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WSJ on CraigsList and Zen of Classified Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the less-is-more dept.

prostoalex writes "Wall Street Journal profiles one of the Valley's most mysterious and secretive Web companies. A leader in online classifieds space and by some measures one of Web's top sites, CraigsList is ostensibly anti-ad and anti-self-promotion. From the article: "One industry analyst has estimated that Craigslist could generate 20 times that $25 million just by posting a couple of ads on each of its pages. If the estimate is to be believed, that's half a billion dollars a year being left on the table. What kind of company turns up its nose at $500 million?""

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  1. RMS, ESR, JWZ... by djSpinMonkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one who read that and started thinking "Uh, Walter, Wilber, Wally... Jones, Jefferson... Ok, I give up, who's WSJ?"

  2. What on earth is a "classified ad"? by Bromskloss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...yes, stupid lameness filter, I'm looking at you!

    --
    Swedish plasma phys. PhD student; MSc EE; knows maths, programming, electronics; finance interest; seeks opportunities
  3. WSJ Should Focus on myRedbook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The "Wall Street Journal" (WSJ) should focus on myRedbook. It is much more secretive than CraigsList due to the fact that myRedbook actively and aggressively facilitates the sale of sex provided girls who come from a variety of countries and who have a wide range of ages.

    When you visit the myRedbook web site, be careful. myRedbook logs and traces the IP addresses of all visitors in an attempt to defeat law enforcement.

    What you see at myRedbook is not a joke. It is the real McCoy. Yes. It is sick.