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ID#
URL
Site Name
State/Province
*Main Category*
*US*
Alabama
aub
372
auburn
bhm
127
birmingham, AL
dhn
467
dothan, AL
msl
560
florence / muscle shoals
anb
559
gadsden-anniston
hsv
231
huntsville / decatur
mob
200
mobile
mgm
207
montgomery
tsc
371
tuscaloosa
Alaska
anc
51
anchorage / mat-su
fai
677
fairbanks
ena
678
kenai peninsula
jnu
676
southeast alaska
Arizona
flg
244
flagstaff / sedona
mhv
565
mohave county
phx
18
phoenix
prc
419
prescott
sow
651
show low
fhu
468
sierra vista
tus
57
tucson
yum
370
yuma
Arkansas
fyv
293
fayetteville, AR
fsm
358
fort smith, AR
jbr
425
jonesboro
lit
100
little rock
txk
359
texarkana
California
bak
63
bakersfield
chc
187
chico
fre
43
fresno / madera
gld
373
gold country
hnf
709
hanford-corcoran
hmb
189
humboldt county
imp
455
imperial county
inl
104
inland empire
lax
7
los angeles
mdo
454
mendocino county
mer
285
merced
mod
96
modesto
mtb
102
monterey bay
orc
103
orange county
psp
209
palm springs, CA
rdd
188
redding
sac
12
sacramento
sdo
8
san diego
slo
191
san luis obispo
sba
62
santa barbara
smx
710
santa maria
sfo
1
SF bay area
ssk
708
siskiyou county
stk
97
stockton
ssn
707
susanville
oxr
208
ventura county
vis
346
visalia-tulare
ybs
456
yuba-sutter
Colorado
bou
319
boulder
cos
210
colorado springs
den
13
denver
eco
713
eastern CO
ftc
287
fort collins / north CO
rck
288
high rockies
pub
315
pueblo
gjt
320
western slope
Connecticut
nlo
281
eastern CT
htf
44
hartford
hvn
168
new haven
nct
354
northwest CT
Delaware
dlw
193
delaware
District of Columbia
wdc
10
washington, DC
Florida
dab
238
daytona beach
key
330
florida keys
mia
20
fort lauderdale
fmy
125
ft myers / SW florida
gnv
219
gainesville
cfl
639
heartland florida
jax
80
jacksonville
lal
376
lakeland
lcq
638
north central FL
oca
333
ocala
yps
640
okaloosa / walton
orl
39
orlando
pfn
562
panama city, FL
pns
203
pensacola
srq
237
sarasota-bradenton
south florida
mlb
331
space coast
ust
557
st augustine
tal
186
tallahassee
tpa
37
tampa bay area
psl
332
treasure coast
west palm beach
Georgia
aby
637
albany, GA
ahn
258
athens, GA
atl
14
atlanta
aug
256
augusta
bwk
570
brunswick, GA
csg
343
columbus, GA
mcn
257
macon / warner robins
nwg
636
northwest GA
sav
205
savannah / hinesville
tbr
635
statesboro
vld
427
valdosta
Hawaii
hnl
28
hawaii
Idaho
boi
52
boise
eid
424
east idaho
lws
654
lewiston / clarkston
twf
469
twin falls
Illinois
bln
344
bloomington-normal
chm
190
champaign urbana
chi
11
chicago
dil
569
decatur, IL
lsl
698
la salle co
mto
699
mattoon-charleston
pia
224
peoria
rfd
223
rockford
cbd
345
southern illinois
spi
225
springfield, IL
qcy
697
western IL
Indiana
bmg
229
bloomington, IN
ew
227
evansville
fwa
226
fort wayne
ind
45
indianapolis
okk
672
kokomo
laf
360
lafayette / west lafayette
mun
361
muncie / anderson
rin
671
richmond, IN
sbn
228
south bend / michiana
tha
348
terre haute
Iowa
ame
445
ames, IA
ced
340
cedar rapids
dsm
98
des moines
dbq
362
dubuque
ftd
693
fort dodge
iac
339
iowa city
msc
692
mason city
mli
307
quad cities, IA/IL
sux
341
sioux city, IA
otu
691
southeast IA
wlo
567
waterloo / cedar falls
Kansas
lwr
347
lawrence
mhk
428
manhattan, KS
nwk
688
northwest KS
sns
690
salina
sek
689
southeast KS
swk
687
southwest KS
tpk
280
topeka
wic
99
wichita
Kentucky
blg
342
bowling green
eky
674
eastern kentucky
lex
133
lexington, KY
lou
58
louisville
owb
673
owensboro
wky
377
western KY
Louisiana
btr
199
baton rouge
aex
644
central louisiana
hum
643
houma
lft
283
lafayette
lkc
284
lake charles
mlu
563
monroe, LA
nor
31
new orleans
shv
206
shreveport
Maine
mne
169
maine
Maryland
anp
460
annapolis
bal
34
baltimore
esh
328
eastern shore
fdk
633
frederick
smd
556
southern maryland
wmd
329
western maryland
Massachusetts
bos
4
boston
cap
239
cape cod / islands
sma
378
south coast
wma
173
western massachusetts
wor
240
worcester / central MA
Michigan
aaa
172
ann arbor
btc
628
battle creek
cmu
434
central michigan
det
22
detroit metro
fnt
259
flint
grr
129
grand rapids
hld
630
holland
jxn
426
jackson, MI
kzo
261
kalamazoo
lan
212
lansing
mnr
629
monroe
mkg
554
muskegon
nmi
309
northern michigan
phn
555
port huron
mbs
260
saginaw-midland-baycity
swm
572
southwest michigan
thb
627
the thumb
yup
262
upper peninsula
Minnesota
bji
663
bemidji
brd
664
brainerd
dlh
255
duluth / superior
mkt
421
mankato
min
19
minneapolis / st paul
rmn
316
rochester, MN
mml
665
southwest MN
stc
369
st cloud
Mississippi
gpt
230
gulfport / biloxi
usm
374
hattiesburg
jan
134
jackson, MS
mei
641
meridian
nms
375
north mississippi
hez
642
southwest MS
Missouri
cou
222
columbia / jeff city
jln
423
joplin
ksc
30
kansas city, MO
krk
696
kirksville
loz
695
lake of the ozarks
smo
566
southeast missouri
sgf
221
springfield, MO
stj
694
st joseph
stl
29
st louis, MO
Montana
bil
657
billings
bzn
658
bozeman
btm
661
butte
gtf
660
great falls
hln
659
helena
fca
662
kalispell
mso
656
missoula
mnt
192
montana (old)
Nebraska
gil
432
grand island
lnk
282
lincoln
lbf
668
north platte
oma
55
omaha / council bluffs
bff
669
scottsbluff / panhandle
Nevada
elk
652
elko
lvg
26
las vegas
rno
92
reno / tahoe
New Hampshire
nhm
198
new hampshire
New Jersey
cnj
349
central NJ
jys
561
jersey shore
njy
170
north jersey
snj
286
south jersey
New Mexico
abq
50
albuquerque
cvn
653
clovis / portales
fnm
568
farmington, NM
lcr
334
las cruces
row
420
roswell / carlsbad
saf
218
santa fe / taos
zzz
New York.
New York
alb
59
albany
bgm
248
binghamton
buf
40
buffalo
cat
451
catskills
chq
452
chautauqua
elm
453
elmira-corning
fgl
685
finger lakes
gfl
686
glens falls
hud
249
hudson valley
ith
201
ithaca
isp
250
long island
nyc
3
new york city
onh
684
oneonta
plb
338
plattsburgh-adirondacks
ptd
683
potsdam-canton-massena
rcs
126
rochester, NY
syr
130
syracuse
tts
704
twin tiers NY/PA
uti
247
utica-rome-oneida
wtn
337
watertown
North Carolina
ash
171
asheville
bnc
446
boone
cha
41
charlotte
enc
335
eastern NC
fay
273
fayetteville
gbo
61
greensboro
hky
462
hickory / lenoir
oaj
634
jacksonville, NC
obx
336
outer banks
ral
36
raleigh / durham / CH
wnc
274
wilmington, NC
wsl
272
winston-salem
North Dakota
bis
666
bismarck
far
435
fargo / moorhead
gfk
667
grand forks
ndk
196
north dakota
Ohio
cak
251
akron / canton
jfn
700
ashtabula
ohu
438
athens, OH
chl
701
chillicothe
cin
35
cincinnati, OH
cle
27
cleveland
col
42
columbus
day
131
dayton / springfield
lma
437
lima / findlay
mfd
436
mansfield
sky
573
sandusky
tol
204
toledo
nph
703
tuscarawas co
yng
252
youngstown
zyl
702
zanesville / cambridge
Oklahoma
law
422
lawton
end
650
northwest OK
okc
54
oklahoma city
osu
433
stillwater
tul
70
tulsa
Oregon
bnd
233
bend
crv
350
corvallis/albany
eor
322
east oregon
eug
94
eugene
klf
675
klamath falls
mfr
216
medford-ashland
cor
321
oregon coast
pdx
9
portland, OR
rbg
459
roseburg
sle
232
salem, OR
Pennsylvania
aoo
355
altoona-johnstown
cbg
705
cumberland valley
eri
275
erie, PA
hrs
166
harrisburg
lns
279
lancaster, PA
alt
167
lehigh valley
mdv
706
meadville
phi
17
philadelphia
pit
33
pittsburgh
poc
356
poconos
rea
278
reading
avp
276
scranton / wilkes-barre
psu
277
state college
wpt
463
williamsport
yrk
357
york, PA
Rhode Island
prv
38
rhode island
South Carolina
chs
128
charleston, SC
cae
101
columbia, SC
flo
464
florence, SC
gsp
253
greenville / upstate
hhi
353
hilton head
myr
254
myrtle beach
South Dakota
abr
682
northeast SD
csd
681
pierre / central SD
rap
680
rapid city / west SD
fsd
679
sioux falls / SE SD
sdk
195
south dakota
Tennessee
cht
220
chattanooga
ckv
465
clarksville, TN
coo
670
cookeville
jxt
558
jackson, TN
knx
202
knoxville
mem
46
memphis, TN
nsh
32
nashville
tri
323
tri-cities, TN
Territories
gum
245
guam-micronesia
pri
180
puerto rico
vrg
616
virgin islands
Texas
abi
364
abilene
ama
269
amarillo
aus
15
austin
bpt
264
beaumont / port arthur
bro
266
brownsville
cst
326
college station
crp
265
corpus christi
dal
21
dallas / fort worth
och
645
deep east texas
drt
647
del rio / eagle pass
elp
132
el paso
gls
470
galveston
hou
23
houston
grk
327
killeen / temple / ft hood
lrd
271
laredo
lbb
267
lubbock
mca
263
mcallen / edinburg
odm
268
odessa / midland
sjt
646
san angelo
sat
53
san antonio
tsu
449
san marcos
wtx
648
southwest TX
txm
649
texoma
etx
308
tyler / east TX
vtx
564
victoria, TX
wco
270
waco
wtf
365
wichita falls
Utah
lgu
448
logan
ogd
351
ogden-clearfield
pvu
292
provo / orem
slc
56
salt lake city
stg
352
st george
Vermont
brl
93
vermont
Virginia
uva
290
charlottesville
dnv
367
danville
ezf
457
fredericksburg
nfk
48
hampton roads
shd
447
harrisonburg
lyn
366
lynchburg
vpi
291
new river valley
ric
60
richmond
roa
289
roanoke
vaw
712
southwest VA
okv
711
winchester
Washington
bli
217
bellingham
kpr
324
kennewick-pasco-richland
mlk
655
moses lake
olp
466
olympic peninsula
plm
368
pullman / moscow
sea
2
seattle-tacoma
mvw
461
skagit / island / SJI
spk
95
spokane / coeur d’alene
wen
325
wenatchee
yak
246
yakima
West Virginia
crw
439
charleston, WV
ewv
444
eastern panhandle
hts
442
huntington-ashland
wvu
440
morgantown
whl
443
northern panhandle
pkb
441
parkersburg-marietta
swv
632
southern WV
wva
194
west virginia (old)
Wisconsin
app
243
appleton-oshkosh-FDL
eau
242
eau claire
grb
241
green bay
jvl
553
janesville
rac
552
kenosha-racine
lse
363
la crosse
mad
165
madison
mil
47
milwaukee
nwi
631
northern WI
sbm
571
sheboygan, WI
wau
458
wausau
Wyoming
wyo
197
wyoming
*Oceania*
Australia
adl
68
adelaide
bne
66
brisbane
cns
592
cairns
cbr
489
canberra
drw
491
darwin
ool
590
gold coast
mel
65
melbourne
ntl
591
newcastle, NSW
per
67
perth
syd
64
sydney
hba
490
tasmania
wol
593
wollongong
New Zealand
akl
69
auckland, NZ
chr
301
christchurch
dud
594
dunedin
wll
302
wellington
*Latin America and Caribbean*
Argentina
bue
114
buenos aires
Bolivia
lpb
578
bolivia
Brazil
cnf
513
belo horizonte
bsb
514
brasilia
cwb
517
curitiba
ftl
518
fortaleza
pgp
515
porto alegre
rec
516
recife
rio
139
rio de janeiro
ssa
392
salvador, bahia
spo
113
sao paulo
Chile
scl
158
chile
Colombia
bog
393
colombia
Costa Rica
cri
179
costa rica
Dominican Republic
sdq
617
dominican republic
Ecuador
qui
545
ecuador
El Salvador
sal
587
el salvador
Guatemala
gua
585
guatemala
Mexico
aca
512
acapulco
bcs
406
baja california sur
chh
505
chihuahua
cjs
511
ciudad juarez
gdl
404
guadalajara
bjx
431
guanajuato
hrm
506
hermosillo
mzt
509
mazatlan
mex
91
mexico city
mty
408
monterrey
oax
510
oaxaca
pbl
508
puebla
pvr
407
puerto vallarta
tij
181
tijuana
vcz
507
veracruz
yuc
405
yucatan
Nicaragua
mga
586
nicaragua
Panama
pan
298
panama
Peru
lim
159
peru
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
mvd
543
montevideo
Venezuela
ccs
178
venezuela
Virgin Islands, U. S.
crb
299
caribbean islands
Caribbean Islands
*Europe*
Austria
vie
122
austria/vienna
Belgium
bru
109
belgium
Bulgaria
sof
584
bulgaria
Croatia
zag
546
croatia
Czech Republic
prg
138
Czech Republic/prague
Denmark
Finland
cop
107
copenhagen
hel
145
finland
France
bod
412
bordeaux
rns
526
brittany
gnb
525
grenoble
lil
413
lille
nte
415
loire valley
lys
150
lyon
mrs
149
marseille
mpl
524
montpellier
nce
306
nice / cote d’azur
rou
527
normandy
par
81
paris
sxb
414
strasbourg
tls
411
toulouse
Germany
ber
108
berlin
brm
522
bremen
cgn
313
cologne
drs
521
dresden
dus
418
dusseldorf
ess
523
essen / ruhr
fra
141
frankfurt
ham
140
hamburg
haj
417
hannover
hdb
519
heidelberg
klt
618
kaiserslautern
lej
520
leipzig
muc
142
munich
nue
614
nuremberg
str
416
stuttgart
Greece
ath
144
greece
Hungary
bud
153
budapest
Iceland
rkv
579
reykjavik
Ireland
dub
74
dublin
Italy
396
bologna
flr
152
florence / tuscany
gen
531
genoa
mxp
111
milan
nap
151
napoli / campania
peg
530
perugia
rom
121
rome
srd
532
sardinia
sic
311
sicilia
trn
397
torino
vce
310
venice / veneto
Luxembourg
lux
544
luxembourg
Netherlands
ams
82
amsterdam / randstad
Norway
osl
105
norway
Poland
waw
147
poland
Portugal
fro
542
faro / algarve
lis
540
lisbon
pto
541
porto
Romania
buh
574
romania
Russian Federation
mos
137
moscow
stp
143
st petersburg
Spain
alc
533
alicante
ibz
534
baleares
bar
83
barcelona
bio
535
bilbao
cdz
536
cadiz
tfn
537
canarias
grx
538
granada
mdd
110
madrid
agp
539
malaga
sev
395
sevilla
val
394
valencia
Sweden
sth
106
sweden
Switzerland
bsl
528
basel
brn
529
bern
gva
146
geneva
lau
615
lausanne
zur
112
zurich
Turkey
ist
148
turkey
Ukraine
kbp
583
ukraine
United Kingdom
abz
318
aberdeen
bth
494
bath
blf
115
belfast
bhx
72
birmingham / west mids
bri
398
brighton
brs
117
bristol
cam
312
cambridge, UK
cym
116
cardiff / wales
cov
495
coventry
dby
496
derby
dvc
399
devon & cornwall
dnd
498
dundee
nwh
402
east anglia
eml
400
east midlands
edi
75
edinburgh
esx
497
essex
gla
73
glasgow
sou
403
hampshire
ken
493
kent
lds
123
leeds
liv
118
liverpool
ldn
24
london
man
71
manchester
ncl
163
newcastle / NE england
not
492
nottingham
ovf
211
oxford
shf
401
sheffield
*Canada*
Alberta
clg
77
calgary
edm
78
edmonton
fmc
477
ft mcmurray
lth
476
lethbridge
hat
619
medicine hat
pax
620
peace river country
red
475
red deer
British Columbia
cbo
621
cariboo
cmx
473
comox valley
abb
471
fraser valley
kml
381
kamloops
kel
380
kelowna / okanagan
koo
474
kootenays
nmo
382
nanaimo
yxs
383
prince george
ske
623
skeena-bulkley
sun
622
sunshine coast
van
16
vancouver, BC
vic
177
victoria
whi
472
whistler, BC
Manitoba
win
79
winnipeg
New Brunswick
nbw
379
new brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
nfl
305
st john’s, NL
Northwest Territories
toc
488
territories
ykf
624
yellowknife
Nova Scotia
hfx
174
halifax
Ontario
brr
389
barrie
bel
483
belleville, ON
bfd
626
brantford-woodstock
chk
484
chatham-kent
ycc
481
cornwall, ON
gph
482
guelph
hml
213
hamilton-burlington
kng
385
kingston, ON
kch
214
kitchener-waterloo-cambridge
lon
234
london, ON
nsc
386
niagara region
ott
76
ottawa-hull-gatineau
ows
487
owen sound
ypq
388
peterborough
srn
486
sarnia
soo
485
sault ste marie, ON
sud
384
sudbury
tby
387
thunder bay
tor
25
toronto
wsr
235
windsor
Prince Edward Island
pei
304
prince edward island
Quebec
mon
49
montreal
qbc
175
quebec city
sgy
480
saguenay
shb
390
sherbrooke
trs
479
trois-rivieres
Saskatchewan
reg
478
regina
skt
176
saskatoon
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whh
625
whitehorse
*Asia, Pacific and Middle East*
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295
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154
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602
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ckg
601
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600
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can
409
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hgh
500
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nkg
599
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sha
135
shanghai
she
598
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szx
499
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wuh
597
wuhan
xiy
603
xi’an
Hong Kong
hkz
87
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India
amd
450
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bng
84
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bbi
612
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ixc
610
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che
182
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del
86
delhi
goa
430
hyd
183
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idr
549
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jai
550
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cok
410
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kol
184
kolkata (calcutta)
lko
611
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mum
85
mumbai
png
317
pune
svt
613
surat surat
Indonesia
jkt
157
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Iran
trh
589
iran
Iraq
bgd
588
iraq
Israel and Palestine
hfa
391
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jrs
161
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tlv
160
tel aviv
pal
551
west bank
Japan
fuk
503
fukuoka
hij
504
hiroshima
ngo
501
nagoya
oka
429
okinawa
osa
120
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spp
502
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sdj
596
sendai
tok
88
tokyo
Korea
sel
119
seoul
Kuwait
kwi
577
kuwait
Lebanon
bey
296
beirut, lebanon
Malaysia
mly
297
malaysia
Pakistan
pak
294
pakistan
Philippines
bcd
606
bacolod
wnp
609
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cdo
604
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ceb
548
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dvo
547
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605
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mnl
90
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608
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zam
607
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89
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twd
155
taiwan
Thailand
bkk
156
thailand
United Arab Emirates
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215
united arab emirates
Vietnam
vtn
314
vietnam
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cai
162
egypt
Ethiopia
add
576
ethiopia
Ghana
acc
575
ghana
Kenya
nbo
582
kenya
Morocco
cas
580
morocco
South Africa
cpt
136
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dur
303
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jnb
185
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hpr
595
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tun
581
tunisia
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Craigslist – Wikipedia
Craigslist reenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008Type of businessPrivately held companyType of siteClassifieds, forumsAvailable inEnglish, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, PortugueseFounded1995; 26 years ago (incorporated 1999)HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U. S. [1]Area served570 cities in 70 countriesFounder(s)Craig NewmarkKey peopleJim Buckmaster (CEO)ServicesWeb communicationsRevenue US$694 million (2016)Net income US$500 million (2016)Employees50 (2017)URL2]Launched1995; 26 years agoCurrent statusActiveWritten inPerl[3]
Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories. It started expanding to other U. and Canadian cities in 2000, and now covers 70 countries.
In March 2008, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese became the first non-English languages Craigslist supported. [4] As of August 9, 2012, over 700 cities and areas in 70 countries had Craigslist sites. [5] Some Craigslist sites cover large regions instead of individual metropolitan areas—for example, the U. states of Delaware and Wyoming, the Colorado Western Slope, the California Gold Country, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are among the locations with their own Craigslist sites. [6] Craigslist sites for some large cities, such as Los Angeles, also include the ability for the user to focus on a specific area of a city (such as central Los Angeles).
History[edit]
Having observed people helping one another in friendly, social, and trusting communal ways on the Internet via the WELL, MindVox and Usenet, and feeling isolated as a relative newcomer to San Francisco, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark decided to create something similar for local events. [7][8] In early 1995, he began an email distribution list to friends. Most of the early postings were submitted by Newmark and were notices of social events of interest to software and Internet developers living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Soon, word of mouth led to rapid growth. The number of subscribers and postings grew rapidly. There was no moderation and Newmark was surprised when people started using the mailing list for non-event postings. [9] People trying to get technical positions filled found that the list was a good way to reach people with the skills they were looking for. This led to the addition of a jobs category. User demand for more categories caused the list of categories to grow. The initial technology encountered some limits, so by June 1995 Majordomo had been installed and the mailing list “Craigslist” resumed operations. Community members started asking for a web interface. Newmark registered “”, and the website went live in 1996. [9]
In the fall of 1998, the name “List Foundation” was introduced and Craigslist started transitioning to the use of this name. In April 1999, when Newmark learned of other organizations called “List Foundation”, the use of this name was dropped. Craigslist incorporated as a private for-profit company in 1999. [7] Around the time of these events, Newmark realized the site was growing so fast that he could stop working as a software engineer and devote his full attention to running Craigslist. By April 2000, there were nine employees working out of Newmark’s San Francisco apartment. [10]
In January 2000, current CEO Jim Buckmaster joined the company as lead programmer and CTO. Buckmaster contributed the site’s multi-city architecture, search engine, discussion forums, flagging system, self-posting process, homepage design, personals categories, and best-of-Craigslist feature. He was promoted to CEO in November 2000. [11]
The website expanded into nine more U. cities in 2000, four in 2001 and 2002 each, and 14 in 2003. On August 1, 2004, Craigslist began charging $25 to post job openings on the New York and Los Angeles pages. On the same day, a new section called “Gigs” was added, where low-cost and unpaid jobs can be posted free.
Operations[edit]
The site serves more than 20 billion[12] page views per month, putting it in 72nd place overall among websites worldwide and 11th place overall among websites in the United States (per on June 28, 2016), with more than 49. 4 million unique monthly visitors in the United States alone (per on January 8, 2010). With more than 80 million new classified advertisements each month, Craigslist is the leading classifieds service in any medium.
The site receives more than 2 million new job listings each month, making it one of the top job boards in the world. [13][14] The 23 largest U. cities listed on the Craigslist home page collectively receive more than 300, 000 postings per day just in the “for sale” and “housing” sections as of October 2011. [15] The classified advertisements range from traditional buy/sell ads and community announcements to personal ads.
In 2009, Craigslist operated with a staff of 28 people. [16]
Financials and ownership[edit]
In December 2006, at the UBS Global Media Conference in New York, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told Wall Street analysts that Craigslist had little interest in maximizing profit, and instead preferred to help users find cars, apartments, jobs and dates. [17][18]
Craigslist’s main source of revenue is paid job ads in select American cities. The company does not formally disclose financial or ownership information. Analysts and commentators have reported varying figures for its annual revenue, ranging from $10 million in 2004, $20 million in 2005, and $25 million in 2006 to possibly $150 million in 2007. [19][20][21] Fortune has described their revenue model as “quasi-socialist”, citing their focus on features for users regardless of profitability. Eric Baker of StubHub has described the site as a “potential gold mine of revenue, if only it would abandon its communist manifesto. “[19]
On August 13, 2004, Newmark announced on his blog that auction giant eBay had purchased a 25% stake in the company from a former employee. [22] Some fans of Craigslist expressed concern that this development would affect the site’s longtime non-commercial nature. As of April 2012, there have been no substantive changes to the usefulness, or the non-advertising nature of the site; neither banner ads, nor charges for a few services provided to businesses.
The company was believed to be owned principally by Newmark, Buckmaster and eBay (the three board members). eBay owned approximately 25%, and Newmark is believed to own the largest stake. [6][21][23]
In April 2008, eBay announced it was suing Craigslist to “safeguard its four-year financial investment”. eBay claimed that in January 2008, Craigslist executives took actions that “unfairly diluted eBay’s economic interest by more than 10%”. [24] Craigslist filed a counter-suit in May 2008 to “remedy the substantial and ongoing harm to fair competition” that Craigslist claimed was constituted by eBay’s actions as Craigslist shareholders; the company claimed that it had used its minority stake to gain access to confidential information, which it then used as part of its competing service Kijiji. [25][26]
On June 19, 2015, eBay Inc. announced that it would divest its stake back to Craigslist for an undisclosed amount, and settle its litigation with the company. The move came shortly before eBay’s planned spin-off of PayPal, and an effort to divest other units to focus on its core business. [25]
The Swedish luxury marketplace website received a lawsuit filed on July 11, 2012[27] which among unspecified damages also asked for a complete shutdown of [28] As a consequence, the young company was forced to rename to JamesEdition.
Content policies[edit]
As of 2012, mashup sites such as and were overlaying Craigslist data with Google Maps and adding their own search filters to improve usability. In June 2012, Craigslist changed its terms of service to disallow the practice. In July 2012, Craigslist filed a lawsuit against [29] Following the shutdown of, some users complained that the service was useful to them and therefore should have remained intact. [30]
App[edit]
In December 2019, Craigslist introduced a platform for iOS and a beta version on Android. [31]
Site characteristics[edit]
Personals[edit]
Over the years Craigslist has become a very popular online destination for arranging for dates and sex. [32][33][34][35][36] The personals section allows for postings that are for “strictly platonic”, “dating/romance”, and “casual encounters”. [32][33][35][36]
The site is considered particularly useful by lesbians and gay men seeking to make connections, because of the service’s free and open nature and because of the difficulty of otherwise finding each other in more conservative areas. [37]
In 2005, San Francisco Craigslist’s men seeking men section was attributed to facilitating sexual encounters and was the second most common correlation to syphilis infections. [37] The company has been pressured by San Francisco Department of Public Health officials, prompting Jim Buckmaster to state that the site has a very small staff and that the public “must police themselves”. [37] The site has, however, added links to San Francisco City Clinic and STD forums. [37]
On March 22, 2018, Craigslist discontinued its “Personals” section in the United States in response to the passing of the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), which removes Section 230 safe harbours for interactive services knowingly involved in illegal sex trafficking. The service stated that
US Congress just passed HR 1865, ‘FOSTA’, seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully. Any tool or service can be misused. We can’t take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness! [38]
Adult services controversy[edit]
Craigslist website as it appeared on September 4, 2010, with black censored box in place of Adult Services
Advertisements for “adult” (previously “erotic”) services were initially given special treatment, then closed entirely on September 4, 2010, following a controversy over claims by state attorneys general that the advertisements promoted prostitution. [39][40]
In 2002, a disclaimer was put on the “men seeking men”, “casual encounters”, “erotic services”, and “rants and raves” boards to ensure that those who clicked on these sections were over the age of 18, but no disclaimer was put on the “men seeking women”, “women seeking men” or “women seeking women” boards. As a response to charges of discrimination and negative stereotyping, Buckmaster explained that the company’s policy is a response to user feedback requesting the warning on the more sexually explicit sections, including “men seeking men”. [41]
On May 13, 2009, Craigslist announced that it would close the erotic services section, replacing it with an adult services section to be reviewed by Craigslist employees. This decision came after allegations by several U. states that the erotic services ads were being used for prostitution. [42]
On September 4, 2010, Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website in the United States. The site initially replaced the adult services page link with the word “censored” in white-on-black text. The site received criticism and complaints from attorneys general that the section’s ads were facilitating prostitution and child sex trafficking. [43][44]
The adult services section link was still active in countries outside of the U. [45] Matt Zimmerman, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said, “Craigslist isn’t legally culpable for these posts, but the public pressure has increased and Craigslist is a small company. ” Brian Carver, attorney and assistant professor at UC Berkeley, said that legal threats could have a chilling effect on online expression. “If you impose liability on Craigslist, YouTube and Facebook for anything their users do, then they’re not going to take chances. It would likely result in the takedown of what might otherwise be perfectly legitimate free expression. “[46]
On September 8, 2010, the “censored” label and its dead link to adult services were completely removed. [47][48]
Craigslist announced on September 15, 2010, that it had closed its adult services in the United States; however, it defended its right to carry such ads. Free speech and some sex crime victim advocates criticized the removal of the section, saying that it threatened free speech and that it diminished law enforcement’s ability to track criminals. However, the removal was applauded by many state attorneys general and some other groups fighting sex crimes. Craigslist said that there is some indication that those who posted ads in the adult services section are posting elsewhere. Sex ads had cost $10 initially and it was estimated they would have brought in $44 million in 2010 had they continued. [49][50] In the four months following the closure, monthly revenue from sex ads on six other sites (primarily Backpage) increased from $2. 1 to $3. 1 million, partly due to price increases. [51]
The company makes efforts to fight prostitution and sex trafficking, and in 2015, Craig Newmark received an award from the FBI for cooperation with law enforcement to fight human trafficking. [52][53][54][55][56]
On December 19, 2010, after pressure from Ottawa and several provinces, Craigslist closed ‘Erotic Services’ and ‘Adult Gigs’ from its Canadian website, even though prostitution was not itself illegal in Canada at the time. [57]
When the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act was signed into law on April 11, 2018, Craigslist chose to close its “Personals” section within all US domains to avoid civil lawsuits. [58] About their decision, Craigslist stated “Any tool or service can be misused. We can’t take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services. “[59][60]
Flagging[edit]
Craigslist has a user flagging system to quickly identify illegal and inappropriate postings. Users may flag postings they believe to be in violation of Craigslist guidelines.
Flagging does not require account login or registration, and can be done anonymously by anyone. [61] Postings are subject to automated removal when a certain number of users flag them. The number of flags required for a posting’s removal is dynamically variable and remains unknown to all but Craigslist staff. [61] Some users allege that flagging may also occur as acts of vandalism by groups of individuals at different ISPs, but no evidence of this has ever been shown. Flagging can also alert Craigslist staff to blocks of ads requiring manual oversight or removal. [61]
Flagging is also done by Craigslist itself (Craigslist’s automated systems) and the posts will never appear on the search results. [62]
Bartering[edit]
Craigslist includes a barter option in its “for sale” section. This growing trade economy has been documented on the television program Barter Kings and the blog one red paperclip. [63][64]
Criticism[edit]
In July 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle criticized Craigslist for allowing ads from dog breeders, stating that this could encourage the over-breeding and irresponsible selling of pit bulls in the Bay Area. [65] According to Craigslist’s terms of service, the sale of pets is prohibited, though re-homing with small adoption fees is acceptable. [66]
In January 2006, the San Francisco Bay Guardian published an editorial claiming that Craigslist could threaten the business of local alternative newspapers. [67]
L. Gordon Crovitz, writing for The Wall Street Journal, criticized the company for using lawsuits “to prevent anyone from doing to it what it did to newspapers”, contrary to the spirit of the website, which bills itself in a “noncommercial nature, public service mission, and noncorporate culture”. [68]
This article was a reaction to lawsuits from Craigslist which Crovitz says were intended to prevent competition. Craigslist filed a trademark lawsuit against the Swedish luxury marketplace website on July 11, 2012, [69] forcing the company to rename to JamesEdition.
In 2012, Craigslist sued PadMapper, a site that hoped to improve the user interface for browsing housing ads, and 3Taps, a company that helped PadMapper obtain data from Craigslist, in Craigslist v. 3Taps. This led users to criticize Craigslist for trying to shut down a service that was useful to them. [30]
Nonprofit foundation[edit]
In 2001, the company started the Craigslist Foundation, [70] a § 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers free and low-cost events and online resources to promote community building at all levels. 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”.
Since 2004, the Craigslist Foundation has hosted eight annual conferences called Boot Camp, an in-person event that focuses on skills for connecting, motivating and inspiring greater community involvement and impact.
The Craigslist Foundation is also the fiscal sponsor for Our Good Works, the organization that manages, an application that distributes volunteer opportunities across the web and helps people get involved in their communities. [71]
As of summer 2013, the Craigslist Foundation’s functions are mostly moved to and the is no longer updated. has shut down. [72] Its website is gone, and its Facebook page has not been updated since 2017.
In popular culture[edit]
Films[edit]
24 Hours on Craigslist (2005), an American feature-length documentary that captures the people and stories behind a single day’s posts on Craigslist
Due Date shows one of the lead characters, Ethan (Zach Galifianakis), buying marijuana from a dealer through the site.
The Craigslist Killer (January 3, 2011), [73] a Lifetime made-for-TV movie featuring the story of Philip Markoff, who was accused of robbing and/or murdering several prostitutes he met through Craigslist’s adult services section.
Craigslist Joe (August 2012), a documentary featuring a 29-year-old man living for 31 days solely from donations of food, shelter, and transportation throughout the U. S., found via Craigslist[74]
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), a comedy based on a real Craiglist ad placed by two brothers who wanted dates for their cousin’s wedding that went viral in February 2013, which they then turned into a book, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails. [75]
Television[edit]
The American comedy series Bored to Death revolves around a fictional Jonathan Ames (played by Jason Schwartzman) who posts an ad on Craigslist advertising himself as an unlicensed private detective.
The premise of the sitcom New Girl centers around a girl (Zooey Deschanel) who looks on Craigslist to find new roommates. She misunderstands one of the listings and ends up moving in with three men, when she had intended to find female roommates.
The American television mockumentary comedy sitcom Modern Family in the 10th episode of the third season “Express Christmas” mentions Craigslist when Phil Dunphy played by Ty Burrell buys a signed Joe Dimaggio card for his father-in-law Jay played by Ed ONeill. [76]
Theatre[edit]
In November 2007, Ryan J. Davis directed Jeffery Self’s solo show My Life on the Craigslist at off-Broadway’s New World Stages. [77] The show focuses on a young man’s sexual experiences on Craigslist and was so successful that it returned to New York by popular demand in February 2008. [78]
Video games[edit]
2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV features a parody of Craigslist called ‘Craplist’, which can be accessed by the player through the game’s in-game internet feature. The player can browse the site and view numerous satirical adverts.
Songs[edit]
In June 2009, “Weird Al” Yankovic released a song entitled “Craigslist”, which parodied the types of ads one might see on the site. The song was a style parody of The Doors and featured Doors member Ray Manzarek on the keyboards.
In 2006, composer Gabriel Kahane released an album of his satirical art songs for voice and piano, entitled “Craigslistlieder”, using excerpts from real Craigslist ads as text. [79]
Media[edit]
Craigslist received attention in the media in 2011 and 2014 when it was reported that convicted murderers had used the platform to lure their victims. [80][81]
The site has been described by Martin Sorrell as “socialistic anarchist”. [82]
See also[edit]
eBay
Facebook Marketplace
Mercari
OfferUp
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Further reading[edit]
Gale Directory of Company Histories, “craigslist” (2007) online
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Craigslist.
Official website
Company blog
Craigslist Foundation
“Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess”. August 24, 2009.
Newman, Lily Hay (January 30, 2015). “Police Stations Increasingly Offer Safe Haven for Craigslist Transactions”. Slate.
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