Craigslist.com is a highly visited website on the Internet and is also an open marketplace.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet This page provides links and information for this popular website. At this free classifieds site, you can buy and sell just about anything you want.

Craigslist is essentially a network of online communities with a centralized point of reference. Its core feature is free online classified advertisements with various departments that include jobs, personals, housing, community, discussion forums, gigs, for sale and services.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet

Craigslist has fallen under criticism for not screening ads closely enough which has led to alleged sex and prostitution rings.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/20/craigslist.prostitution/index.html Since these allegations were raised, Craigslist has canceled erotic services and does a manual screening of all ads that are posted to the adult services section.

The founder of Craigslist, Craig Newmark, began his classified ads service by sending emails to a list of friends. The emails consisted of a listing of local events for the San Fransisco Bay area. In 1999, the company was incorporated and started to expand.

Craigslist created a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in 2001 and named it The Craigslist Foundation. Its main purpose is to bring people and resources together to strengthen neighborhoods and communities. The foundation believes that community building is dependent upon discovering where a community wants to go. http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/