Seattle Suburbs: Dallas, Dayton, Denver and Des Moines

   

Craigslist ads came from everywhere but Seattle – a surprise since that’s where I was looking.

   

For this evaluation I searched Jobster for sales jobs, posted during a 24hr window, within 50 miles of Seattle – see Craigslist Degrades Vertical Job Search for the details.

   

Of the top 200 job ads returned, 75 came from Craigslist; but not one came from the Seattle Craigslist site.  Perhaps the jobs from the Seattle site were below my cutoff point of 200 jobs – effectively hidden by all of the duplicates in the sample.  Or maybe Jobster wasn’t indexing the Seattle site.

   

But the fact is, the 75 CL jobs – for sales in Seattle – came from the following Craigslist sites:

   

Albuquerque  2

Atlanta  1

Austin  3

Chicago  1

Cincinnati  2

Cleveland  1

Columbia  2

Columbus  2

Dallas  10

Dayton  2

Denver 10

Des Moines  3

Detroit  4

El Paso  1

Fort Meyers  1

Fresno  1

Grand Rapids  1

Greensboro  2

Hartford  2

Hawaii  5

Houston  10

Indianapolis  3

Inland Empire  2

Jackson  3

Jacksonville  1

   

Not one of the ads from the above sites specifically referenced working in the Seattle area.  Most referenced working from home, anywhere in the US; but 7 of the 75 ads did specify a physical work location outside the State of Washington.

   

Notice that none of the ads originated in San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York City – the three locations where CL currently charges for job ads.

   

Bottom line – none of the 75 Craigslist ads were specific to Seattle; all were placed in locations where listings are free; and most were of questionable intent.

   

Which leads us to part IV – Job Search and Blind Dates – in the Craigslist Degrades Vertical Job Search series.

   

Comments

[Scott]

Good sleuthing there sir, I appreciate your research.

[Bob Wilson]

Thanks for the feedback Scott.

Bob :-)