97 of Top 100 Classified Sites Are Craigslist

According to a recent report, 97 of the top 100 classified sites are just localized versions of Craigslist, up from 88 just last year. Combine that with a massive rise in traffic to classified sites in general and you have a recipe for one raging behemoth. "Craigslist isn't just crushing the newspaper industry and crowding out other classified sites. It's also taking an increasing slice of total U.S Internet traffic: the site's market share in February was up 90% year over year, accounting for about 2.5% of total US Web site visits."

The truth revealed!

[Experiment 626]

97 of Top 100 Classified Sites are Craigslist

So THAT's the top secret info Uncle Sam puts on SIPRnet hmm? People going through the trouble get get a government security clearance must be really disappointed.

Re:Classifieds Traffic Up Since Recession

[Cube Steak]

I'm not sold on their evidence. I don't see a huge jump [google.com] since February of '08 in search popularity.

You don't? It went from around .75 to at least 1.25 which is at least a gain of around 67%

Re:Classifieds Traffic Up Since Recession

[davester666]

Man, I just read the article title, and I was confused as to why anything on Craigslist would be considered 'classified' by any government, let alone that it would have 97% of all online classified data.

Re:2.5% of all US traffic?

[Anonymous Coward]

The other 97.5% is to www.webmd.com/do-i-have-an-std.html

Re:Craigslist...

[eln]

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Re:2.5% of all US traffic?

[need4mospd]

I don't know. But here in NZ, one site alone accounts for apparently 90% of all web site visits.

www.sheepfantasy.co.nz?

Missed Connections

[qpawn]

Where else can I tell that short, brunette woman in the purple shirt who barely made eye contact with me in the bookstore that I would like to see her again?

Re:Can you say....

[stuffeh]

You must be new to CL. That should be ers or cas, stp is starting to head in that direction depending on your locale, and easily m4m if you swing that way. Maybe something from mcy or msg would help your odds in the w4m/m4w section. Not even going to bother talking about w4w since this is slashdot, some nice eye candy there though. Or you can just troll mis and let her make the first move. Hit refresh every 30 mins and read best of in between updates, there's about 2000 posts there to keep you entertained. And if you do actually find someone, remember to look through tix for somewhere nice to go to.

Re:Classifieds Traffic Up Since Recession

[Anonymous Coward]

I did too, but I'm high.