A new look at the Classified Advertising Industry
China Telecom has announced that they will separate their directory business from their Telecom unit. The spin off will receive $47M in capital and be run by the head of the China Telecom Shanghai division. No information on ownership structure was disclosed, in fact China Telecom has made no offi
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Ebay's Gumtree.com classified site has launched into the US markets of Boston, New York and Chicago. Gumtree has been operating of out the the United Kingdom and been very popular in London. The site is offers free listings similar to Craigislist but has a more developed user interface like Kiji
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Seattle based Jobster has launched an affiliate network, hot on the heels of their Facebook application success. Both the Facebook application and the affiliate network let employers publish their job listings to a wider array of readers. One of the most difficult segments to reach in the employme
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Gumiyo, a leading provider of classified information to mobile devices, has partnered with Autobase, a leading data collection company in the US. In the US most dealers use a data collection company to capture information related to the vehicle and produce state required window stickers. Generally
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In addition to providing a classified republishing system, Edgeio, has announced that they will provide a paid content distribution system through their transaction classified system. The system will provide the ability for anyone with an article, video, or music the ability to sell it through the
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LiveDeal.com ( previously YP Corp ) has launched a rating service for its online business listings. LiveDeal.com currently has over 13.5M local business listings which can now be ranked by users. Its not clear at this point if the online ratings will be included in the printed directories. The
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Buy.com has launched a Facebook application to promote it classified sales service. Buy.com generally competes with ebay for both auction and classified sales but offers a flat rate comission regardless of the size of the purchase. The new application aims to connect buyer and sell inside the
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PressMediaWire.com, a leading provider of business press releases, blogs and event promotion has launched a business directory service. The service is currently accepting business listings and waiving the initial listing fee. Basic business listings are free and must meet the following criteria:
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After speculation for months about how free classified sites could get incent people to away from other free classified sites. Listasaurus.com has announced that they will actually pay people to advertise. The site also claims as one of its goals to provide less spam and fraudulent ads that ot
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Yourlist.com has launched a free classified site which seems to be targeted at Craigslist. The site features free listings for most categories except for employment which carry a $15 charge. The site is focused on providing a safe and secure site for buyers and sellers to meet. This seems to b
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While not your typically Classified site but MLS.ca or the Multiple Listing Service cannot be ignored. The MLS.ca site ...
FreeAdLists.com has launched a free classified service worldwide. All classified ads are free and can be placed by geog...
In addition to providing a classified republishing system, Edgeio, has announced that they will provide a paid content d...
