Tag Archive | "Craigslist"
craig still shrugging off competition
By Vanessa Dennis - Craig Newmark, founder of online classifieds site craigslist, has always been emphatic about keeping their trademark interface user-friendly. In an interview last January from SearchEngineWatch, Craig was asked about any future Web 2.0 plans. He said, "We're more like Web 0.1. We make incremental improvements, but we've gotta stay simple, usable, and fast." One has to wonder, though, why the most trafficked classifieds site has yet to develop an application for social networking sites Facebook or myspace. But considering their aversion to change, I wasn't surprised to hear Craig's response to my question.
Continue reading...confessions of a former careerbuilder sales guy
Sunday, June 22, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - The following e-mail was sent to me by a former CareerBuilder sales rep. The locations and names have been changed to protect the innocent. They discuss how "selling to HR" is a no-no when trying to make the sale.
Continue reading...msn’s craigslist killer dives into dead pool after 2 yrs.
Friday, June 6, 2008
MSN has pulled the plug on their free online classifieds solutions. WebProNews has a good summary. Check Google for more. Could Google Base be next?
Continue reading...craig newmark on the early days of craigslist
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was in Cleveland today (he’s a graduate of CWRU) speaking at a local tech event. Here’s some footage of him talking about the early days of the company (sorry ’bout the audio). Click here for more on Craigslist.
Continue reading...4 job sites make list of ‘most valuable digital startups’
Monday, April 28, 2008
In case you missed it, three employment-related sites have made it onto Silicon Alley Insider’s Top 25 most valuable digital start-ups, dubbed SAI 25. Another is close to breaking into the group. They are: No. 3 - Craigslist ($5 billion) No. 8 - LinkedIn ($1.3 billion) No. 16 - TheLadders ($500 million) (and SAI advertiser) Knocking on the door [...]
Continue reading...‘the newspaper is for losers’
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
In a session on millennials at SMA, one particular audience member. Lisa Browder, stood out as a recent dissenter from newspapers, favoring the world of Craigslist. Although not mentioned in the interview, one of the more memorable comments in speaking to her was the feedback from job candidates in Gen Y who thought “newspapers were [...]
Continue reading...craigslist hates monster as much as everyone else
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Craigslist’s brand new blog takes a few amusing potshots at rival Monster.com in a post entitled, “Monster getting desperate?” On several occasions over the last month, a large, tacky Monster.com truck has parked in front of our SF office, and proceeded to blast loud music, to the point where our front offices were rendered unfit for [...]
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