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- Private Company
- Founded: 1995
- Owner and founder: Craig Newmark
- CEO: Jim Buckmaster
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, USA
- Employees: 25Official Site: Craigslist
- There are 500 Craigslist sites such as sites for cities, countries and statesOfficial Site: Craigslist
- Over 50 Craigslist sites in different countriesOfficial Site: Craigslist
- eBay owns about 25% of CraigslistOfficial Site: Craigslist
- 2009: Craigslist expects record revenue: $100 million http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...
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Craigslist is a network of online communities, focusing on free classified advertisements and forums of various topics. It was founded in 1995 by Craig Newmark. It is free to post listings in most sections of Craigslist.
The attorney general of Illinois said that the "erotic services" section on Craigslist would be discontinued and a new "adult category" section would be added in its place. Each post on the new section would be reviewed by employees of the website. The announcement was made on May 12, 2009. In April 2009, Newmark said he would not be closing his "erotic services" section because of the alleged actions of the accused Craigslist murder suspect Philip Markoff.StarTribune.com: Illinois AG: Craigslist is getting rid of 'erotic services' ads (May 13, 2009)
Craigslist Controversies
Craiglist has had its share of controversy since it's inception in 1995. For one the web site has been accused of helping landlords participates in discriminatory selection of tenets.San Francisco Chronicle: Craigslist sued over some ads (February 8, 2006) Several criminal charges have placed because of users activities on Craigslist, mostly related to prostitution activities. The service has also been used by identity thieves to steal the personal information of unsuspecting users.STL Today: Craigslist has its fans; critics warn of scams (April 30, 2008)The CEO of Craigslist denied advertising sex on the website in an e-mail to The Boston Globe. Jim Buckmaster stated that "[he] would not describe any section of [the] site as 'sex related." Although the site does have an erotic service section, Buckmaster stated that any offer in exchange for money is quickly taken down.NYPost: DEFENDS SITE, SAYS IT OFFERS 'NO SEX' (April 23, 2009)
Lawsuit
Craigslist has been sued several times. In March 2009, a sheriff in Illinois sued the Web site, claiming that it allows ads that openly advertise prostitution and that the owners of the site know that the Web site is used for illegal purposes but don't attempt to stop it.KESQ: Cook County sheriff suing Craigslist for sex ads (March 5, 2009) The sheriff's office have made several arrests of people accused of using Craigslist to advertise prostitution. Chicago Breaking News: Sheriff's lawsuit says Craigslist 'largest source' of prostitution (March 5, 2009)-
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Craigslist Questions
How does Craigslist make money? 2 AnswersWell, a lot of people wonder if they are doing enough to monetize their site. According to an article I read in Forbes, they have an insane business model. Th... read more
Is there a good site/utility to search all of Craigslist in one querry? 1 Answerhttp://www.searchallcraigs.com/ and http://www.craigzoom.com/ was the best of the four sites I checked. http://craiglook.com/ was ok too but not as comprehensiv... read more
Does anyone know of an app used to post craigslist classifieds to twitter? Or a way to do this. 2 AnswersWell... Craigslist does make their listings available as RSS feeds, so maybe you'll have luck with someone knowing how to post RSS feeds into Twitter... Looks l... read more
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@iMrMoses no, don't confort him he's looking for something that needs to be found ... On craigslist
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Seems like those on Craigslist selling old WRT54G Linksys routers are wising up since many can be flashed with DD-WRT firmware.
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So my friend has an "AD" on craigslist, #whatdoyoudo should I comfront him for being a ho?
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