06-08-2006, 01:53 PM
Quote:Newspaper JV Topix.net Debuts Craigslist Rival
News aggregation site Topix.net, a joint venture between Gannett, Knight Ridder and Tribune, has started a free classified ad service that is highly contextual. This is a big move for Topix.net. It puts them squarely up against Craigslist - the giant that is eating away much of the newspaper biz' revenue base. At the same time, it curiously provides a free alternative to existing paid services these companies run independent of their Topix JV...
So far, the program is limited to local pages. So you can't, for example, post an ad about a VW Beetle for sale on the relevant topic page. I can easily see that coming since the relevance is so high. You're limited to posting an ad on a certain zip code pages as well as others that are nearby.
full article: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/06/n...jv_to.html
Topix.net is at www.topix.netÂ
To see the classifieds search by zipcode and look in the right hand column: example: http://www.topix.net/city/manhattan-ny