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Craigslist Blocks Search Engine Indexing, Hangs Itself to Remove Competitors
- casca 14y ago"Hangs itself" seems overly dramatic. Given the time-sensitive nature of many Craigslist, it's likely that most of Craigslist traffic comes from people using the Craigslist search. Others may object to Craiglist protecting their data because it stops them from creating value-add businesses on top of it, but few complain of the high cost of the Twitter firehose. If the data has value, it's perfectly reasonable for the owner to charge for access. And Craiglist owns the data, as their T&Cs make clear.
- danvideo 14y agowas about to say exact same thing - hangs itself? cmon. Does anyone have an idea how many people go to craiglist from search engines anyway? Aside from people using the API type/scraper sites... is it common to find jobs/furniture/apts from sites other than the site itself?