Facebook added free classified advertising yesterday to its popular social-networking Web site, intensifying the competition among Internet companies and newspapers for this lucrative ad business.

Online auction giant eBay said Tuesday it had launched free classified-ad Web sites in six countries, after recently acquiring a number of other such sites in the United States and abroad. eBay said ...

In the world of online classified advertising, few Web sites have enjoyed more notoriety and popularity than Craigslist. Now a local one is hitting the market that claims to manually check every ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising -- a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising - a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet ...

Newspaper classified ads -- so familiar, so conventional. Online classified ads -- they're the new frontier. But which is more effective? We asked newspaper and e-commerce experts for guidance. Online ...

Classified advertising has all but collapsed for many newspapers, down from $17 billion in 2005 to less than $1 billion today. Why? Blame online alternatives like Craigslist.<BR><BR>Online classified ...