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Microsoft said it will shut down Windows Live Expo, an online classified-advertising site the software giant created to compete with Craigslist.com.
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A notice on the Windows Live Expo site informs visitors that the service will be discontinued at the end of July. Effective immediately, the site has quit accepting new accounts or listings, it said.
"All current listings will remain on expo.live.com until they expire," the notice said. "We thank you for your patronage and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
Expo, launched just two years ago, was one of several lesser-known Windows Live services that Microsoft [MSFT
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Like other Windows Live services, Expo was designed to showcase the utility of combining different Microsoft Internet services. To ensure trust, the classifieds service allowed customers to limit listings to known associates listed within their Microsoft e-mail or instant messaging contact lists.
San Francisco-based Craigslist attracts an overwhelming percentage of visitors to U.S. online classified sites. It offers local classifieds in 500 cities and more than 50 countries. Online auctioneer eBay [EBAY
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Microsoft pursued a mega-merger with Yahoo [YHOO
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]. A month ago, Microsoft withdrew its unsolicited takeover offer after Yahoo sought a higher price. The companies continue to talk about alternate deals that fall short of an outright merger, Yahoo executives said this week.
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