A little over a year ago we published a paper on how to set up a collection of  targeted “for sale” items on Craigslist. ( reattached below)  The method and tools used were free and still are; however, the site used for Craigslist feeds now appears to have removed its RSS feed engine.   If you follow the instructions exactly, you’ll run into a roadblock due to that change.  We have received a few questions on how to fix this over the past few weeks.

Since the publication date, Craigslist (http://www.craigslist.org) has enabled RSS feeds on their site.   So we suggest trying the following as an alternate.

1. Ensure you have your Google Reader page open.
2. Open a second tab or page and run the query you want in Craigslist.   You should see the search results on your page.
3. Copy the entire Craiglist URL shown at the top in the address bar.
4. Go to Google Reader and Click on “Add a Subscription” button in the upper left.
5. Paste in your Copied URL and you should now have an RSS feed for that query.

Another alternative site is http://www.allofcraigs.com You’ll need to navigate to the advanced query screen to create more exact RSS feeds.

How to Automate Collection Efforts Using RSS Feeds