Craigslist Charges, Hijinks Ensue

Around Seattlest HQ, word went out about the news that Craigslist will soon start charging for Seattle job listings. Come October 22nd, the site is going to charge $25 for job postings in an effort to curb spam, overposting, and other "quality issues." Seattlest predicts the following:

- Spammers slam the site for the next two weeks, going out in a blaze of "Get Paid for Surfing the Internet" glory.

- Likewise, jokers will fill the site with fake entries in their own "Herd Cats, Make Millions" stampede.

- Job posters flood the site for the next two weeks, peaking on the 21st. Job-seekers, prep those resumés, for Christmas has just come early. Too bad most of them will be fake (see above).

- Eventually balance will return to the world, and once the dust settles we will all realize that getting a job isn't about Craiglist, it's about nepotism and needing kneepads.

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By Donte in News on October 4, 2006 3:10 PM

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Web Site Created To Connect Communities

(NAPSI)-There's good news for Internet users who find searching for information about their interests can be time consuming and frustrating.

A free search engine and interactive Web site has been created. Its purpose is to connect people with their local and interest-based communities and provide only the most relevant search results based on a user's search parameters.

Called iPoste.org, the site collects timely news feeds and provides a forum for posting classified ads, jobs, calendars, real estate listings and user comments about specific areas of interest-at no charge and on a single Web page. The site is said to organize and display timely information by city or zip code, free of pop-ups and other commercial distractions.

According to the site's manager, Dave Collins, it's a place where people can easily and efficiently find and post all sorts of useful information about a specific topic, either locally or nationally.

To learn more, visit the Web site at www.iPoste.org.

A new Web site is said to offer a snapshot of timely information about your community-with the click of a mouse.

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