My partner, Danny is just starting to learn how to use a computer. He is learning how to use email and how to surf the internet for things he is interested in. I’m showing him the ropes.
This morning he wanted to search for campers (ours was recently totaled. For more information, click here) on Craigslist, but he wanted to search for campers on all of Craigslist. He asked me how he could do this. Well, I must confess, I don’t use Craigslist very much, and so I didn’t know how to do this.
I went out to Craigslist (CL) and looked around and didn’t find a way to do this (that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way, I just didn’t find it this morning), that was obvious to me.
So, I did what I usually do in a situation like this, I performed a Google Search. I found a way to search all of CL in a matter of seconds using Google’s Search Engine. I love Google. Here is the link I found, in case you are interested: http://www.dime-co.com/business/How-to-Search-All-of-Craigslist-at-Once.shtml.
It really wasn’t that hard. I’ll outline the steps for you here.
- First, open up a browser window (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc..).
- Type in “Google.com” in the address bar. Google’s home page should appear.
- Now you will need to type the following into the Google search box:
site:craigslist.org “replace this text with your search keywords”.
- For my example, I decided to search all of CL for “Honda Cars”. Here is what I type into the Google Search box:
site:craigslist.org “Honda Cars”.
- Press the Enter key or click on the Google Search button.
- Next, I was presented with a list of links to Honda cars on Craigslist.
Pretty cool.
For more details on how you can search for something on all of Craigslist, you can perform your own Google Search and/or check out the link I found, by visiting this site: http://www.dime-co.com/business/How-to-Search-All-of-Craigslist-at-Once.shtml.
Enjoy!
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