Yakaz
Encyclopedia
Yakaz is an online platform for local classifieds and discussions. Available worldwide, the site focuses on online interactions between neighbors. Users can access millions of listings
throughout the web, but also post ads
, share information and use real-time messaging tools.
directors, founded Yakaz and launched a vertical search engine dedicated to classified ads. Yakaz was fully revamped in fall 2010, offering much more than a search engine
to its 15 million monthly unique visitors, including ad posting and instant messaging
. Yakaz totally changed its interface (and its logo), adding many features to the original project developed five years before.
Originally available in ten countries (the United States
, France
, Britain
, Australia
, Spain
, Mexico
, Argentina
, Germany
, Chile
and Italy
) Yakaz is now available across all countries of the world and in 50 languages.
Using an interactive map
to find listings, users can network
with each other via instant messaging tools. A recommendation system allows users to know who they can rely on.
Yakaz is the combination of a tool for an intuitive community messaging and a vertical search engine that provides real-time results.
Yakaz's search technology is based on Exalead
.
and on Android through dedicated applications
.
Classified advertising
Classified advertising is a form of advertising which is particularly common in newspapers, online and other periodicals which may be sold or distributed free of charge...
throughout the web, but also post ads
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
, share information and use real-time messaging tools.
History
In 2005, Mathurin Ducastelle and Frédéric Mahé, two former AOLAOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
directors, founded Yakaz and launched a vertical search engine dedicated to classified ads. Yakaz was fully revamped in fall 2010, offering much more than a search engine
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
to its 15 million monthly unique visitors, including ad posting and instant messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
. Yakaz totally changed its interface (and its logo), adding many features to the original project developed five years before.
Originally available in ten countries (the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) Yakaz is now available across all countries of the world and in 50 languages.
Features
The new version of Yakaz enables users to search, but also to post ads, get in touch with other users through an instant messaging tool, and figure out who they can rely on.Using an interactive map
Map
A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
to find listings, users can network
Business networking
Business networking is a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like-minded businesspeople recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities. A business network is a type of social network whose reason for existing is business activity...
with each other via instant messaging tools. A recommendation system allows users to know who they can rely on.
Yakaz is the combination of a tool for an intuitive community messaging and a vertical search engine that provides real-time results.
Data
- Users: 15 million unique visitors per month in January 2011
- Ads: 60 million in January 2011
- Countries: 193 in January 2011
Technologies
Technologies used by Yakaz include:- Apache Cassandra
- Open Street Map
- EjabberdEjabberdejabberd is an XMPP application server, written mainly in the Erlang programming language.It can run under several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSolaris...
Yakaz's search technology is based on Exalead
Exalead
Exalead is a software company that provides search platforms and search-based applications for consumer and business users. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes .- CloudView Platform :...
.
Mobile platform
Yakaz is available on iPhoneIPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and on Android through dedicated applications
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
.