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Title: Craigslook shut down
Post by: GreginNM on October 17, 2010, 02:47:45 am
I can't believe that Craigslist had Craigslook shut down tonight!   :darn:      :censored:   That site sure made it much easier to search ads without going to each city individually!  How frustrating...


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: loman4ec on October 17, 2010, 08:11:06 am
Try search tempest. Its the same thing. It used to be called craigssearch but they were sued and changed their name and started searching other sites too but you can choose what you want to search. It is a great tool!


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: RetroMe on October 17, 2010, 08:39:17 am
Craiglook has simply changed their website name. Try www.claz.org. Its the same site just a different name now 8)


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: Kilroy on October 17, 2010, 01:24:43 pm
Different name, but  a pop up gives this announcement

Craiglook.com has been shut down by demand of Craigslist.org

I have also complied with their request and have removed all RSS feeds and links to craigslist.org from the website.

I am extremely grateful to you all who kept the site running with your great ideas and feedback. I will try my best in reaching to Craigslist to see if there is a way for Craiglook to work out legal claims that they have pointed out.

If you have reached this site by mistake trying to go to Craigslist.org - please use the corresponding button below.

So CLaz.org WON'T search craigslist


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: loman4ec on October 17, 2010, 01:33:14 pm
http://www.searchtempest.com/ Is great! It searches craigslist. They were sued because they had "Craig" in their name so they changes it to searchtempest. It also searches ebay but I only use it for craigslist. I have found a lot this way. I don;t even go to craigslist anymore I just use searchtempest. There is no better way to search craigslist if you ask me.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: Aron on October 17, 2010, 06:43:52 pm
I found Craig's Look to be quite a bit better than Search Tempest.  On Craig's Look, when you searched an item, it would give you all the results in one place with a picture preview just like E-Bay does.  Search Tempest just pulls up the Craig's List "format" for several different cities at once, with each city still segregated and no picture until you click on an item.  Craig's Look would also allow you to combine the "Antique" and "Collectible" category into one search -- at Search Tempest you have to search these two categories separately.  I really hope they figure out a way to do it legally, because Craig's Look was great.   


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: loman4ec on October 17, 2010, 06:57:27 pm
At least its there and better than nothing :) Its a heck of a lot better than searching on craigslist city by city. You would think that craigslist would get the picture and revise there searches themselves.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: BrianS on October 17, 2010, 09:36:07 pm
This is a bummer.  I logged on tonight to find out if anyone else had another alternative that they used.  Craigslook was a great tool. I never could quite figure out the Craigslist business model.  Why make it so cumbersome to search?  And why would they discourage other sites that are designed to bring traffic to their site?  You would think Craigslist would at least take the step of displaying a photo.  Heck, charge a dime to display a photo - drive some revenue, enhance your site, pull in more traffic.  Can't argue with their success so I guess it doesn't do any good to criticize from the sidelines, but this sure seems like a step backwards.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: BrianB on October 18, 2010, 06:23:52 am
That really stinks. I liked Craiglook a lot. I originally used Search Tempest and when I found Craiglook, I nevver looked back!

I guess the botom line is use what's available!


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: loman4ec on October 18, 2010, 07:24:27 am
Search tempest shows a photo for me. It is a new function but in the past two months or so it shows a photo in the search. You have to click a box to show photos.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: SIGNGUY on October 18, 2010, 08:49:38 am
to show the photo, inside of the Craigslist box in that city it says show or hide images.. it does make it nicer so you can cruze through the listings faster..

Craigslook was nicer, but all good things come to an end I guess.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: jbrooks on October 18, 2010, 11:33:45 am
so i just used tempest...i hate it, bring back craiglook


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: collecture on October 29, 2010, 01:13:47 am
I guess they got their legal bits worked out - Craigslook is back up?


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: memorylane on October 29, 2010, 08:05:15 am
What is craigslook? and whats there web address, sorry for the question but I don't know...


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: SIGNGUY on October 29, 2010, 08:07:15 am
It actually was never shut down, they just lost the ability to search Craigslist listings.. so if you look at it now, anything they find in searches are other online classified sights, No craigslist listings..

Curis the site is : www.Craigslook.com

it used to be nice tool to search mulitple craigslist postings with one search engine. but they got into a legal thing with craigslist.


Title: Re: Craigslook shut down
Post by: collecture on October 29, 2010, 09:59:00 am
.. so if you look at it now, anything they find in searches are other online classified sights, No craigslist listings..

Oops...Didn't notice that it didn't have any CL listings, just didn't see a pop up like when it first happened.