer Product Ha Nguyen.

Someone once said that the best ideas are forged over dinner. In this case, Oodle came to be at an Italian restaurant. After a fruitless brainstorming session, Craig suggested the name Ravioli, simply because "everyone loves ravioli." Scott was unimpressed and quickly countered with Noodle. Faith jumped in and suggested Oodle, the place you go for oodles of classifieds listings. And with that, Oodle was born.

Oodle's revenue model is based on local listings advertising. Advertisers can post listings on Oodle for free, but they can also choose to pay for increased visibility on Oodle and across the Oodle Network.

Oodle powers classified sites for over 200 leading brands, and these sites comprise the Oodle Network. The Oodle Network is constantly growing and adding new media companies and portals.

Here are just a few members of the Oodle Network:

• AOL Classifieds
• Lycos Classifieds
• Local.com Classifieds
• Military.com Classifieds
• Newspapers such as the Washington Post Express and, in Great Britain, The Sun
• Local news sites such as WPXI Classifieds (Pittsburgh), KIRO-TV Classifieds (Seattle), and WSPA Classifieds (Spartanburg, SC).
• ListPic.com, a fun visual classifieds browser

Oodle's corporate headquarters are in the sunny city of San Mateo, California.