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By Valerie S. Johnson
SWF seeks NS roommate for 2BR apt.
Classifieds started in print newspapers, and a shorthand language was developed because advertisers paid by the number of words. Fast forward to current times, where free classified advertising is available on many Internet sites. Looking for employment? Check Monster.com and CareerBuilder for job listings in many fields across the country. Looking for … just about anybody and anything in your town or overseas? Craigslist is your answer.
The social networking site Facebook is launching its new free classified site called Marketplace. It has one big difference from public sites: no anonymity. Buyers and sellers check each other out through their networks of online friends. The idea is that you will feel more comfortable buying from someone who has been at least superficially vetted than from someone on eBay named “crazydog62.”
Facebook, which launched just over two years ago, describes itself as “the Internet’s leading social utility” and claims to have 22 million active users. Its main competitor is MySpace, which describes itself simply as “an online community that lets you meet your friends’ friends.” MySpace already has a classified section with listings similar to those on Craigslist. You can search for jobs, musical gigs, cars, services, housing, etc. but again you may be dealing with the general public rather than a “friend.”
The greatest advantage of the free Internet ads is that you don’t have to struggle to figure out what some of those abbreviations mean.
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SWF seeks NS roommate for 2BR apt.
Classifieds started in print newspapers, and a shorthand language was developed because advertisers paid by the number of words. Fast forward to current times, where free classified advertising is available on many Internet sites. Looking for employment? Check Monster.com and CareerBuilder for job listings in many fields across the country. Looking for … just about anybody and anything in your town or overseas? Craigslist is your answer.
The social networking site Facebook is launching its new free classified site called Marketplace. It has one big difference from public sites: no anonymity. Buyers and sellers check each other out through their networks of online friends. The idea is that you will feel more comfortable buying from someone who has been at least superficially vetted than from someone on eBay named “crazydog62.”
Facebook, which launched just over two years ago, describes itself as “the Internet’s leading social utility” and claims to have 22 million active users. Its main competitor is MySpace, which describes itself simply as “an online community that lets you meet your friends’ friends.” MySpace already has a classified section with listings similar to those on Craigslist. You can search for jobs, musical gigs, cars, services, housing, etc. but again you may be dealing with the general public rather than a “friend.”
The greatest advantage of the free Internet ads is that you don’t have to struggle to figure out what some of those abbreviations mean.
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