"Craigslist (stylised as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements site with sections devoted to jobs, real estate, up for sale, products desired, solutions, community service, gigs, résumés, and also discussion forums.

Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an e-mail distribution checklist to pals, featuring regional occasions in the San Francisco Bay Location. It ended up being a web-based solution in 1996 as well as increased into various other classified categories. It began expanding to other U.S. cities in 2000, and now covers 70 nations.

In March 2008, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese came to be the initial non-English languages Craigslist sustained. As of August 9, 2012, over 700 cities and also areas in 70 countries had Craigslist sites. Some Craigslist websites cover large regions as opposed to specific cities-- for example, the U.S. states of Delaware as well as Wyoming, the Colorado Western Slope, the California Gold Country, and also the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are among the places with their own Craigslist websites. Craigslist sites for some big cities, such as Los Angeles, additionally include the ability for the user to concentrate on a details area of a city (such as main Los Angeles).."