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• ZZ commented  ·  November 05, 2010 19:20  ·  Delete

  Wow, this is a great idea. I have no problem with overloading CL servers. But I have no technical knowhow in this area. Who's got the balls and the brains?

• Anonymous commented  ·  October 22, 2010 12:37  ·  Delete

  @Joe H
  "B) If all craiglook users were constantly indexing craigslist ads, wouldn't that quickly overload the craigslist servers?"

  It could be equivalent to a DDOS and shut em down. And if it does, that sounds like craigslist's fault for not allowing a single centralized source and making the users do it individually themselves.

• jon commented  ·  October 20, 2010 08:02  ·  Delete

  Joe H is right. The way craiglook is currently designed it wouldn't work on home computers. Craigspal doesn't index craigslist. It just runs the search on each individual craigslist within your specified radius and returns the results as one.

• EternityCoder commented  ·  October 20, 2010 06:28  ·  Delete

  Something like this exists, it's called craigpal. But it's not nearly as well done or usable as craiglook was. So I agree, 3 votes.

• Joe H commented  ·  October 19, 2010 13:08  ·  Delete

  This sounds like a promising idea. I've never been active in the uservoice section of craiglook before, but I was shocked and disappointed to find that craiglook is no longer functioning.

  My only question regarding your idea is this: A) can your average home computer handle this type of task? What kind of storage space and processing capacity would something like that take? B) If all craiglook users were constantly indexing craigslist ads, wouldn't that quickly overload the craigslist servers?

• Captain commented  ·  October 19, 2010 05:19  ·  Delete

  IT IS 'RELEASED'!!
  It's open source!!

  It's so easy a cave man can do ti!!

• Jeremy commented  ·  October 17, 2010 13:03  ·  Delete

  I would pay 50-100 bucks for a at home version.. I miss craiglook so much..

• Roger commented  ·  October 17, 2010 12:38  ·  Delete

  I'd like to see the codes released... FIGHT THE MAN!

• TT commented  ·  October 16, 2010 19:56  ·  Delete

  I would gladly pay 100 to have craiglook working