1. How Craigslist Works?
Group B
s1170178 Yuya Ito
s1170210 Hirofumi Hori

2. What is Craigslist?(1)
● Craigslist's founder is Craig Newmark and
CEO is Jim Buckmaster.
● Originally, Craigslist only listed
classified and announcements within San
Francisco.
● Craigslist started as a pet project but
blossomed into a full-fledged company.
● Craigslist is one of most visited English
language Web sites.
● Craigslist has very nice corporate
philosophy.

3. What is Craigslist?(2)
● Craigslist's main function is to host
classified ads like housing, job
postings, items for sale, services and
personals.
● Craigslist's design is utilitarian and
users is very contributive.
● Craigslist covers a range of broad
categories, but, for subcategories,
users make it easy to navigate to the
appropriate section quickly.

4. Craigslist Network
● Craigslist expands beyond Craig Newmark's
original concept and added other cities to its
network.
● Craigslist gives users a place to communicate
and help one another and foster community
spirit.
● Craigslit is useful because layout is organized
and search engine is helpful.
● Craigslist members post on the forums, shop
online, trade tips and make new friends.

5. Craigslist Financials
● Craigslist expanded to cover more cities and
communities because of becoming a powerful
financial force in the process.
● Craigslist earns revenue by setting fees for
job posting in a few cities and for
apartment listing.
● Craigslist can use for free in most cities.
● Craigslist generates enough revenue to
support its entire staff of 25 people.
● Craigslist doesn't sell advertising space
now and in the future.

6. Craigslist Controversy
● One of the biggest challenges for the
Craigslist community is weeding out scam
artists.
● Craigslist describes common scam tactics and
what users should do if they come across them
in the section.
● Police scan Craicslit for ads solicting illegal
goods or services.
● The user must pay a stiff fine when the user
ciolates the site's term or law.
● When the users post to Craigslist, the user
must understands and accepts the terms.

7. Summary
● Craigslist is community site by users
for user.
● Craigslist's page is very simple and
useful.
● Craigslist can get and send various ads
like housing, job posting and so on.
● Craigslist expands more cities and
communities step by step.
● Craigslist is the one of the most
visited English language Web site.