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Could craigslist be unintentionally HELPING prolong the war in Iraq?

I know it sounds like a stretch that craigslist- where you may have found a lawnmower, a car, an apartment or love- could have anything to do with something as major as the continuance of the Iraq War. Probably is a stretch but do hear me out....

Tags: Revenue, Financial, Iraq, Buckmaster, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-11

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Google CEO urges grads: 'Turn off your computer' -AP "Turn off your computer. You're actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us," Schmidt said. "Nothing beats holding the hand of your grandchild as he walks his first steps."...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Social Media, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Craigslist CEO: South Carolina AG's antics 'simply beyond the pale'

Craigslist CEO: South Carolina AG's antics 'simply beyond the pale'Harry McMaster is a trojan horseHe is manipulated from behind the scenes by a few liberal pupeteers to make all conservatives look like nuts and out of touch with America.AG's power is the loss of our freedoms.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11155-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=64679&messageID=1204064I suspect another motivation behind...

Tags: Harry McMaster, South Carolina AG, Craigslist, antic

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Craigslist CEO: South Carolina AG's antics 'simply beyond the pale'

The war of words between Craigslist and South Carolina Attorney General Harry McMaster is escalating. In this round, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster wants an apology for McMaster's political showboating and failure to fully consider "the implications of your accusations." In a fine post Techmeme, Buckmaster calls McMaster's bluff....

Tags: Craigslist, Adult Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Craigslist becomes political pinata

If you're a pol who wants to garner some headlines there's one easy route to news coverage: Kick Craigslist. Now it's South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster's turn (Techmeme, statement, letter to Craigslist). McMaster has informed Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster see his reply that he has to remove...

Tags: South Carolina, Craigslist, McMaster, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Craigslist: 'Spectacular' decline in erotic services listings

Craigslist, which is under fire from a lawsuit launched Cook County Illinois Sheriff Thomas Dart, has detailed its efforts with reducing "erotic services" listings on its site since it struck a deal with state authorities.  In a blog post, Craigslist detailed its progress in ridding the site...

Tags: Craigslist, Advertisement, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged

Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...

Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?

Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...

Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

eBay sues craigslist; cites dilution

EBay said Tuesday that it is suing craigslist, Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster to "safeguard its four-year financial investment." The auction giant bought a 28.4 percent stake in craigslist in 2004, but alleges that in January that Newmark and Buckmaster "adopted measures that, among other things, unfairly...

Tags: eBay Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Craigslist vs. Facebook? Why Craigslist wins, big time

In teasing a classifieds “Facebook Marketplace” offering via a CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefing for the New York Times Friday, the Facebook message apparently was “Craigslist, here we come!” But why? In addition to being blind to multi-million dollar buyout offers, Craigslist is blind to market share.Nevertheless, the opening NYT...

Tags: Craigslist, Facebook

Blog posts 2007-05-13

Sex trade at Google, not Craigslist

Does Craigslist REALLY have a “dirty little secret”? NO, but Google may!Compete, a Website which claims “insights powered by over 2 million people,” declares a “scoop,” daring to bare the “virtual red-light district,” aka Craigslist:"It’s no wonder that Craigslist is champion of the online classifieds revolution; Compete reports just under...

Tags: Google, Amateur Content, Advertising, Self-Promotion, Media, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Culture, Craigslist

Blog posts 2007-04-07

IDC study will reveal the dark matter of search

Susan Feldman, a senior analyst at IDC, will release on Friday the results of a groundbreaking study that shoots down one of the largest myths in search engine marketing: that the majority of traffic to web sites comes from one of the top ten search engines. By comparing publicly available...

Tags: Google, Search, Yahoo, International Data Corp., search engine

Blog posts 2007-02-08

Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and Stupidity

Greed, arrogance, inexperience, and stupidity are the essential quartet driving many IT project failures. Bring this set of factors together, and failure is practically inevitable. All too often, vendors and customers angle to get as much as possible out of each other, ignoring the fact that fairness and mutual respect...

Tags: Vendor relationships, Project failures

Blog posts 2006-12-21

Open source issues for 2007 start with the profit motive

One of the big issues here in 2007 will continue to be the divide over profit as prime motivation.We are used to this in software. The very term open source is meant to differentiate those who care first about profit from the Free and Open Source FOSS crowd, like Richard...

Tags: motive, open source, Internet

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Craig on craigslist, one more time

In "Craigslist: Paid classifieds killer, or impetus for more lucrative classifieds business," I put forth that:It is not for Craig Newmark, Jim Buckmaster, or any member of the craigslist community, to worry about “feelings” within the newspaper industry, or about the future of the newspaper industry. Rather, it is the...

Tags: ecommerce, Self-Promotion, Amateur Content, Social Web, Yellow Pages, CEO Interviews, Craigslist, eBay, User-Generated Content, Culture, Citizen Journalism, Local, Business Models

Blog posts 2006-12-14

Craigslist debate rages on

Apparently having Craigslist take advertising to save the world isnt such a hot idea. Of course that hasnt stopped the debate, which has run almost a full week now and flared up again today. See roundup on Techmeme.As posted on Between the Lines Dec. 7 Craiglist CEO Jim Buckmaster wants...

Tags: text advertisement, advertisement, Craigslist

Blog posts 2006-12-13

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster: Delightfully communist

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster: Delightfully communistWhy?Why should Craigslist force ads on people when there are more than enough ads in the world already. Justifying it by saying it could be given to charity is stupid - let people donate to the charities they like rather than have someone else...

Tags: eBay Inc., Anarchy, Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist, Communist, Communism, communist, capitalist, capitalism

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster: Delightfully communist

Take the Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, who has been described as a socialist anarchist and a communist, drop him into an investment conference with a bunch of capitalists and what do you get? Confused capitalists wondering how a company can exist without the urge to maximize profits. On...

Tags: Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Page views per kilowatt hour: The socially responsible benchmark?

In my recent interview with AMD's director of commercial solutions Margaret Lewis, part of the conversation covered the area of benchmarks; most notably the question of what the industry standard benchmark should be when the technology inside a computer is designed to deliver a certain amount of performance in...

Tags: serverS

Blog posts 2006-08-07

Craig's List CEO: Academics want our info, co-los hate our volume

It must be hard being CEO of Craig's List, the online listings service that by several accounts is one of the ten-most trafficked Web property.You've got to fend off curious academics, pushy Realtors and co-location services that think you're being a bandwidth and power...

Tags: Craig, List

Blog posts 2006-07-26