Los AngelesCraigslist History
Craig Newmark observed people on the Net, on the WELL and in Usenet, helping one another out. In early '95, he decided to help out, in a very small way, telling people about cool events around San Francisco like the Anon Salon and Joe's Digital Diner. It spread through word of mouth, and became large enough to demand the use of a list server, majordomo, which required a name.
Craig wanted to call it "sf-events", but more knowledgeable friends suggested calling it "craigslist" to reinforce its personal and down-to-earth nature. He still finds it awkward that such a visible site is named after him, but he'll get over it.
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Over time, people started posting items on the list in different areas, jobs, stuff for sale, and apartments, the latter in response to San Francisco's apartment shortage. Craig wrote software which could automatically add email postings to a site which became www.craigslist.org.
After being approached toward the end of '97 about running banner ads, he decided to make craigslist non-commercial. Some things should be about money, some shouldn't, and I make enough doing contract programming." He was joined by other folks who proposed running face-to-face parties to make the sense of virtual community more physical, and who proposed creating a nonprofit foundation as part of craigslist.
Craig devoted himself full-time to craigslist in early 1999.
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Craig Newmark, its founder, was, and remains, protective of the noncommercial character of the site. In the early years, he ran it in his spare time with the help of other volunteers. Eventually, the traffic overwhelmed them; he quit his day job and imposed fees to pay for full-time stewardship. But he minimized the impact on the community by restricting the new charges to employers in San Francisco who placed job ads. Modest fees for employers in two other cities were added only last year, and only after Mr. Newmark invited Craigslist visitors to comment on the wisdom of the change; there were 3,000 remarks, all posted publicly. Today, 99.2 percent of Craigslist advertisements remain free."
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Craigslist Jobs
Craigslist History
Craig Newmark observed people on the Net, on the WELL and in Usenet, helping one another out. In early '95, he decided to help out, in a very small way, telling people about cool events around San Francisco like the Anon Salon and Joe's Digital Diner. It spread through word of mouth, and became large enough to demand the use of a list server, majordomo, which required a name.
Craig wanted to call it "sf-events", but more knowledgeable friends suggested calling it "craigslist" to reinforce its personal and down-to-earth nature. He still finds it awkward that such a visible site is named after him, but he'll get over it.
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Over time, people started posting items on the list in different areas, jobs, stuff for sale, and apartments, the latter in response to San Francisco's apartment shortage. Craig wrote software which could automatically add email postings to a site which became www.craigslist.org.
After being approached toward the end of '97 about running banner ads, he decided to make craigslist non-commercial. Some things should be about money, some shouldn't, and I make enough doing contract programming." He was joined by other folks who proposed running face-to-face parties to make the sense of virtual community more physical, and who proposed creating a nonprofit foundation as part of craigslist.
Craig devoted himself full-time to craigslist in early 1999.
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Craig Newmark, its founder, was, and remains, protective of the noncommercial character of the site. In the early years, he ran it in his spare time with the help of other volunteers. Eventually, the traffic overwhelmed them; he quit his day job and imposed fees to pay for full-time stewardship. But he minimized the impact on the community by restricting the new charges to employers in San Francisco who placed job ads. Modest fees for employers in two other cities were added only last year, and only after Mr. Newmark invited Craigslist visitors to comment on the wisdom of the change; there were 3,000 remarks, all posted publicly. Today, 99.2 percent of Craigslist advertisements remain free."
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Craigslist Jobs
As of late, Craigslist has started charging for some of the job postings in the most popular major cities. Most cities on craigslist are still free.
It's an out-of-character move for the site, which is best known for allowing users to post their ads free of charge. But it's the users who begged the site operators to do something about the number of repeat listings on the site.
Starting March 1, a $10 fee will be imposed for listings in New York with hopes of deterring the brokers who list the same apartment several times in a single day, Craigslist Inc. chief executive Jim Buckmaster said. There are no plans to impose fees for real estate listings in other cities.
In the highly charged, competitive real estate market of New York, the site has become a victim of its own success. Its simple interface gives the newest listings the most prominent spot, prompting some brokers to re-post the same listings several times a day to ensure that theirs were the first ones that home-seekers encounter.
As a result, the site gets 600,000 listings for real estate in New York per month; by instituting a fee, Craigslist hopes to cut that number by 90 percent.
"We've had requests for a long time to make a change like this," Buckmaster said, adding that there are no plans to charge for similar listings in other cities. "New York, and particularly Manhattan, is, in our experience, completely unique."
Craigslist executives have also had similar concerns about its job listings pages, prompting a fee for postings in select cities. A job ad in New York and Los Angeles is priced at $25, while a user who posts a job in the San Francisco region pays $75.
In addition to Washington, job listings in San Diego, Boston and Seattle are being considered for a possible fee later this year.
Craigslist's city-specific Web sites get 3 billion page views and are visited by 10 million viewers every month, the company said. On Craigslist forums debating the issue yesterday, many apartment seekers in New York indicated they were in favor of the fee.
"Please charge for listings. Please!!" wrote one respondent. "I'm tired of seeing the same apartment listed by the same person four times in the same day."
In Washington, some real estate agents were unsure if they would continue to use the site if a fee were imposed for local listings.
"We get a lot of activity from Craigslist," said Washington agent Tom Drury, who puts his listings on the site. "I wouldn't have any problem with" a nominal fee.
But Tony Hain, a Washington agent who also uses the site, said the bigger problem for Craigslist users is the lack of a good search mechanism.
Though he posts his listings there now, he might reconsider if there were a charge. "If it's really going down at the bottom of the list, it may be throwing money away," he said.
| city | craigslist | monster | career builder |
hotjobs |
| Atlanta | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Boston | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Chicago | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Dallas | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Denver | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Detroit | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Houston | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Las Vegas | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Los Angeles | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Miami | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Minneapolis | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| New Jersey | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| NYC | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Phila | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Phoenix | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Portland | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Raleigh | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Sacramento | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| San Diego | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Seattle | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| SF Bay Area | $75 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Toronto | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Vancouver | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| Wash, DC | $25 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
| All Others | $0 | $475 | $359 | $275 |
Craigslist Precautions
The dating scene, in general, is one which requires a great deal of precaution. The need for precautions is amplified in situations where the potential dates are being met through an online resource such as Craigslist. This is because the Internet allows individuals a certain degree of anonymity allowing them to misrepresent themselves either intentionally or unintentionally.
The most serious potential for danger which exists in using the personals section of Craigslist is that the other person may be someone who has the potential to harm the other person physically. The potential for this type of situation can be mitigated by setting a few ground rules. First it is important to arrange for face to face meetings in a busy, public location as opposed to a secluded location. Also, giving out information such as address and phone number should be avoided. This will help to prevent those with malicious intent from finding the individual.
One final precaution for those using Craigslist to meet potential dates is to keep an open mind about the other individuals you might meet. It is possible for an individual to meet a perfect match right away but it is more likely for individuals to receive a series of responses from those who do not meet the posters expectations.
Answering Housing Advertisements
The housing advertisements on Craigslist offer opportunities for those who are seeking housing situations such as rental of a housing location, roommate opportunities, sublets or house swaps. Care should be taken in all of these opportunities to ensure the person you are working with does not have any ill intentions towards you. This can be done by carefully screening all potential roommates or others who might be using your house or apartment.
When selecting a potential roommate it is important to verify the individual is trustworthy and able to pay the rent. It is also important to seekout an individual with living habits similar to your own to avoid the potential for conflict.