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Re:Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes by jimboyoungblood on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:14PM (#971155)
It just means there's a huge opportunity to build a great craigslist competitor by building a service that has all these features.
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Re:Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes by Kaizyn on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:19PM (#971166)
Have you ever heard of the network effect? Craigslist has such a lock on its market that you would have to have something extremely compelling to dislodge them. A few flashy maps and a web 2.0ish appearance wouldn't be nearly enough to do it.
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Re:Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes by elai on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @02:09AM (#971679)
Classified sites gain a regional dominance. Craigslist in canada for example, is only really dominant in vancouver, one of their biggest foreign markets. Kijiji is dominant in other towns.
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