Archive for November, 2005


MSN Classifieds

It looks like MSN will soon release a free classifieds service with some social twists. This idea has a lot of promise.  Classifieds are most definitely a social phenomenon in that they typically result in an offline, face-to-face interaction with another human.  Also, sometimes consumers want to trade in smaller communities where they know [...]

Craigslist Update

I guess the old adage is true — no press is bad press.  We have been making great progress with the build out of our classifieds index in part thanks to the increased visibility we gained as a result of this issue.
We now have about 6M active listings in the index (which spans 50+ [...]

GoogleBase, Take Two

I’m sorry that I haven’t posted in about a month.  In the last few weeks, my role of CEO and father have seriously cut into my blogging time.
Now that I have had a chance to play with GoogleBase it’s safe to say that it’s definitely more than a classifieds platform.  It will be interesting [...]