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March 23, 2009

Craigslist Beats MySpace in Top Searched Terms Last Week; eBay Drives Paid Listings

Hitwise is reporting that Craigslist beat MySpace in the top searched terms last week in the U.S. Their one year graph shows MySpace on the decline with Craigslist and Facebook on a parallel rise:

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Meanwhile, eBay is driving the most traffic from paid search listings in the U.S.

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Posted by Nathania Johnson on March 23, 2009 11:17 AM

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Comments

Hi,

I'm not surprized for MySpace. This service is very old and I cannot see any innovation. However, ebay is less popular than in France (-15%). Do American prefer other websites to sell products ?

Ramenos  March 24, 2009 5:24 AM

Craigslist and Facebook are two big sites,its good to see how they go up against each other.Id say i like craigslist the most,has more range...

american proxy  March 25, 2009 5:05 AM

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