Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Craigslist blocks search engines to thwart third parties like PadMapper

Craigslist has taken further steps toward locking down its listings by reportedly removing its content from major search engines to prevent it from being scraped and repackaged by third-party services. In June, Craigslist sent a cease and desist to PadMapper, an aggregator that gathers apartment listings from various sites, including…


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via TechSpot http://www.techspot.com/news/49687-craigslist-blocks-search-engines-to-thwart-third-parties-like-padmapper.html




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