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Topix.net, a local search news Web site has partnered with Tribune Interactive to run their online classifieds for general merchandising advertising. The general merchandise classifieds will launch in February starting with the baltimoresun.com and will be available on all 12 Tribune Interactive sites by the end of May.

Oodle will today announce the launch of the Oodle Index, a real-time pricing guide for online classified listings.

Looking to consolidate its listings services while horning in a bit on Craigslist's local classifieds business, Yahoo! has hired former Knight Ridder executive Hillary Schneider to head up the company's new Yahoo! Marketplaces unit.

The Philly.com website run by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News will have its recruitment site run by online job board Monster.com.

Within the local news search at Topix.net, visitors will see local classified ads on the right side of the page and an invitation to post a free ad themselves.

Windows Live Expo, Microsoft's answer to Craigslist and Google Base, will be launched in China and five other countries before the end of 2006.

[It's been almost two years since I first started chatting to technology innovators about the future of search. This article get's the ball rolling again.]

The company plans to have its "Fremont" online classifieds service become part of Windows Live, and let users of various MSN services offer items for sale.