"Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements site with areas committed to jobs, real estate, available, things desired, services, community service, jobs, résumés, and discussion online forums.

Craig Newmark began the solution in 1995 as an e-mail distribution list to friends, including regional events in the San Francisco Bay Location. It ended up being an online service in 1996 as well as increased into other classified groups. It began expanding to other UNITED STATE cities in 2000, and now covers 70 countries.

In March 2008, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and also Portuguese became the very first non-English languages Craigslist supported. As of August 9, 2012, over 700 cities as well as locations in 70 countries had Craigslist websites. Some Craigslist sites cover big areas as opposed to private metropolitan areas-- for instance, the U.S. states of Delaware as well as Wyoming, the Colorado Western Incline, the California Gold Country, and also the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are among the areas with their own Craigslist websites. Craigslist sites for some big cities, such as Los Angeles, likewise consist of the ability for the user to concentrate on a specific area of a city (such as main Los Angeles).."