After just two years Microsoft have called it a day with Windows Live Expo, with a popup on the site stating “Windows Live Expo will discontinue service on 31 July 2008”.
Already some site features such as opening an account, posting new listings or adding features to listings are already disabled.
Expo was Microsoft’s answer to the classified directory market, but with an emphasis on creating a community. To be honest I don’t know anyone that’s used the site on a regular basis, it’s not one that I’ve paid a great deal of attention. In the UK Gumtree, local paper classified ads or Autotrader for motors are the best options for sellers wanting to generate extra income and awareness of their products.
Although new listings can’t be created all current listings will remain on expo.live.com until they expire and the pop up to logged in users says “We thank you for your patronage and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”
