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How it all started:

Craigslist was founded on 1995 by a web-oriented software engineer in the person of Craig Newman. It all started started as an email list for friends and co-workers about events going on in the San Francisco Bay Area. When he retired in the field of IT, he decided to work fulltime for craigslist. Though it all started as a hobby, craigslist was incorporated as a for-profit in 1999.

About Craigslist:

Craigslist serves as a local classifieds and forums site for 570 cities in 50 countries worldwide. It is community moderated, and largely free. Basically, craigslist is almost about anything: housing, services, jobs, services, local events - literally anything. It operates in different languages including French, German, Italian, Portugese, and Spanish and the site receives more than 1 million job listings per month.

Benefits you can get from Craigslist:

1. User can post their advertisements as many times as they want provided that each ad should not be similar with one another.

2. It gives the people, particularly the users, the voice. They have the freedom on how each advertisements will be presented.

3. Gives both the users and the viewers the sence of community trust and even intimacy. The users will be able to monitor personally their propect clients' needs since they are the one updating their posts.

4. Gives the viewers a sense of security. Craigslist allows the viewer to flag a particular posting which appears to them violating the site's policies.

For more information about Craigslist, visit http://chicago.craigslist.org/

Google Apps Premier: Everything Comes in One Package

Who said that online-based communication, mobile updates, documents, site building and a calendar can never be accessed all together using a single account?

This perspective is definitely wrong. Here comes another google-base application which will surely fit either your personal, business, or school need. You can now enjoy keeping in touch with other while enjoying the adventure of browsing new tools. All of this in one account. Complete your Internet expedition with Google Apps Premier.

Google Apps Premier is an account which offers several other applications aside from the usual email and chat. It bridges the gap between the virtual world and the real world. In general, it offers a wide-range and a must experience web- based program and allows the user to store and create files without the need to install a software.

Signing up is as easy as some usual email accounts. The only difference is that, Google Apps Premier's services are paid. This is due to the fact that this application is commonly used by companies, educational institutions, and other organizations in order to communicate to their members and followers in the easiest way possible. The owner of the account can add multiple users, all at the same time making it easier to manage. And, you can create you own domain name for your account to be easily accessed.

A Tour on Google Apps Premier...

Gmail and Chat...

Email is one of the most common communication function an account has to perform. What separates the email option of Google Apps Premier to other account is that, you can manage your account in the most convenient and accessible manner which will best suit you according to your choice.

One additional feature for email is label. You can label each mail according to color which will determine your priority. You will be the one to personally choose what color will go in every label you make. Video clips can also be viewed directly through the email account you have.

Additional feature is the Gmail chat which allows the user to shift from emailing to chatting in one particular window. Gmail chat allows the user not only to chat via text but also video chatting, voice chatting, and even group chats.

Google Talk...

Google talk is another feature of Google Apps which functions more like a communication tool for the user. This could be use for sending and receiving instant messages, PC-To-PC voice chat, voice mails and even file transfer. It is advantageous to use google talk to send files since there is no file size distinction. This also gives Gmail notifications in the users desktop, so, while you are chatting, you will be able to know if you have message in your Gmail.



Calendar: Be reminded, Get Updated

Google Apps Premiere also features a google calendar which allows you to book some appointments and at the same time, be reminded of these appointments. The google calendar sends out email notifications to the user whenever there was a scheduled activity for that particular day.



Google Docs...

Google docs is actually a separate program offered by google but through Google Apps Premier, signing up means having Google Docs at hand. This application allows the user to create presentations, spreadsheets, documents and even forms. Once created, the material done will be automatically saved by the network making it more convenient to use. You will no longer have the worries of having unsaved files when power interruptions occur. Another plus factor also is the fact that you don't have to download particular softwares to have your files created.



Google sites...

Google sites allow you to create your own web template for a website minus the process of downloading a particular software. By using this particular application, you can have you site posted on the web right at that very moment. After creating your own site, you can still have it edited, manage your account, add additional pages, subscribe to other accounts and also to share you accounts to others. By managing your site, you can set its viewing preference whether to make it public, private.



Google Apps: Go Mobile

Google Apps can also be updated through your mobile phones. Email alerts and calendar reminders can be received through your mobile phones using this application.

Administrative Panel: Managing Google Apps the way you want it

The admin, or the owner of the Google Apps account has all the right to manage it. By using the administrative panel, the administrator can have the a particular application to be activated or deactivated. He also has the control who will be the users of his domain. All in all, the administrator has the full control in all the accounts applications he can make changes whenever he wants.