Craigslist
Description
The service was founded in 1995 by Craig Newmark for the San Francisco Bay Area. It started as a simple e-mail list that Craig used to post to his friends about events happening in the San Francisco area. After incorporation as a private for-profit company in 1999, Craigslist expanded into nine more U.S. cities in 2000, four each in 2001 and 2002, and 14 in 2003. By September 2007, Craigslist had established itself in approximately 450 cities in 50 countries. By 2017 they expanded to over 700 locations and 70 countries. The site serves over 50 billion page views per month. More than 60 million people use Craigslist each month in the US. They post over 80 million classified ads each month. 40 people were working at Craigslist in 2017. [1] Their sole source of revenue are paid classified ads in select cities and certain categories, such as job listings and rentals.
Criticism
- In July 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle criticized Craigslist for allowing ads from dog breeders, and thereby allegedly encouraging the over breeding and irresponsible selling of pit bulls in the Bay Area.[2]
- In January 2006, the San Francisco Bay Guardian published an editorial criticizing Craigslist for moving into local communities and "threatening to eviscerate" local alternative newspapers. Craigslist has been compared to Wal-Mart, a multinational corporation that some feel crushes small local businesses when they move into towns and offer a huge assortment of goods at cheaper prices.[3]
Nonprofit foundation
In 2001, the company started the Craigslist Foundation, a § 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps emerging nonprofit organizations get established, gain visibility, attract the attention of potential donors, and develop the skills and knowledge required for long-term success.
It accepts charitable donations, and rather than directly funding organizations, it produces face-to-face events and offers online resources to help grassroots organizations get off the ground and contribute real value to the community.
Awards
Cities
The first 14 city sites were: [6] (entire list)
- March 1995: San Francisco Bay Area
- June 2000: Boston
- August 2000: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C.
- October 2000: Sacramento
- April 2001: Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, was the first non U.S. city included. London was the first city outside North America.
In November 2004, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Paris, Sao Paulo and Tokyo became the first cities outside of primarily English speaking countries.
References
- ↑ "craigslist factsheet". 2017-12-08.
- ↑ Ilene Lelchuk (July 11 2005). "Craigslist pressured to ban dog, cat ads". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Tim Redmond (July 11 2005). "Editor's Notes". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "Readers Poll Results—Best of Manhattan 2003 Readers Poll". New York Press. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "Best Web Sites of the Year Honored at the 5th Annual Webby Awards". The Webby Awards. July 182001. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
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Other websites
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Official sites
News and media
- Craig of Craigslist.org by Frederic Neema, A feature story by photojournalist Frederic Neema
- Zen and the Art of Classified Advertising, A WSJ Interview with Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist CEO
- Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder on the Tavis Smiley show
- List in Space: Calling the Cosmos Gets Commercial, a March 2005 article about classifieds from Craigslist
- Craigslist and the Craigslist Foundation, an October 2001 article from the San Francisco Art Magazine website
- iinnovatecast interview with Craig Newmark by Stanford business school students and alums
- Tacoma woman's house emptied after craigslist hoax News report on a house falling victim to Craigslist prank and being stripped out
- Craigslist's problem with overflow of spam, scams and offenders