New Craigslist Search Tool, I've written it and you can try it out Options

[sandusky1977]

Hey all, I've been working on a way to search more than one Craigslist for a while, and have built a new tool, http://www.clrds.com/


The process is simple, select your category (cars & trucks), select your state (MI), select the cities from that state you want to check, enter what you are looking for, such as Celica, and a price range, and you get a full page of results from around your state.

I've got my account setup with saved searches of Celica's in Michigan, IN, OH, IL, and several cars that I'm watching.

Take it for a test run, I'm planning on charging at some point in the future, something like .99 a month for regular users, and 9.99 for power users.

I'm also planning to ad a feature to allow scheduled runs of your searches, with an email feature to update you of new results in your areas.

Check it out, and let me know what errors you find, or problems that come up. I've found that I need to tailor the searches a little more specifically such as hoses, should have an option to select bedrooms, bathrooms etc... but it was built so I could find cars.


More than anything I just need some users at the moment to see what bandwidth is going to be, and figure out a scale for charging.

[sandusky1977]

Added a few more features to the site today,.

Three word compounds now work, as well as the advanced search functions from Craigslist., Also., once you've saved a search and pull it back up, you can have it save bookmarks of items from that search to your home page.

So you can do or with the pipe(|)
toyota celica | mr2

You can make it look for phrases by using quotes
Lexus SC300 | "sc 300"

even wildcard searches
toyo* cel*

Visit http://www.clrds.com/ while it's still free to setup an account, and start searching like a fanatic,.

[njccmd2002]

instead of charging, why not get sponsors, banners. youll get more money..

[sandusky1977]

It's something to consider,. I haven't really figured out the best strategy to monetize it, nor do I care until it costs me money.

I'm also thinking I will build the app to go with it, for those that just have to have an app.

[Box]

Fairly nifty. Is there a way for it to only search titles yet?

[njccmd2002]

ok being me one of the first ones, i get it for free. its nice

[sandusky1977]

Fairly nifty. Is there a way for it to only search titles yet?

Consider it done,. I added it and it seems to work fine.

Keep the recommendations coming in, and I will add them when I get a minute.

[Bitter]

way to filter scam ads by excluding common keywords from the body of the ad?

[Box]

Sweet on the title search option. I meant to say something yesterday but forgot, when I tried it out yesterday I noticed the amount of results given is limited to a certain amount? Also I'm not sure if it'd be possible, but having it search within a radius of your ZIP code would be cool. Where I am located in Alabama, there are places in Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi that are closer to me than let's say Mobile which is also in Alabama.

[Box]

Another thing I just remembered, having a minimum and maximum year would be nice as well, let's say you're just looking for any 60's car or whatever for a project.

[richee3]

I played with it last night. Definitely very cool to see what's available statewide.

[SupraKid]

Can't search by owner only?

[sandusky1977]

Can't search by owner only?

I'll add more.sub categories to it when I get a few minutes, but I usually go straight for te for sale category, as I may want parts, barter vehicles and cars from a dealer. Anywhere there is a good deal to be had, I want to see it.

I'm thinking of a social spam tagging feature, that allows you to flag the ads, then I can just filter them out.

[Poonicus]

Love it I have created myself an account and i second the being able to search by year option that's what I use the most on craiglist because i'm looking for something a bit older than my celica or a delorean, but no luck on the delorean yet haha.

[sandusky1977]

Can't search by owner only?

You can now,.

Love it I have created myself an account and i second the being able to search by year option that's what I use the most on craiglist because i'm looking for something a bit older than my celica or a delorean, but no luck on the delorean yet haha.

You can now search any of the auto categories,. Cars & Trucks All, by Owner, or by Dealer.

[sandusky1977]

Sweet on the title search option. I meant to say something yesterday but forgot, when I tried it out yesterday I noticed the amount of results given is limited to a certain amount? Also I'm not sure if it'd be possible, but having it search within a radius of your ZIP code would be cool. Where I am located in Alabama, there are places in Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi that are closer to me than let's say Mobile which is also in Alabama.

Box,. I'm currently prototyping the radius feature, you can share your location, or enter your zip and select your radius. The other option would be to allow more than one state to be selected in the first step,. I can turn that and the cities in to more of an autogenerated as you select with multiselect if that would be more useful.

I've been testing on my local server, and I'm able to run 5 states worth of CL cities all at once, so it shouldn't be a big issue to make that available to more users.

[Box]

Liking the new features.

[njccmd2002]

box should get this one

http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/4521504979.html

[njccmd2002]

http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/4538242116.html

[sandusky1977]

Box should just buy my 99,. of course he would need 4k to do so, but it's a really nice, stock, 5-speed GT with only 113k miles.

It's not for sale, but I would consider it for box,. I have others.