Kijiji.com - Free classifieds in US and world

Kijiji is eBay's own free classifieds site, running in Canada, the US, and a few other countries as of now. Most of the cities are still pretty blank and waiting for people to post jobs, items for sale, services, and so on. The site lets you post items for free in multiple locations. You can have a section that is called "My Kijiji" which holds your favorite postings so you can look at them later. The site gives you deja vu for Craig's List, and not much is different between one site and the next.

Kijiji is a group of free, local, community-based classifieds websites. Kijiji offers a convenient, fun, and easy way for people in the same city to meet, trade, share ideas, and help each other out in areas such as goods, cars, services, housing, jobs, and personals. The word "kijiji" (pronounced like key-gee-gee) means "village" in Swahili. This name was chosen because it captures the essence of what we are creating - a site where people can connect with others in their community. Kijiji sites are currently available in more than 300 cities in 20 markets around the world. Kijiji first launched in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, China, Japan, and Taiwan in February 2005. Later that year, Austria, Switzerland, and India also joined the family. Today, Kijiji now has over 17 million users across these markets and is a leading classifieds site. In 2007, Kijiji expanded into Belgium, Turkey, and the United States. In communities large and small, Kijiji’s goal is to connect people in these new markets the same way it has with others all around the world.

A few cool things help to spice up Kijiji: a space for community announcements, the ability to live chat with other online users, an RSS feed, and an event calendar.

Without providing new applications and ideas that Craig's list doesn't offer, is Kijiji going to take off?