List-Alert has a variety of options that you can use to perform more complex searches on Craigslist. This post explains how to perform searches for phrases, exclusions, or statements and either statements.

When a search is made on Craigslist it can return a large number of postings that do not apply to your search. This is probably due to the fact that the junk posts have a large number of popular search terms added to the bottom of the post.

If you only want to show auto or furniture listings for items that are sold by a dealer or by an individual or by both then select the appropriate category from the pull down menu.