Is it that Craigslist is rotting, or is it that people's expectations of search have moved forwards? How much would it cost to license search from Google? Would Google provide it for free? Are enough people scared of Google now that it would be a PR lose?
Google Search Appliance? http://www.google.com/enterprise/gsa
We have a couple of those where I work - they seem ok. Way better than the search function that came with our stupidly expensive "Enterprise Portal".
It would be very easy to improve searching on CL without needing to license anything from Google, especially given that CL makes plenty of money. It's quite shocking just how bad the Craigslist user interface is, and has been for so long.
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Is it that Craigslist is rotting, or is it that people's expectations of search have moved forwards? How much would it cost to license search from Google? Would Google provide it for free? Are enough people scared of Google now that it would be a PR lose?
Google Search Appliance? http://www.google.com/enterprise/gsa We have a couple of those where I work - they seem ok. Way better than the search function that came with our stupidly expensive "Enterprise Portal".
It would be very easy to improve searching on CL without needing to license anything from Google, especially given that CL makes plenty of money. It's quite shocking just how bad the Craigslist user interface is, and has been for so long.