locanto is a worldwide Locanto only network with areas dedicated to jobs,[1] personals, for rent, for sale, services, community, real estate, vehicles, and pets.
Background
editThe Locanto Classifieds sites are operated by the German startup company Yalwa located in Wiesbaden, Germany. Locanto was launched in July 2006 with a local classifieds site for New York City. One month later, on August 21, 2006, the service was extended to the U.S. cities of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As of 2007, every major U.S. city has its own accessible site for the Locanto classifieds service. Locanto was created by the German start-up company, Yalwa.[2] Klaus P. Gapp, CEO and founder of Yalwa, previously founded and operated OpusForum.org, a local classifieds site for the German speaking market. OpusForum.org was bought by eBay in 2005 and merged with its classifieds site Kijiji one year later.[3]
Safety
editIn regards to internet safety, Locanto has established an independent blog on Safer Trading in which safety tips for online trading are shared with users.[4]
Mobile and Apps
editSince February 2010, the Locanto classifieds sites have also been available in mobile version for mobile web users.[5] Browsing and searching classified ads as well as posting a free ad is enabled in the mobile version.[6] Adsdistrict.in mobile site has been blamed for copying Locanto mobile site.[7]
In 2012, the Locanto iPhone App was launched and in 2014, the Locanto Android App was made available. In 2015, the Locanto Classifieds 2.0 iPhone app was released.
Criticism
editIn January 2010, several Indian media channels reported a story about Kannada actress Sanchita Padukone's pictures having been misused in a personals services ad on Locanto India, naming Locanto a "porn site".[8][9]
While there is a dedicated version of this site for the Indian market[10] over 60% of the traffic of the American version of the site comes from India.[11]
In 2023 the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ investigated claims that accommodation was being sold in exchange for sex or sexual acts[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "CAREER TOOLBOX: 100+ Places to Find Jobs". Mashable. December 17, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ "About Yalwa". Yalwa. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ eBay's Kijiji acquires German Classified website OpusForum Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Locanto Safer Trading Blog
- ^ Locanto Mobile Beta Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Book and News (worldbookandnews.com) Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Top Indian classified sites for mobile | JP KUMAR TECH". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ Bangalore Mirror: "Porn site misuses Kannada star’s picture" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MSN India: "Crime: Kannada actress' picture figures on porn site"". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ Locanto India website
- ^ "Alexa traffic analysis for Locanto.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- Mashable: 100 Places to Find Jobs
- eBay's Kijiji acquires German Classified website Opus Forum
- Interview with CEO Klaus Gapp on Killerstartups
- Locanto announces launch of weather pages
- Locanto Safer Trading Blog
- Locanto Mobile Beta
- Property Portal Watch reports about expansion of Locanto
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- MSN India: "Crime: Kannada actress’ picture figures on porn site"