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  1. The original site aimgroup sells eBay classifieds by tlambert · · Score: 1 · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    http://aimgroup.com/about-3/what-were-reading/

    Astroturfing by someone who can't compete any other way.

    -- Terry

  2. Re:And Kijiji is doing tv ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    Let them know what you think through their CONTACT page. [http://aimgroup.com/become-a-client/]

  3. Re:misunderstandings by rtb61 · · Score: 1 · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    Oddly enough it is good as it points out the nature of such stories. The magazines that publish them, the nothing companies http://aimgroup.com/ that produce them and who in the background is actually paying for them.

    /. is often really good and digging to the root of a story and laying bear all the bullshit within.

    I often get the feeling that this is the goal of a lot of those kinds of postings and it is put out by the editors as a fun puzzle to be solved, that often gives rise to a new story about what was uncovered.

    In this case an add for a oh my god only $399.00 report http://aimgroup.com/buy/2010/04/26/craigslist-2010-122-million-estimated-revenue-purchase/, ooh, now with a $4 discount only $395 according to the front page of a rather lame website (I hate to be cruel, but if your gonna sell reports for that kind of money your web site should look like it cost more than that to create, it's a marketing thing).

  4. Re:misunderstandings by rtb61 · · Score: 1 · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    Oddly enough it is good as it points out the nature of such stories. The magazines that publish them, the nothing companies http://aimgroup.com/ that produce them and who in the background is actually paying for them.

    /. is often really good and digging to the root of a story and laying bear all the bullshit within.

    I often get the feeling that this is the goal of a lot of those kinds of postings and it is put out by the editors as a fun puzzle to be solved, that often gives rise to a new story about what was uncovered.

    In this case an add for a oh my god only $399.00 report http://aimgroup.com/buy/2010/04/26/craigslist-2010-122-million-estimated-revenue-purchase/, ooh, now with a $4 discount only $395 according to the front page of a rather lame website (I hate to be cruel, but if your gonna sell reports for that kind of money your web site should look like it cost more than that to create, it's a marketing thing).

  5. Re:misunderstandings by bunratty · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    Bingo. The study was done by AIM Group, "Consulting services for interactive media and classified advertising". It's probably in their best interest to shut down craigslist, because craigslist doesn't employ their services. One way is to start spreading FUD about craigslist with fancy-sounding studies that aren't based on any kind of sound reasoning at all.

  6. Connecting the Dots by TheSpoom · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'

    Report was done by a company called "AIM Group". Go ahead and click through to the site. Check the sponsors box on the right. Notice anything? (In case you didn't click through or have ad-blocking software, I'm referring to the eBay and Kijiji ads.)

    Not to mention that they say right in the study that it was commissioned by a Craigslist competitor, Oodle. So they're being paid both directly and indirectly by competitors to Craigslist. Is any of this mentioned in the coverage of the study? Not a chance.

    It's a smear paper in its finest and nothing else, especially not a "study".