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19 A Look at Recent Tech Happenings Craigslist features free ads, services u CHRIS GARFIELD ____________ Staff Reporter Want to find a bagpipe? Sell a tricyle? Looking for a job? Try Craigslist, a website that features classified advertisements for jobs (the only category that requires a fee to post), housing, personals, for sale /wanted, services, resumes, community and gigs- Craigslist was started in 1995 by founder Craig Newmark. He wanted to create a website for his friends that would alert them to all the cool upcoming events in San Francisco, Calif. Word of the website slowly passed through the grapevine and eventually became popular enough that it needed to be put on a server, which required a name, thus Craigslist was bom. As the web site gained popularity, the visitors started to post items for sale, apartments for rent/sale and jobs which pushed Craigslist into being a classified website. "My brother bought a kayak on Craigslist and then sold it on Craigslist. It's easy to use and has good, quality items. I like Technology available to access student files K elsey S chrader It's happened to the best and the worst of us; we were running late to catch menu stating quite clearly, "I want to...". Click on that. About the sixth one down is the one you want to choose, the "Go to Student Remote that bus, talking to that cute Access Tool" one. Staff Reporter or girl from math class, You'll find some words limply procrastinating and "blah, blah" that you and forgetting to send that don't really need to read, assignment that's saved to the but the important part is the school computers. Nothing table with all the school name makes is worse than getting links in blue. 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If for Technology Department some reason this doesn't has come up with, and now work, go to the District web that we (including myself) site (http://www.wlwv. actually know how to do it, k l2.or.us/) and you will maybe those stressful nights of retyping or recreating will find a lovely picture of our ^^erintendent, Roger Woehl. finally be used for useful m ftlve that is a drop-down things, like sleep. it a lot," Jeremy Hollen, junior, said. Craigslist is appealing for many reasons and its simplistic look and easy to work website makes it one of a kind. It is advertising free so there are no annoying, flashy ads popping up on your screen. "I lost my cat and posted a listing on Craigslist and a week later he was found. It was awesome!" Danielle Ramsby, senior, said. Everything is free, except job postings, and that is, on average, only a measly $10 and for everything else, no charge. "It has fresh ideas. It's original and gives people a voice to talk about community issues or just sell a bike fast," Ramsby said. Until 1999 Craigslist was only available in San Francisco but it expanded into nine other cities, then grabbed another 18. Now it has sites for about 450 cities globally. It would seem that such a large website would have many staff members but Craigslist only has 22, a small amount for such a well known site. Craigslist is one of the leading classified services in any medium. 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It is one of the top job boards in the world. It has 500 billion page views per month which makes it the thirty- fourth most popular web site. It's hard to find a site that is as unique as Craiglist according to Jim Buckmaster, CEO, said at a conference in New York. He told them that Craigslist wasn't about maximizing profit but instead helping users find cars, apartments, jobs and dates. They have users in mind, which is a rare quality. Craigslist has a local website for each city. Therefore, all items and postings are local. Its a haven for Oregonians that are tired of garage sales, although it features posts for those too. Craigslist is a website that will stick around a long time. 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