Dawson G.

This site is new and they've done a good job making it extremely easy to use. The site is mainly about classified listings but it also has an events calendar, where people can promote their events and there is a section for writers to publish/share short stories. In a couple of months its grown to feature over 100,000 listings from all over the world so it is a nice place to browse for what you might be looking for.

The site covers over 20 countries and 2000 cities so it is truly global. The regular classified ad listing is free but you are limited to posting in 1 city only. If you want to target more cities/countries, you can use the 'featured ad' option which allows you to post the same ad in multiple cities/countries at a very reasonable price starting from £0.01 per city. Featured listings will also get premium positions throughout the site.

If you are a business owner and looking to get your products out there, there is nothing to lose by giving this Craigslist Alternative a try.

This site has almost 1,000 restaurants and takeaways as of now (October 2009), most of which are based in South East London so you can imagine it is quite useful to a sizable portion of the London population.

food.lacartes.com features every restaurant's photos, menus, customer reviews so it is extremely easy to browse and compare. Every restaurant's page contains all the essential contact information and there is also a map to help you find it.

I would highly recommend it and urge regular restaurant goers to share their reviews there