Craig Newmark quietly announced on his blog the other day that Craigslist.org now covers 570 cities all over the world. \o/ Yey for Craig and his list!
But here is the thing: You can keep adding the rest of the world and it will not mean crap unless you actually get traction in those markets. Putting it up there does not count unless you actually launch and people come.
And craigslist as a user experience is totally and utterly crap. That's not news, but it is true. No integration a la web2.0. No design. Just simple bulletin board style listings. The content is what makes craigslist good. And that content is in the US. Not in Sweden, or much of the other 300+ cities.
So here comes my prediction: Craigslist will die and burn when someone builds a simple imitation and makes it beautiful and useful. Just my 2 cents.
What do you think?
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- John Sjölander
- John Sjölander is the CTO of Burt. This blog is his private blog. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Burt.
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