CL is great and fun to browse, but changing from city to city gets old for me. I found craiglook.com that does a much nicer job of showing posts within a radius of a city.
[OP]
Member
CL is great and fun to browse, but changing from city to city gets old for me. I found craiglook.com that does a much nicer job of showing posts within a radius of a city.
Jeremy Gibson
Contributor
That could be useful if you regularly look at many CL's.
One thing I've been wanting is some kind of website/service that can run searches for me for certain keywords. For instance, I'd like to know right away if anyone lists any Festool, but 99%, there are no results at all for that. Anyone know of a service like this?
Member
I am not currently using it, but a couple of years ago a used Snarfer with the CL plug-in. It worked pretty well. You could have multiple keyword searches for multiple CL cities.Originally Posted by Dan Friedrichs
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. - Thomas Jefferson
Contributor
Do you have a @gmail.com account?
Google lets you customize your home page to include gadgets.
I have 4 CL gadgets on mine that let me watch the "Tools" for sale at local areas.
There is also a Gadget to look for something specific. http://www.google.com/ig/directory?h...istMonitor.xml
Install it to your Google H.P.
Google doesn't list CL directly as a gadget. You have to search for "craigslist" to find the CL gadgets.
Never, under any circumstances, consume a laxative and sleeping pill, on the same night
Member
Another member made a little utility to assist in the search:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=1236448
Maybe it will help.
Todd
Member
There are several "CraigsList Widgets" from Yahoo that may meet your needs. I use a couple of the Yahoo Widgets to display Clock and Weather information on the desktop on my XP machine, but have absolutely no experience with the CraigsList variety. A list of the CraigsList widgets are at:
http://widgets.yahoo.com/search/?q=CraigsList
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA
Member
I have an iPhone app that searches every CL city for whatever I'm looking for. It's called Craigslist Pro (or words to that effect).
Member
Also check out Craiglook.com for a more localized result up to 250 miles
Contributor
I use this site:
http://www.searchtempest.com/
Member
if you prefer a standalone app, there's one called CLWatcher.
nothing to install, just a single executable file. click the cities and sections you want, type in a phrase, it does the rest.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote