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Vflyer

vFlyer, Inc., operator of the vFlyer.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Aaron Sperling and Oliver Muoto in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company enables online sellers and sales professionals (realtors, auto dealers, service providers, etc.) to syndicate and distribute their product or service listings to online marketplaces that include Oodle, Vast.com, Google Base, Trulia, Craigslist, HotPads.com, Yahoo! Classifieds, eBay Classifieds, and others.

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Article summary

vFlyer, Inc., operator of the vFlyer.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Aaron Sperling and Oliver Muoto in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company enables online sellers and sales professionals (realtors, auto dealers, service providers, etc.) to syndicate and distribute their product or service listings to online marketplaces that include Oodle, Vast.com, Google Base, Trulia, Craigslist, HotPads.com, Yahoo! Classifieds, eBay Classifieds, and others.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376119303

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.