eBay Launching Another Free Classifieds Site in U.S

eBay is launching Gumtree.com, its U.K.-based free-ads site, in Boston, New York and Chicago. Gumtree, which was originally built to target Australia and New Zealand expatriates living in the U.K., will use the new city sites to target people from Poland, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand now living in the U.S. The company estimated its target audience at 2 million expatriates. This again competes with Craigslist, in which eBay bought a 25 percent stake in 2004. The company is also exploring bringing other international classified brands to the U.S., including Loquo, which is popular in Spanish countries.
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-ebay-launching-another-free-classifieds-site-in-us-paypal-ipo/

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/ebays-swarm-strategy-to-take-on-craigslist/

http://www.gumtree.com/