Craigslist accused of promoting prostitution
US based popular online classified service Craigslist has been accused of promoting prostitution in the country.
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart has warned Craigslist to shut down its Erotic Services section.
He said in a statement: “Craigslist is the single largest source of prostitution in the nation. Missing children, runaways, abused women [...]
Craigslist to step up control on prostitution ads
The operators of Craigslist have announced that they are going to keep a close eye on prostitution ads on the popular classifieds service.
This new initiative is part of their agreement with attorneys general in 40 states.
The deal would require the posters of such ads on the online service [...]
Wal-Mart gets into online classifieds services
Wal-Mart is taking on Craigslist and eBay Kijiji with the launch of their online classified advertising site.
This new service is being managed through Oodle.com.
Walmart.com spokesman Ravi Jariwala spoke about this new initiative: “This free, community-based resource allows customers to buy and sell items locally, find local jobs and learn [...]
Craigslist most popular mobile internet destination in USA
Mobile research company M:Metrics has released its latest study which shows that the mobile internet users in the US market are frequent visitors of the classified-ad site Craigslist.
The surveyed mobile users spent more time on Craigslist than on any other website.
The report also claims that US based mobile [...]
Craigslist and eBay face each other
Online auction service eBay owns a minor stake in the classifieds service Craigslist. They are also the operator of a rival service Kijiji.
eBay recently filed a lawsuit against Craigslist saying that the company is trying to dilute their stake in it by following illegal practices.
Craigslist has now responded by saying [...]
Court: Craigslist not liable for third party listings
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the online classifieds website Craigslist is not liable for discriminatory housing ads posted on its Web site.
The company was sued by a group of Chicago lawyers who stated that some of its [...]
Google Base can potentially challenge eBay and Craigslist
Google has confirmed that they are soon planning to launch a new service, which would make it a lot easier to get listed into the Google search services. In addition, they also managed to accidentally release some parts of this upcoming service to be called Google Base. It [...]
