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Craigslist creator tries to bring transparency initiative out of the shadows

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:53 +0000

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Craigslist founder Craig Newmark started the online classifieds site in 1995."][/caption] The Obama administration's open government initiative is discussed regularly in some circles inside the Beltway, but travel just a few miles west and it's rarely, if ever, a topic of conversation.

TOP 15 Auction Websites (June 2010)

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:10:42 +0000

We have compiled a list of the Best of the Best sites that accept items for auction. Online auctions have become one of the greatest success stories on the Web with many millions now buying and selling online. This Auctions Top 15 list brings you the most popular and highest-rating auction sites that make this [...]

Trouble for New Jersey’s Newspapers?

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:20:54 +0000

Public notice legal ads have long been a moneymaker for local newspapers, and they’ve helped keep many afloat in recent years as traditional display and classified advertising have dwindled. (One publisher last year told me, grimly, that the housing bubble’s implosion - and the rash of public notice ads for foreclosures that followed in her Midwestern town — was a godsend to her weekly newspaper, keeping it viable as it grappled with the recession.)

Looking to Hire? Fire up the Social Networks!

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:37:53 +0000

Careful, SMB owners, it seems social media isn’t just for chatting anymore. According to new research from the recruiting platform Jobvite, 73.3 percent of business owners say they have used social networking channels as a way of recruiting new hires.

Even Antarctica Has a Job Board

Editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:15:48 +0000

Looking for a job as a chef in the Antarctic? Try looking here. Or if you’re a recruiter looking for an experienced vuvuzela sales person, then this South African job site is one place to start. Talk about global recruiting. In the last couple days, both Indeed and SiumplyHired have announced country-specific (or, in the case of Antarctica, continent-specific) job search sites.

Tenants Beware Of Gumtree Scam

Editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0000

According to the NLA a number of tenants have been defrauded by this latest scam. Unsuspecting potntial tenants reply to advertisements on the website for UK rental accommodation. After exchanging satisfactory emails, tenants are asked to send money to the ‘landlord’.

Social with RealYields

Editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:56:26 +0000

RealYields, a new cloud-based real estate application, allows buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate professionals to quickly analyze, publish, and share property performance metrics.

Facebook’s status

Editor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:07:19 +0000

Facebook now has 500 million users, but as Mike Armstrong explains, the social networking site's founder has lost a few friends on his way to the top.

Auto Classifieds

Editor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:54:08 +0000

If you are planning to buy a car, it is always important to learn a few tips on how to buy a car, so you can learn how to get the best value for your money. It may not be a problem if you are going for a brand new one but if you are planning to get a used car, you have to prepare and research as well.

Best websites for apartment hunting

Editor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:20:49 +0000

There's two very obvious choices when you're looking for online apartment listings. Obviously, every web site will claim that they've got the best listings, but in some cases they'll only have a small fraction of the available apartments. Ideally you'd want to visit a single destination where you could review everything that's available, all in one visit.

OLX Launches iPhone Application

Editor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:55:52 +0000

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 27, 2010) - OLX today introduced the OLX application available for free from Apple's iTunes app store. OLX users can now search local classified ads, reply to listings, & post ads with just a few simple taps and, as always, the use of OLX is completely free. OLX has been already available to mobile internet users for over three years with its mobile-friendly site accessible at http://m.olx.com and is now launching its application for all major mobile operating systems, beginning with the iPhone.

QUIKR Selected by AlwaysOn Winner

Editor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:23 +0000

Quikr – India’s leading horizontal classifieds website - today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley.

TOP 15 US Classifieds Websites (June 2010)

Daype — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:20:26 +0000

Here's the latest data by Compete.com. Updated: April 23, 2010

What is Wrong with Online Presence of Indian Newspapers?

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:51:25 +0000

Although they are slowly and steadily improving, a lot of work still remains. The key driver of the problem is that the majority are trying to solve the internet problem themselves. They impose print mentality on an entirely different medium. This has resulted in an absolute disaster like it has been the case elsewhere in the world.

New daily won’t find comfort in classifieds

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:50:35 +0000

The recent merger of Honolulu’s two daily newspapers may be irrelevant when it comes to the future of classified advertising. Those making decisions on how to sell cars and houses or find employees have been shifting to online advertising models for the past decade. Classified advertising used to be one of the big revenue generators for U.S. newspapers, bringing in $19.6 billion to the industry 10 years ago.

Comparing Google Adsense and Google Adwords

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:33:00 +0000

Google Adwords has permanently changed the advertising landscape. Prior to 1990, business owners were often heard to remark that only half their advertising worked; they just didn’t know which half. For decades, business owners spent advertising dollars on print Yellow Pages, newspaper display ads, classifieds, radio, and T.V.. Such advertising was expensive and unpredictable; one was never quite sure where the customer came from.

Gumtree hires Beta for TV campaign

Editor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:11:18 +0000

Gumtree, the classified website, has appointed Beta to its ad account ahead of a planned TV campaign, which will break in early August. The account was awarded without a pitch and the incumbent was The Gallery.

Search Engines + Newspapers

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:45:01 +0000

Last year, there was a seemingly endless parade of stories on how aggregators, search engines and news blogs were apparently killing newspapers that publish original content. This year, add the rise of “content farms” to the list. Riding to the rescue, or so it hopes, comes Perfect Market and its new search marketing tool, “The Vault.”

Tech Talk:

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:50:51 +0000

You’ve heard it all before. “It’s the end of print.” “Newspapers are obsolete”... or the ubiquitous “I get all my news from the Internet.” Where do newspapers fit in today’s web-enabled, mobile-device toting, instant news world? Aren’t they a thing of the past?

The 5 Stages of Social Media Grief for Bankers

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:14:05 +0000

This week I've met with some very interesting people and the subject of social media has been high on the agenda. Yesterday, I met with Tom Cannon, who is leading the charge on the Internet Banking initiative that is part of HSBC's "OneH" project - essentially their customer dashboard, single-view of the customer baseline technology.

World’s Oldest Newspaper

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:39:59 +0000

Recently I was in London, speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum. From my perspective, it was an ideal event: large enough to have a critical mass of interesting vendors and attendees, and small enough to support quality conversation. If you've been to any of the large U.S. cloud shows, you'll know how hard it is to accomplish the latter quality at them - they're packed and conversations are reduced to sound bites.

Google Takes The FTC To School On Newspapers

Editor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:52:34 +0000

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Image: Associated Press"][/caption] Google just issued a response to the Federal Trade commission’s staff discussion draft on potential recommendations to support the reinvention [read: preservation] of journalism [read: newspapers]. (here was my reaction). It’s a wonderful document that takes the FTC - and the news industry - to school on the First Amendment, copyright, fair use, antitrust, media history, business, and technology.

BooCoo Auction Site Launches

Editor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:37:13 +0000

BooCoo.com launched on Monday with a unique model - it has entered into exclusive deals with over 280 newspapers around the country that will advertise the new auction site in return for a cut of the revenue. eBay and Craigslist have siphoned away business from newspaper classifieds for more than a decade but have never successfully come together online to leverage their strength in local advertising.

Groupon and McClatchy

Editor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:21:47 +0000

First, newspapers blamed Craigslist for stealing classifieds. Then job listings were taken over by different online players. Now, another piece is being subsumed by Internet startups: couponing.

Effective Tips to Save Money When Selling a House

Editor — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:00:29 +0000

To save money when selling a home requires few but effective skills. One of the easiest way to save money when selling house is by going ahead with the transaction all alone as you would be free from paying any kind of commission to the agent you would otherwise be appointing.

Yard sale shopping tips

Editor — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:50:30 +0000

When the weather's clear, yard sales and garage sales spring up around most neighborhoods like weeds. Bargain hunters and fans of reusing and recycling know that these sales are great places to shop for kids' clothes, furniture that can be repainted or restyled, paperback books, and even collectibles which may be diamonds in the rough. But you have to shop savvy to get the most out of yard sales. They're not as predictable as the mall, so you need to plan ahead.

Borrow, Rent, Buy and Lend with Your Neighborhood

Editor — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:45:52 +0000

Quick Pitch: Why buy when you can borrow? Save money and resources by sharing with your friends and neighbors on this online community. Genius Idea: You know how Polonius was all, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” in Hamlet? Well, homeboy wasn’t weathering recession times. Unless you’re a total Spartan, you probably have a ton of stuff piled up in your closet that you hardly ever use.

Skype Dials Up Dollars

Editor — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:16:35 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge) - Skype is hoping to dial up a few ad dollars with a new pay-per-call ad unit, which will turn phone numbers into little ads for the 560 million users of the service. Skype users have long been able to call, text or video chat with one another for free. Skype makes money by charging a few pennies to call land lines and mobile phones from their computers.

Are Newspapers Sticking to a Premium Strategy

Editor — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:10:09 +0000

Six months into 2010, this is shaping up to be a better year for newspapers. One might be cheered simply by the pace and scope of experimentation in 2010: digital futurism headlining the Newspaper Association of America's annual conference, nontraditional publishers and CEOs taking the helm of several metros, and tests of limited paid online content.

Sometimes, Craigslist adds up to a scam

Editor — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:08:45 +0000

When Niki Lunsford moved to Minneapolis from Mexico in May, she needed two things: a home and a job. Lunsford, like millions of others, turned to Craigslist.org. Two months later, she hasn't landed anything but a surprise credit card charge.