What is Craigslist?
Craigslist is an online free
advertisements site; wherein the
advertisements range from housing to
personals, from gigs to services, and
from debate forums to “for sale.”
Craigslist can also be termed as an
online replacement of our own classified
section in the newspaper.
This free online advertisement started in
San Francisco (1995), when 42-year old
Craig Newmark set a remarkable mark
in the field of classified advertising. By
2000, Craigslist spread to nine cities in
the U.S. And, by 2009, Craigslist
emerged as a site that hosted 20-billion
page views per month, thereby capturing
the 33
rd place on the list of the greatest
websites in the world.
Craigslist is free for its users. However,
there is a cost for advertisers, which is
decided basis the part of country you are
based in. For example, an Ad that costs
$75.00 in bay area of San Francisco
area would cost around $10.00 in city of
New York.
The graphics of this site are very easy,
simple and clear-cut and has almost
remained unchanged since 1995, when it
was started.
One fascinating thing about this amazing
online classifieds is that it has a flagging
system for its users. This system quickly
helps them identify illegal and improper
ads that are posted on the portal. As this
is a free to all site and anyone can post
ads without even having an account, fake
ads are unavoidable and often expected.
To neutralize this, almost any site visitor
can do the flagging.
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