Craigslist is limiting use of HTML

Craigs list is going to limit the use of HTML tags in body of ads. Craigslist has taken this initiative because "much of the HTML in postings these days is used by spammers for harmful purposes, such as cloaking spam links, embedding false keywords, and overriding the flagging system.", as mentioned on craigslist site.

Details of proposed permitted HTML tags have been for review by the users on the craigslist site and is available here http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/html_in_craigslist_postings
The proposed allowed tags are :

• basic text formatting tags like <B> <U> etc.
• Line breaks : <BR> <p>
• Horizontal line <hr>
• Headers : <H1> <H2> ... <H6>
• Unordered and ordered lists: <UL> <OL> <LI>
• Dictionary lists: <DL> <DT> <DD>
• Hyperlink: <A>
• Image : <IMG>
• Preformatted text: <PRE>
• Table: <table> <TR> <TD>

It may be noted that use of <DIV> & <SPAN> will not be permitted.

Discussion on this proposal is going on craigslist's help forum. Checkout this. It seems most of the users are supporting the move. So it may be anticipated that craigslist will limit use of HTML as soon as it can finish necessary software updates.

Craigslist alternatives in the UK

Like USA craigslist is also popular in some cities of United Kingdom. But there are some other popular free classifieds in he UK as well. gumtree.com is the most popular free classifieds of UK.

Following are some sites like craigslist in the UK:

http://gumtree.com/
http://tapthat.co.uk/
http://hallolondon.co.uk/
http://london.adzooks.co.uk/
http://vivastreet.co.uk/
http://adoos.co.uk/
http://freeukclassifieds.co.uk/
http://ad-mart.co.uk/
http://www.loot.com/
http://uk.freeads.net/
http://www.adoos.co.uk/
http://www.friday-ad.co.uk/

I use above UK free classifieds frequently. But there are a lot of other free sites like craigslist in the UK.


You may get more by searching google with following phrases:

UK Classifieds
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UK Classifieds Websites
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New free classifieds site Locanto

The brand new free classifieds site Locanto is another member of online free classifies community which is rapidly getting a foothold in the international classifieds market. At this moment Locanto offers its service in 2 languages : English & Spanish and 19 countries. The Locanto site is gaining popularity very fast in the countries like America, India, UK, South Africa & Singapore.

Locanto has the following classified sections:

Community / Personals / Vehicles for sale / Pets for sale or adoption / Apartments for rent / Real estate / Buy & Sell / Jobs & Resumes / Local services

Locanto is easy to use and has a simple user interface. Although the site is young, Locanto as a free classifieds is already showing a lot of abundance. Locanto has also followed craigslist model. Try Locanto now, it’s free.