How to Search all Craigslist Cities at Once
No tool needed. This is free!
Craigslist.org is set up so as to keep the buyers and the sellers in close proximity to each other in order to facilitate one on one connections, and to lessen the chances of fraud. If you are selling or buying something you must log in with the city that you reside in or are that you are interested in.
They do not want you to be dealing with people in remote locations as there is no way to determine trust. There is no voting system like on Ebay where you earn a trust score, so Craigslist wants to keep it local.
Now there is a way to: “Search all Craigslist Cities at Once”, using a specific Google search.
There are many specific websites that have been set up to allow you to search multiple Craigslist listings all at one time. These tools no doubt work and the entrepreneurs that built those website tools are to be commended.
However it is very easy to do and requires no special online tool. You already have just what you need and it is called Google.
Here is all you have to do is to enter the following in your Google search box:
site:craigslist.org [keyword]
Make sure there is no space between site: and craigslist, and make sure there is a space between: craigslist.org and the keyword. You also can use part numbers or use boolean searches, or use quotes to narrow things down.
Then once you find what you are looking for you should contact the buyer or seller and explain that you do not live locally and make your fair and honest offering.
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Have fun.
Rich Hill
http://linkMoney.org
I really like using Craigslist Search Engine. This site allows you to search anything on craigslist by city, State and Nation Wide, it’s a free web site and best of all there is nothing to download. just go and search. Way cool. Five Thumbs Up.
Comment by Burr grinders — January 10, 2010 @ 2:33 pm
Oh sure, nothing against the craigslist own search form, but it is limited to search by specific city only. The method described in this article searches “ALL” cities at the same time. It is very handy for obscure items or search by part number sort of thing.
Thanks for the comment.
Rich
Comment by admin — January 10, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
I wonder why Craiglist is so against change? It seems that it would be easy enough for them to allow you to search all cities instead of relying on Google to do it.
Comment by SEO Keyword Ranking — January 14, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
Craigslist is the dinosaur in your browser. it’s their game and if anyone doesn’t like it, they pretty much say, get lost. I suspect their answer is that they force people to deal local, but there are many ways to get around their limitations so I just don’t worry about it.
Thanks for commenting.
Rich
Comment by admin — January 14, 2010 @ 12:59 pm
Thanks for let us know how to search world cities in once by google special using tools thanks
dude!
Comment by Indiansafaries — January 15, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
You are welcome. Please retweet this post and let your friends know about it.
Thanks.
Rich
Comment by admin — January 15, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
Great tip.. Craigslist has so much benefit if you can deal with all their changes
Comment by John Paul Aguiar — January 24, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
Thanks.
This method is very handy for when you are looking for an unusual item that just might not be offered in your area.
Comment by admin — January 24, 2010 @ 9:25 pm