Bye Bye Craigslist

#1

Post by ericd » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 9:48 PM UTC

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

#2

Post by sh1mmer » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 9:53 PM UTC

Good luck, I think it's a sign of your success that this has happened. Providing more value with their data than they do is a threat to their business.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

#3

Post by BadassFractal » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 9:55 PM UTC

I used PadMapper with great success numerous times, I hope it can survive this.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

#4

Post by mikemoka » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 9:56 PM UTC

Quite a misleading title..I think many clicked thinking to read about an unexpected shutdown of Craigslist actually

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by cwilson » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 9:59 PM UTC

Curious if Live Lovely (http://livelovely.com/) will get a similar cease and desist. They do essentially the exact same thing, but with a nicer design.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by ericd » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 10:00 PM UTC

mikemoka wrote: post #4

Quite a misleading title..I think many clicked thinking to read about an unexpected shutdown of Craigslist actually

Sorry, I didn't mean it that way - if you know what PadMapper is and see the URL, I think it makes sense.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by bcrescimanno » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 10:01 PM UTC

I hope this doesn't get down-voted for the confusing title (I know it's the title of the Blog post itself; but out of context it's a bit misleading).

When I moved from Atlanta to Boston, PadMapper was invaluable in finding a place to live. Given that 1) we didn't know the area, and 2) most rentals in Boston and Cambridge are rented by individuals rather than part of larger complexes, it was great to be able to have the listings from Craigslist on a map.

Ditto when I moved from Boston to San Jose. My wife and I were only interested in a house for rent and the vast majority of those could be found on Craigslist. Again, we didn't know the area so having a map was beyond valuable.

I sincerely hope Craigslist does a 180 on this one; PadMapper is a great tool that deserves access to that data.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by juan_juarez » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 10:01 PM UTC

sh1mmer wrote: post #2

Good luck, I think it's a sign of your success that this has happened. Providing more value with their data than they do is a threat to their business.

I can't see Craigslist ever stepping up their game and providing meaningful visualization. I can't really see why CL cares about where people are reading the listings - their business model is based on selling the listings, not monetizing the viewing of them. I suspect it's out-of-control lawyers at work.

Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 10:02 PM UTC

ericd wrote: post #6

mikemoka wrote: post #4

Quite a misleading title..I think many clicked thinking to read about an unexpected shutdown of Craigslist actually

Sorry, I didn't mean it that way - if you know what PadMapper is and see the URL, I think it makes sense.

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Re: Bye Bye Craigslist

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Post by iamdave » Fri, Jun 22, 2012, 10:02 PM UTC

ericd wrote: post #6

mikemoka wrote: post #4

Quite a misleading title..I think many clicked thinking to read about an unexpected shutdown of Craigslist actually

Sorry, I didn't mean it that way - if you know what PadMapper is and see the URL, I think it makes sense.

With the OP here, I saw the thread title and silently went "thank god" to myself immediately knowing what this meant, having used PadMapper very extensively in the last year after moving to Austin. I knew it meant a good portion of ads being gone, but I was going to get much more qualitative results in finding a condo.

I really hope PadMapper can make up the volume but continue to have good results for people searching. It's a wonderful resource.