Craigstant Not So Helpful to Job Seekers
October 8, 2011
With so many people desperately seeking any twinkling of a job lead, Craigslist has exploded in use as an employment website. The site itself is relatively straightforward and easy to use but people just keep trying to make it easier. Such is the case with the new service Craigstant as reported on LifeHacker in the article, Craistant.com – a Craigslist Instant. As the article explains the search engine,
If you haven’t figured it out, Craigstant is the combination of Craigslist and Instant. You can search any Craigslist location simply by typing what you want. That’s about all there is to it. The downside of using Craigstant instead of proper search is that you’ll miss out on things like picture previews and additional search filters, but if you just want pure speed it can deliver.
There have been several previous attempts to streamline Craigslist surfing but none have revolutionized the Craigslist industry. Will this be the one? I don’t think so. I played around with the search engine to see how it could help me and was not impressed.
For starters I could only choose a specific location or ‘random’ which is exactly what is sounds like. If random is selected the search is performed (instantly all be it) in the search engine’s random location of choice – maybe Pittsburg, maybe Cincinnati, maybe Los Angeles. For most people searching for a job, the random thing is not going to cut it.
Whether phrases such as “let me check Craigstant” will soon replace “let me check Craigslist” is still yet to be seen (yet highly unlikely). What is likely is that the rapidly evolving Craigslist will continue to grow in its capabilities.
Catherine Lamsfuss, October 08, 2011
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I use to live down the road from Craig Newmark. I actually discussed with him repeatedly why CL doesn’t have better search. So far, nothing fuzzy, just exact match, no auto-suggest, etc. Too bad Craig doesn’t make the decisions anymore. CL remains one of my very web favorites. A legend.
Dan
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