Craigslist.org — A Delight To Visit
Written by Anurag Bhateja on August 1, 2009 – 11:44 pm -I was surfing the Internet to find an apartment for my friend who is shifting to Canada in few days and found a very interesting website named Craigslist.org . I was amazed to see how much information it has! So I thought why not give it a review here. 
Founded in 1995 as email distribution list by Craig Newmark, in 1996 it got online as a website. From that day till 2000, Craigslist got expanded in 9 US cities and by 2009 it has expanded to whooping 570 cities in 50 countries! Craigslist has about 28 employees which work day and night to keep it clean and a place worth search for classified ads. The best thing is its a free service. The main revenue source is paid ads from different cities whose prices vary from city to city.
Though company has never disclosed about the ownership and financial reports but it is believed that Newmark has the largest stake and ebay holds 25% of the stake in the company. Newmark has told Wall Street once that company do not believe in maximizing keeping the interest of the public on back foot. As per him, the website always try to help people in finding cars, apartments, dates and other services to their nearest location.
In 2009, Craigslist decided to drop exotic service section and replace it by Adult services. This section is paid @ USD 10 and can be renewed on USD 5. This decision comes after allegations by several US states that the erotic services ads were being used for prostitution.
There are several kind of information available on Internet regarding Craigslist like in form of Craigslist handbook, articles providing information and latest news about the website and much more. So just have a look on the website Craigslist.org and you will surely find it useful for your self in one way or the other
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By Rish on Sep 11, 2009 | Reply
I think this website should hire a good designer.
By geneve on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
nice directory.neat looking.
By Jenn on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
surely its useful for everyone, thanks for sharing
By Dum on Oct 16, 2009 | Reply
that awesome!
By akira07 on Oct 17, 2009 | Reply
Craiglist is popular in my country since a long time and used by many people, so i’m agree that the site is great.