EdgeioEdgeio has officially launched and it’s looking great! I wrote a small article on Edgeio and the premise behind it on Feb 12.

Edgeio aggregates classifieds published on blogs, via a “listing” tag, which makes it very simple for the poster. After using the website I was a bit turned off (as a potential buyer), simply by the “business” of the site. I can’t quite determine if this is simply me trying to get used to something new or a relevant perception of the site’s design - only more use can determine that outcome. Buyers can limit listing geographically via a slider, which is an absolutely amazing feature.

Edgeio features a few tools to combat sploggers but I am curious, as is Craig Newmark of Craigslist, whether this will be enough. Om Malik had an interesting thought and suggested Edgeio partner with Akismet to filter out splogs - I couldn’t think of a better solution myself.