1. raigslist By: Josh Ebben

2. What is it? Centralized network of online communities Free online classified advertisements – Jobs – Housing – Personals – For Sale – Service – Events

3. History Founded by Craig Newmark Began service in 1995 Original service area was San Francisco Bay Area Created original as a mailing list for local events.

4. raigslist the Company Incorporated in 1999 Expanded in 2000 – 2003 to 31 cities – New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C. Originally profited with Job Postings and Apartment listings – Job Posting - $75 in San Francisco Area, $25 in the other main cities. – Apartment Listings - $10 per ad in New York City

5. raigslist the Company Craig quit his Network Engineering job in 2000 By April 2000 Craigslist has 9 employee working out of Craig's San Francisco Apartment On January 2000 the current CEO, Jim Buckmaster, joined the company as lead programmer – Jim contributed to the site multi city architecture, search engine, discussion forums and many other distinct characteristics

6. raigslist the Company Primary owners are Craig Newmark, Jim Buckmaster, and eBay Newmark is believed to be the majority owner eBay purchased 25% of the company in 2004 As of today still only charging for a few service offered to business, no advertising In 2001 Craigslist started the Craigslist foundation to help cities connect people and strengthen communities.

7. raigslist Profile The site serves approximatly 20 billion page views each month. – 37 th place worldwide rankings – 11 th place in the U.S 80 million new classified adds each month #1 classified service in any media Site layout has remained virtually the same since 2001 It is estimated that Craigslist profile are approximately $150 million in 2007

8. raigslist to “Craigslist” Craigslist began to see increases in subscribers which led to non event postings as there was no moderation of the site. Companies began posting job listing for technical positions as most subscribers had IT backgrounds.

9. raigslist and the “Free” environment Allows all users to post events to the public Find and post services that you need or provide Communicate on forums of all topics Enables people to not only post but to respond to the poster of items Meet people through the personals section Way of finding employees or employers

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