Comments on: Find stuff faster on Craigslist--if you dare

Craig didn't ask for these helpers, but they're handy.

[C.H. Nathan]

Craig's Little Helper

Hi,

Nathan from Craig's Little Helper here. Nice to see the site getting recognition! :-) I certainly find it useful.

I just wanted to make one note. Craig's Little Helper does not actually "scrape Craigslist postings", as the article states. Basically, it works by automatically filling out the craigslist search fields, so you can enter a search query once, but perform the search in more than one city. Plus, it only runs the query on each city when you actually view the results, so from the perspective of the craigslist servers, it is the same as if you were to go to each city and enter your search manually. It just saves you the clicking.

Other than that, good stuff!

-Nathan
http://www.craigshelper.com

[elsa.wenzel]

Thanks for clarifying

Appreciate the details!
--Elsa

[Merryna]

CraigsPal.com

CraigsPal.com is simple and simple.

I love it!

[Merryna]

CraigsPal,com

CraigsPal.com is simple and simple. I found everything for my big move to Los Angeles.

I love it!

[C.H. Nathan]

And I appreciate

the speedy correction!

Cheers,
C.L.H Nathan

[robertjohnson129]

CL Buddy another good finder tool

here's another (CL Buddy):
http://admin.clbuddy.googlepages.com/home
it sends emails or SMS text messages to your cell immediately when new items are posted, not once an hour. It will also send the contents of the link not just the link. It is great to get the phone number of the contact in the text message.

[Craig-Sanchez]

Here's another... that I built:

http://www.searchallcraigs.com

It''ll get all sites in the USA and let you refine your search by region.

Enjoy

[chadactive]

Here's a new (and really good) one: http://www.craigzoom.com

[classifieds]

Get Adlandpro classifieds network http://adlandpro.ws

[craigster327]

I super simple one I prefer is http://craigslistcrawler.com/

[cnetdti]

Heres a new Craigscraper nice library for ruby programmers to use with their projects. <a href="http://www.derosetechnologies.com/community/libcraigscrape">http://www.derosetechnologies.com/community/libcraigscrape</a>

[brighton36]

http://www.derosetechnologies.com/community/libcraigscrape works great as long as you're a little bit unix-friendly. Very customizable and highly recommended

[LionsTact]

Search ALL Craigslist - Kijiji - Backpage at RaveTrade.com

100% Free Photo / Video / Mp3 Classifieds

http://www.ravetrade.com

[ideveloptv]

Heres a new one, that looks like it might be the best of the video best.

Shoot, Show & Sell.

http://www.forsale.tv

[youngloks]

Great site! I prefer http://searchcraigs.com myself because it's so easy to use.

[david2479]

I looked at many of them and really do not see much value from third parties. I wish craigslist founders created more core toolls that all of us can use. I always wished we could save searches (like on ebay) and get some sort of alers would be cool too...

I am currently using <a href="http://www.classifiedsmonitor.com">http://www.classifiedsmonitor.com</a> for saving of the searches.

[ChristopherWF]

I like using

http://www.allofcraigslist.org/

It's free and requires no coding.