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Gumtree.com is an online classifieds and community website. Classified ads are either free or paid for depending on the product category and the geographical market. As of November 2010, it was the UK's largest website for local community classifieds and was one of the top 30 websites in the UK, receiving 14.8 million monthly unique visitors according to a traffic audit.〔("Gumtree.com's 2010 Traffic audit by abc.org.uk" ), NMA.co.uk, 10 February 2005.〕 ==History== Gumtree was founded in March 2000 by Michael Pennington and Simon Crookall as a local London classified ads and community site, designed to connect Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and meeting new people. In May 2005, Gumtree was acquired by eBay’s classifieds group, for an undisclosed sum. At the time of the acquisition, Gumtree already was available in multiple cities in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, Poland, France, Canada, Australia (Gumtree Australia), New Zealand, South Africa and Hong Kong. Gumtree has the #1 classifieds site in the UK, Australia, South Africa, and Singapore. International expansion beyond the UK include: * September 2004: Gumtree launches a site in Warsaw, Poland〔("Gumtree plans pan-European roll-out of classified ad forum" ), NMA.co.uk, 10 February 2005.〕 * May 2005: Gumtree launches a site in Berlin, Germany〔Julian Mattocks ("Gumtree.com to expand into three new cities" ), NewFox.com.〕 * June 2005: Gumtree expands into Italy, with sites in Rome and Milan, increasing its coverage across 31 cities〔 * August 2007: Gumtree expands to the United States, targeting expat communities in New York, Boston and Chicago. The company intends to pitch its service at the 2 million British, Australian and Polish expatriates in the United States.〔Jemima Kiss ("Gumtree comes to America" ), Guardian.co.uk, 14 August 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gumtree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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