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1、Craigslist：探访美国最火的分类广告网站Craigslist:visitingthemostpopularclassifiedadvertisingsitesintheUnitedStates(trans)08-02-1215:51:"thedonalee99"category:unclassified"Thereisnobusinessmodel."CraigNewmark,52,issingle,andtheU.S.hasoneofthemostpopularbachelorsint
2、heBayArea.CraigNewmarkistheworld'slargestandearliestclassifiedadswebsite,founderofCraigslist.org,butnowhetitleisneitheraPresidentisnotaCEO,heisjustthecompany'scustomerservicerepresentative.Hespendsmorethaneighthoursadaysittinginfrontofthecomputerandd
3、ealingwithcomplaints.BeforetheNovember11interview,reportersandNewmarkhadthreeemails,andhisaveragetimewas10minutes.Giventhathehandlesthousandsofemailsaday,thespeedoftheresponseisalmostbreathtaking.IntheSunsetdistrict,farfromdowntownSanFrancisco,Newmar
4、krentedathree-storyapartmentbuilding.Hepurposelypickedafarawayfromthecitycenter,butthetrafficisconvenientzone,inthefrontofthebuildingbytram,standingacrossthestreet,afailuretorecognizethatishometothehouseholdCraigslist.Craigslist.org'ssignisintheother
5、signs,andyoucanseeitcarefully.NewmarkandCEOJimBuckmasterSharedaroomonthethirdflooroftheapartment,withanarrowfloorandaclutteredroom,withtheexceptionofseveralcomputers,booksandclutter.Craigslisthasnopicturesonitswebsite,onlydensetextandavarietyoflifein
6、formation,ahugeonlineclassifiedsofclassifiedadvertisingandBBS.Whileitmaybeboring,CraigslistisoneofAmerica'sfavoritewebsites.Somebodyselltheirusedcarhere,someoneheretorentahouse,someoneheretofindajob,someonefoundherecomputerpeoplehelpthemselves,andoth
7、erstofindagirlfriendhere.Now,10millionpeopleareusingCraigslisteverymonth,andthenumberofwebpagesisgrowingatnearlyahundredtimesayear.AccordingtoBuckmaster,thenumberofpagesonCraigslistwillsoonovertakeAmazonandYahoo!EvenGoogle,whileCraigslisthasonly18emp
8、loyeestoday.Craigslisthasaddednearly1billionpostsamonth,lessthan1percentofwhichispaidfor,despitethefactthatCraigslisthasbeenestimatedtohavereached$10millioninrecentyears.Newmarkhasdeclinedtosayexactlyhowmuchmoneyithas."Ourtoppriorityisnottomakemoney,
