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The Internet has drastically changed advertising options for consumers and businesses, inundating Web users with everything from website banners and annoying pop-up ads to classified advertising sites such as Craigslist. Many different kinds of ads appear on Craigslist, including products, services, housing opportunities and internships. Since Craigslist publishes advertising from around the world, it’s important for you to search for what you need in the right locale. If Craigslist doesn’t detect your hometown automatically, you can easily change your region in just a few moments. Navigate to in your Web browser. Check the location that Craigslist will search by default — the location is displayed at the top of the page. If the location is correct, then you don’t need to change that setting. Select the best menu option from the list of regions on the right to access additional options. Three options are available for locations in America: “nearby cl” for city locations close to the location Craigslist detects as yours; “US cities” for a list of large, commonly searched cities; and “US states, ” which brings up a list of all 50 states as well as Washington D. C., Guam and Puerto Rico. Select the correct city or state as your preference. If you choose a state, your browser will load a new page listing large cities in your state and you can click on any city to search in that region. Type a word or phrase in the “Search Craigslist” text box on the left. Select the type of results you want from the drop-down menu below the search box. Common categories that people search are “For Sale, ” “Jobs, ” “Housing” and “Events. ” If you’re not sure which option you need, just use the default “For Sale. ” Click the button below the search box to execute your search. Alternately, you can press the “Enter” key after you finish typing the word or phrase you want to search on. Tips If you create an account at Craigslist, you can change your default region by clicking “My Account” on the left side of the main Craigslist page; then select “Account Settings” and choose your location from the “default site” drop-down menu. Writer Bio A lover of technology in all forms, Matt Skaggs began writing professionally in 2010, specializing in Windows computers and Android devices. His writing has appeared on many websites providing a plethora of technology information and tutorials. In 2008 Skaggs graduated from Bob Jones University with a Bachelor of Arts in humanities.
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There are two ways to search craigslist: homepage search and category search.
1. Homepage Search
To search from the homepage, start typing in the box beneath “search craigslist”.
Make sure the location named at the top is where you want to search.
If the location is not correct, visit our list of available sites, and choose the most appropriate one.
As you type, you will be given results in a variety of categories.
Click the one that best describes what you are looking for.
2. Category Search
To search a specific category, click on the category (e. g. “for sale”) or sub-category (e. “bikes”) name.
If you select a sub-category (e. “bikes”), you may choose “all”, “by-owner”, or “by-dealer” postings.
Type in the box at the top of the page, then click the magnifying glass to search.
3. Display Options
To change how results are displayed, click on the dropdown menu under the search bar on the left.
craigslist provides four different ways to display search results:
List: post titles only
Thumb: small image to the left of the post title
Gallery: large image above the post title
Map: postings are displayed on a map; click a pin for more information
1. Adjusting Search Results
Each category has options for refining your search on the left side of the screen.
Once you have chosen the options you want to search by, click “update search”.
2. Location Search
For some sites, you can click on a subarea to the right of the location name to filter your results.
For these sites, you can also use the drop down menu on a search page.
3. Narrowing Your Search
The following methods can be used to further narrow your search results:
Phrase Search: You can use quotation marks to search for a specific phrase. e. this search finds postings with the exact phrase “coffee table” listed: “coffee table”
Exclude Terms: You can exclude a term by using the “-” symbol before the word you want excluded. this search finds postings that have the word ‘table’ but not ‘coffee’: table -coffee
“OR” Search: You can find postings with one or multiple terms by using the “|” symbol between words. this search finds postings that have ‘honda’ or ‘toyota’ (or both): honda | toyota
Grouping: You can group terms together in parenthesis when queries are complicated.
e. this search finds postings with ‘honda’ or ‘toyota’ (or both) but not 2000 or 2001: (toyota | honda) -2000 -2001
Wildcards: You can search for different forms of a word by using the “*” symbol. din* table (matches “dining table, ” “dinner table”)e. wood floo* (matches “wood floors, ” “wood flooring”, etc)e. iphone* (matches “iphone, ” “iphones, ” “iphone5, ” etc)
4. Saving Searches
To save searches for later use, please see our FAQ on [saving searches].
How to Search All of Craigslist’s Website at Once – Business …
You can search all of Craigslist at once using a few third-party sites and apps.
Craigslist doesn’t have many options for searching the site, and there’s no built-in way to search all Craigslist sites at once — you’re limited to your selected location.
You can use to search all of Craigslist at once, but it offers little help with filtering or organization.
CPlus for Craigslist is a mobile app that lets you choose specific cities to search through simultaneously.
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Craigslist is something of an enigma. It’s an incredibly popular site for buying and selling items, finding jobs, and taking part in discussion forums — it regularly ranks in the top 20 visited sites on the internet, according to SimilarWeb. Nonetheless, its user interface has been relatively unchanged for decades. The simple text-based website has no modern features and lacks conveniences like the ability to search across multiple cities at once. You don’t need to wait for Craigslist to add that feature, however, because there are multiple sites and apps that give you this ability right now.
How to search all of Craigslist using Search all of Craigslist is a website that’s not affiliated with Craigslist, but uses freely available data to offer search results for every Craigslist post simultaneously. It’s a good resource if you want a fast and easy complete search of Craigslist in a browser, but be aware that the results can be overwhelming — they include entries from every Craigslist city, across every category and section of the website. To use the website, open in a browser and enter your search term. For most searches, you’ll get probably many pages of results. Note that the top results will probably be ads. You can sort your results by relevance or date, but otherwise you have no way to sort, filter, or manage the search results.
Make your search as specific as possible because may give you too many results to sort through.
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How to search all of Craigslist using CPlus for CraigslistFor more control over your searches, try CPlus for Craigslist, a free app you can download for your iPhone or Android device. 1. Start by installing the app by downloading CPlus for iPhone or CPlus for Android. 2. Tap the location listed at the top of the screen, above the search box. 3. On the locations page, tap the symbol in the top right and then browse the complete list of Craigslist sites, tapping any cities you want to add to your search. When you’re done adding cities, tap the back button at the top left, and tap “Done” on the next page. 4. Tap a category you want to search.
Once you’ve selected your cities, choose a category to search.
5. Depending on the category, you may need to choose a subcategory to search. For example, within Housing, there are more than a dozen subcategories, or you can simply choose “all housing. ” 6. Tap the search box at the top of the screen and enter your search term.
When you search with CPlus for Craigslist, you can see results for each city to help filter your results.
Your search results should include all the items in the selected category for all the Craigslist cities you selected. There are a lot of options for sorting and filtering your results, and you can change the category to see results for this search from other parts of Craigslist.
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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he’s also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.
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