As if the classifieds industry needed another nail in it’s coffin, Facebook have launched a new free classifieds service called Facebook Marketplace. It was rumoured to be powered by Oodle, but now it’s thought to be have been developed in-house.
Could Facebook be the new Google? Can they take decent share of any market they chose to dip into, just from having such a large reach? Their photo sharing service is a very popular feature of the site and could cause Flickr to suffer despite it having a fraction of their functionality. If all your friends are on Facebook, why bother with Flickr? The same goes for their event system competing with sites like Upcoming (now part of Yahoo) and Eventful.
Which other site provices marketplace that is as good as facebook