By Daya Baran at September 02, 2008 0 Comments
Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist turns to customer service as a way to relax and unwind! He likes to read or simply watch a little TV from time to time. His favorites seem to revolve around dogs, whether at the local café with friends and their dogs, or the next door neighbor’s black lab who seems in constant search of treats. He also maintains some bird feeders behind his SF home, and just watching the birds brings a sense of calm and restoration.
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By Daya Baran at June 09, 2008 0 Comments
You might have not known about it but apparently Microsoft does have a Craigslist like competitor. The site is closing down less than a year after launch. This past month several major sites that launched me too products have decided to abandon their efforts, focus on their core business and leverage the expertise of the professionals in their respective fields. Monster closed its social networking site Tickle which it acquired for $94 million, Verizon will close its social networking site on June 16, 2008 and move to a Facebook page. Below is the pop-up message that greets visitors More»
Labels: Craigslist, Microsoft
By Daya Baran at May 14, 2008 1 Comments
craigslist v eBay Complaint (SF Superior Court) - Upload a doc
Read this doc on Scribd: craigslist v eBay Complaint (SF Superior Court)
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Labels: Craigslist, eBay, Online Advertising
By Joseph Hunkins at May 13, 2008 8 Comments
Ebay sued Craigslist some time ago, suggesting that the site had engaged in anti-competitive practices. Craigslist has decided to fight back with a counter lawsuit.
Writing at the Craigslist blog, Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist, says:
We filed a complaint in California today, charging eBay with unlawful and unfair competition, misappropriation of proprietary information, deceptive passing-off, business interference, false advertising, phishing attacks, free-riding, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
We respectfully ask the Superior Court in San Francisco to enjoin this conduct and order eBay to (1) make full restitution to craigslist, (2) disgorge their related profits (3) More»
Labels: Craigslist, eBay
By Joseph Hunkins at May 01, 2008 1 Comments
Ebay has released details of its complaint against Craigslist, somewhat ironically a company in which Ebay has a substantial equity stake. That equity is critical to the lawsuit, which in a nutshell is about how Craigslist responded to Ebay’s entry into the classified market with their listings website called Kijiji. That response was a reorganization that effectively took away Ebay’s right to have a seat on the Craigslist board due to stock dilution.
New York Times Summary
Ebay Complaint
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Labels: Craigslist, eBay, lawsuits
By Daya Baran at April 24, 2008 0 Comments
Craigslist has responded to eBay’s lawsuit filed against Craigslist and its board of directors.
We are surprised and disappointed by eBay’s unfounded allegations, which came to us out of the blue, without any attempt to engage in a dialogue with us.
Coming from a shareholder that views craigslist as a prime competitor, filing suit without so much as mentioning these assertions beforehand seems unethical, and hints at ulterior motives.
Ensuring the future well-being of craigslist and the craigslist community is admittedly very important to us. But Ebay has absolutely no reason to feel threatened here More»
Labels: Craigslist, eBay, online services
By Daya Baran at April 03, 2008 1 Comments
Henry Blodget has done some great analysis on the valuation of Craigslist.com which he pegs at around $5 billon. I asked Craig some questions at the Web 2.0 Conference and Expo in January to come up with a valuation. Here is my take base on my discussion with Craig:
Pageviews Craig said that they are doing about 10 billion pageviews a month.
BandwidthI figure given Craigslists traffic they would get preferential committed rates for bandwidth and I would guess based on my experience that it about More»
Labels: Craigslist, online services
By Joseph Hunkins at March 25, 2008 3 Comments
Jacksonville, Oregon:
Two classified advertisements appeared on Craigslist Saturday stating that all the belongings of a home in Jacksonville, Oregon would be free for the taking, including a horse, because the owner had to leave the area immediately.
Unfortunately the owner of the property and the horse, Robert Salisbury, had no intention of giving away his property but was away from the house when dozens of people started to arrive at his house, rummaged through his belongings, and took the horse, ladders, landscape equipment, and other property valued at thousands of dollars.
Incredibly, Salisbury reports that he confronted some of the 30 some More»
Labels: Craigslist, Craigslist prank, hoax, jacksonville oregon
By Joseph Hunkins at March 15, 2008 0 Comments
An Illinois Court ruled yesterday in favor of Craigslist in a suit that contended that Craiglist was liable for the content of some of the real estate listings on Craigslist. The plaintiff maintained that Craigslist’s failure to police the listings violated the Fair Housing Act because they included notes such as “no minorities” or “no children”.
The Judge maintained that Craigslist was not obligated to police these listings, citing other decisions that have protected information intermediaries from being held liable for the content of posts to their sites or forums.
Here is the Illinois Court ruling in CHICAGO LAWYERS’ More»
Labels: Craigslist, internet, law
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