Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kijiji , village
is a centralized network of online urban communities for posting local
online classified advertisements. It is a subsidiary of eBay launched in
March 2005.Kijiji websites are currently available for more than 300
cities in Germany. Further Kijiji countries are France, Italy, Canada,
China, India, Taiwan, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. Kijiji
was made available to selected cities in the United States on June 29,
2007. Kijiji offers similar services and is seen as a competitor to
Craigslist with the biggest exception being that Kijiji has quite an
extensive pets section. Kijiji's owner eBay is also a minority
shareholder in Craigslist. In April 2008 eBay launched a lawsuit against
Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken
eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a
countersuit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used
misleading tactics to promote the service.
