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Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

#1

Post by tempestn » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:13 AM UTC

Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing
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Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

#2

Post by brentledent » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:25 AM UTC

I wish they would make it less ugly.

Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

#3

Post by tempestn » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:29 AM UTC

It's really amazing how little attention the Google problem is getting so far. It seems like most people search, see some posts in the past few minutes and some in February, and totally miss the fact that there's nothing in-between!

Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

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Post by tempestn » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:30 AM UTC

brentledent wrote: post #2

I wish they would make it less ugly.

'They' craigslist, or SearchTempest? I can't do anything about the former, but I might be able to for the latter! :) (Our blog, certainly, could use an overhaul, but there's never a time when I would prefer to do that than work on the site itself!)

Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

#5

Post by jrussbowman » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:39 AM UTC

why would I search on Google, Bing or where ever and not just use the search on craigslist?

Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

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Post by tempestn » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:42 AM UTC

jrussbowman wrote: post #5

why would I search on Google, Bing or where ever and not just use the search on craigslist?

The most common reasons are that you want to search multiple cities at the same time, or that you want to use advanced logical operators.

The nice thing about SearchTempest (in my obviously biased opinion) is that you can set a radius to only search nearby cities, rather than the shotgun approach of googling (or binging) everywhere.

Re: Google not indexing Craigslist – SearchTempest switches to Bing

#7

Post by JohnTHaller » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 1:45 AM UTC

Considering that craigslist is hostile to basically everyone who tries to use anything on their site for anything (fair use or not), I'm not sure I have any problem with Google simply ditching them.