Padmapper no longer using Craigslist info (rentals, location, apartments, quote)
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This is super frustrating and sad! I love the ability to look for housing in a specific area, and actually see it on a map. I'm looking for housing right now in a small town with very few "regular" apartments. Sites like Craigslist or local newspapers are my main resource, but not being totally familiar with areas, I still rely on the map to get a sense of what I'm looking at.
I still like Hotpads and Zillow, but Padmapper has been my go-to because of the Craiglist info.
That's a shame. My main issue with searching for an apartment on craigslist is that so many people use keywords in an attempt to get more people to view a listing, but all it really does is clog up the search results. Padmapper has been helpful in finding an apartment in places I actually want to live.
I wonder if this is a precursor to craigslist launching a similar map based apartment listing option.
That's sad, I remember when I was looking into other cities, I used Padmapper mainly, and most of the listings were through CL.
I don't quite understand why they have such a problem with this, when Padmapper is directing people to their site that might not normally have gone there otherwise.
It's disappointing. I was using that to help find rentals in certain areas of a new town. Since it's a big place, I don't know all the neighborhoods and streets. Craigslist doesn't have a map feature, so padmapper was great for that.
Craigslist listings are ~75% spam though, was padmapper able to weed out the spam?
Spam numbers can vary by location (maybe larger cities have less?). That number is closer to around 10% here (SF) and Craigslist is pretty much the only source for apartments. It's a shame, though, because Padmapper was really useful when you had certain boundaries within neighborhoods that you were trying to target.
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