Ever wonder how to search all of craigslist?

Joey Goldstein

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Mar 22, 2008, 11:32:59 AM3/22/08

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Just go to Google!

Eg.
The keyword search "Axon AX-100 craigslist" brings back hits from
current craigslist ads all across the world.

Has everybody out there already known about this?

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Steven R

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Mar 22, 2008, 11:57:47 AM3/22/08

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It works better if you do it like this (I'll use an ES-335 as an
example)

Gibson ES-335 site:craigslist.org

Just type that into the search bar with anything you're and you'll
gets tons of results from Craigslist only.

Joey Goldstein

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Mar 22, 2008, 12:02:00 PM3/22/08

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Steven R wrote:
> On Mar 22, 11:32 am, Joey Goldstein <nos...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> Just go to Google!
>>
>> Eg.
>> The keyword search "Axon AX-100 craigslist" brings back hits from
>> current craigslist ads all across the world.
>>
>> Has everybody out there already known about this?

> It works better if you do it like this (I'll use an ES-335 as an

> example)
>
> Gibson ES-335 site:craigslist.org
>
> Just type that into the search bar with anything you're and you'll
> gets tons of results from Craigslist only.

OK. Thanks.

Is this something recent, a new arrangement between craigslist and
Google maybe?

I seem to remember that craigslist used to be adamant about not allowing
people to search the entire craigslist system.
I'm almost sure I tried something like this when I first got hip to
craigslist, and that it didn't work. No?

Steven R

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Mar 22, 2008, 12:09:18 PM3/22/08

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I've been using it for a while, but I have no idea about how long it's
worked.

Here's another sorta neat site that will search Craigslist within a
state - limited search terms though.

http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mus.cgi

Joey Goldstein

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Mar 22, 2008, 12:10:05 PM3/22/08

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Joey Goldstein wrote:
> Steven R wrote:
>> On Mar 22, 11:32 am, Joey Goldstein <nos...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>> Just go to Google!
>>>
>>> Eg.
>>> The keyword search "Axon AX-100 craigslist" brings back hits from
>>> current craigslist ads all across the world.
>>>
>>> Has everybody out there already known about this?
>
>> It works better if you do it like this (I'll use an ES-335 as an
>> example)
>>
>> Gibson ES-335 site:craigslist.org
>>
>> Just type that into the search bar with anything you're and you'll
>> gets tons of results from Craigslist only.
>
> OK. Thanks.

Actually, I think you'll find that my way gets a more complete list of hits.

I put up a WTB ad on Toronto's craigslist a while ago for a Boss TU-50
tuner.
It shows up on Google if I search with "Boss TU-50 craigslist", but
doesn't come up if I use "Boss TU-50 site:craigslist.org".

Steven R

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Mar 22, 2008, 12:38:38 PM3/22/08

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Yeah, you may be right - that does seem odd, though. At any rate,
either method of searching can be pretty helpful sometimes ;)

Maj6th

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Mar 22, 2008, 12:50:59 PM3/22/08

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I use; craigslist, "whatever the item is"

Use a comma after Craigslist and the item in quotes.

Maj6th

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Chip L

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Mar 22, 2008, 6:03:34 PM3/22/08

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I've also found craigshelper.com helpful for searching several
locations ie several cities in your area or state.

Chip L

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Florian Schmidt

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Mar 22, 2008, 7:37:13 PM3/22/08

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Joey Goldstein wrote:

> Steven R wrote:
>> On Mar 22, 11:32 am, Joey Goldstein <nos...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>> Just go to Google!
>>>
>>> Eg.
>>> The keyword search "Axon AX-100 craigslist" brings back hits from
>>> current craigslist ads all across the world.
>>>
>>> Has everybody out there already known about this?
>
>> It works better if you do it like this (I'll use an ES-335 as an
>> example)
>>
>> Gibson ES-335 site:craigslist.org
>>
>> Just type that into the search bar with anything you're and you'll
>> gets tons of results from Craigslist only.
>
> OK. Thanks.
>
> Is this something recent, a new arrangement between craigslist and
> Google maybe?

nope it's a tried and tested google feature. Try:

"site:tapas.affenbande.org woody"

and it finds stuff with "woody" in it on my page.. don't look though.. ;)

Flo

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Joey Goldstein

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Mar 22, 2008, 7:53:48 PM3/22/08

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Yeah, I've always known how to use Google to search a web site/domain name.
But I thought that craigslist, which is *not* a single web site/domain
name, had some ways of stopping users from searching all of craigslist's
sites.

nospam

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Mar 22, 2008, 9:02:00 PM3/22/08

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I found this info for searching google. May be interesting....

http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/googlesearches.htm

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Florian Schmidt

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Mar 23, 2008, 3:20:21 PM3/23/08

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Joey Goldstein wrote:
>> nope it's a tried and tested google feature. Try:
>>
>> "site:tapas.affenbande.org woody"
>>
>> and it finds stuff with "woody" in it on my page.. don't look though.. ;)
>>
>> Flo
>>
>
> Yeah, I've always known how to use Google to search a web site/domain
> name. But I thought that craigslist, which is *not* a single web
> site/domain name, had some ways of stopping users from searching all of
> craigslist's sites.

Oh well, sorry for the noise then..