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205    <h3>SearchTempest is a classified ad search engine. We are not affiliated with craigslist.</h3>
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225                                How SearchTempest Works                            </a>
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235                                        How SearchTempest Works                                    </a>
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238                                    <a class="header-main__link" href="https://www.autotempest.com">
239                                        AutoTempest                                    </a>
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243                                        Kijiji Search                                    </a>
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247                                        Blog                                    </a>
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261        <h2>About SearchTempest Online Classifieds Search</h2>
262        <p>
263            SearchTempest is a search engine for online classified ads.
264            We bring together results from all of Facebook Marketplace, craigslist, and eBay.
265            It's easy to find what you want when you can
266            search multiple cities and all the top classifieds sites at once.
267        </p>
268        <p>
269            SearchTempest is a member of the eBay Partner Network
270            but we are <strong>not affiliated with Facebook or craigslist</strong>.
271        </p>
272        <p>
273            We use a <em>Google Custom Search</em> to search for craigslist ads
274            matching your search, and then provide links to those ads, which open
275            in new windows, directly from craigslist.  By default we will organize
276            the results by city, starting with the ones nearest to you, but you
277            can change to one of several other sort options.
278        </p>
279        <p>
280            Our other sources, currently eBay, each provide
281            their own APIs, which we use to find results for your search.
282        <p>
283            Your feedback guides our continuing efforts to make SearchTempest
284            the best way to search online classifieds on the web. We've been around since 2006 because we take care to avoid the pitfalls that have caused similar sites to come and go, so you can count on us to be around for your next search. We work hard making SearchTempest great, and we hope you like it!
285        </p>
286        <p>
287            To keep updated about what's going on with SearchTempest, you
288            can check out
289            <a href="/ext/tempestblog.com">
290                our development blog
291            </a>
292            and
293            <a href="/ext/facebook.com/searchtempest">
294                our Facebook page
295            </a>.
296            The
297            <a href="/ext/tempestblog.com/about">
298                about page
299            </a>
300            on our development blog has a little more about the people who
301            work to make SearchTempest great.
302        </p>
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304            <strong style="font-size:larger">
305                <a href="/">Try a search for yourself!</a>
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323                        &copy;2006-2026 SearchTempest                    </div>
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336                        Do not sell my private information                    </a>
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343        <h1>Welcome to SearchTempest</h1>
344        <div class="scrollable">
345            <p>In order to provide this classifieds search engine, we need to store the following information:</p>
346            <ul>
347                <li>Server logs of your device's IP address and the pages it has accessed on our site, for use in security audits and other debugging.</li>
348                <li>Database records of your searches, tied to a random user ID. This allows you to re-run past searches, and helps us optimize our service.</li>
349                <li>General, anonymized usage statistics via Google Analytics.</li>
350            </ul>
351            <p>We use cookies for the following purposes:</p>
352            <ul>
353                <li>To remember preferences you have set on the site, such as which sources to search for results.</li>
354                <li>To save your unique, random user ID, allowing you to view and re-run past searches.</li>
355                <li>To know which messages from us you have seen (including this one).</li>
356            </ul>
357            <p>We do not use cookies to track your identity or actions across different websites. While Google Analytics does set a cookie, we have configured it to only save aggregate statistics, not any individual data.</p>
358            <p>We use Google DFP and Google Adsense to display ads; these are not personalized and do not track or store your data.</p>
359            <p>On our results page, we display images from the classifieds sites we search: ebay and AutoTempest. These sites are therefore also able to see what you have searched for. If you do not wish to search any of these sites, you can disable them in the <strong><i class="icon-cog icon-16"></i>Sources</strong> menu on the results page. No information will be sent to the disabled source(s).</p>
360            <p>If you wish to have any of your past pageviews deleted from our search history database or our server logs, please <a href="/contact">contact us</a>. Review this information any time alongside our privacy policy by visiting our <a href="/help/privacy">Privacy/Legal</a> page (accessible from the link at the bottom of every page).</p>
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375                            <p>SearchTempest works with several companies to provide you with classified listings, as well as others that provide advertisements. When we load ads or other images from these companies to display to you, they will see your device's IP address as well as potentially the URL of the SearchTempest.com page you were on.</p>
376                <p>If you would prefer not to send your IP address or other personal information to any other parties besides SearchTempest, please click through and bookmark this page: <a href="//donotshare.searchtempest.com/">https://donotshare.searchtempest.com/</a>.</p>
377                <p>There you will find a version of SearchTempest that does not load any external resources from parties that could store your personal information.</p>
378                <p>To learn more, please see our <a href="/help/privacy">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
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386                        <div id='post-ad-site'>
387                            <h2>Where Would You Like to Post an Ad?</h2>
388                            <select id='post-ad-site-select'>
389                                <option value='craigslist'>craigslist</option>
390                                <option value='ebay'>eBay</option>
391                            </select>
392                            <span class="disclaimer">This is a navigational aid only. It will send you to the ad posting page on craigslist (no affiliation) or eBay. SearchTempest does not post ads on your behalf.</span>
393                            <button type="submit" id="post-ad-choose">Go</button>
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396                            <h2>Post an Ad on craigslist</h2>
397                            <select id="post-ad-state">
398                                <option id="loading-state">Loading States...</option>
399                            </select>
400                            <select id="post-ad-city">
401                                <option id="loading-city">Loading Cities...</option>
402                            </select>
403                            <span class="disclaimer">This is a navigational aid only. It will send you to the ad posting page on the craigslist city you choose. SearchTempest has no affiliation with craigslist, and does not post ads on your behalf.</span>
404                            <button type="submit" id="post-ad-submit">Go</button>
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