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8 commentsFriday, August 21, 2009

Craigslist Substantially Expands its Reach

Adds Services for 140 New Cities

Craigslist has reportedly expanded the number of cities it offers its service in by a whopping 25%. Brad Stone with the New York Times claims to have been alerted by a spokesperson with the company on the matter.

Apparently Craiglist has added 140 new cities, including 87 in the United States, 8 in Canada, and 45 in non-North American countries.

"Among the targeted areas in the United States are dozens of small to midsize cities like Susanville, Calif. (population 18,000), Oneonta, N.Y. (13,000), and the counties of Okaloosa and Walton, Fla. (a combined 229,000.)," says Stone. "If that expansion sounds minor, consider that Craigslist also added new sites for international cities like Lucknow, India (population 2.5 million), Shenzhen, China (14 million), and New Castle, Australia, (280,000)."

Craigslist Shenzhen

Craigslist is expected to update the company's official fact sheet to list all of the included cities by the end of the month. There is not mention of the news on the company's official blog.

Most of the new sites are English-language only. According to Craigslist, over 50 million people in the US alone use the site. The company also claims to get over 20 billion page views per month. With an added 25% of global coverage, I would imagine it will get a nice boost in that department.

About the author:
Chris Crum has been a part of the WebProNews team and the iEntry Network of B2B Publications since 2003. Twitter: @CCrum237

CraigsList is useful..

I am happy to hear craigslist is expanding, with a system like theirs expanding their city coverage can only make it better. It's nice to be able to find something you need (like blank t-shirts) and someone that has it locally.

Craig

Craigs list has become the only place where we advertise for help for our cafe.

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