Free
Classified Advertising
Free classified advertising is a great
resource which only costs you the time required to post
your ad. If you have plenty of time on your hands you
may want to do your own research and see which sites
actually work the best for you, after all it is free
to post.
However, not everyone has that much
time to spare and since time is money we thought we
might have a look at which sites actually produced the
best results. The last thing you need is to waste time
posting ad after ad where no one is looking. Perhaps
that’s why many sites are free, because anyone
who knows better would never pay to post.
We have researched many of these free
classified sites by placing ads with tracking images
and recording the success of the ads. Some sites also
offered some other nice free features which we were
more than happy to take advantage of.
All sites in our review where in fact
classified advertising boards. We did notice a few sites
which claim to be classified advertising, but where
nothing more than a forum that lets users post. It does
seem to create an illusion of many users because the
ads are never refreshed. Ads from several years ago
still remain and are buried under tens of thousands
of other messages making it virtually impossible to
ever see them again. And because ads are buried your
likely to receive almost zero traffic as a result.
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Although CraigsList is not
completely free, it is about 95% free, but
we have included it in our study anyway.
CraigList hosts a variety of categories
which are then broken down into many subcategories
making it very easy to scan the website.
The only charge for using CraigsList is
if you are posting ads looking to hire under
the jobs section of the list.
The site is very simple
to use and although it looks extremely low
budget it is far from it. The site hosts
millions of ads that can be broken down
by major cities and has many great security
features which allow users to police themselves.
Although CraigList does
not come with loads of extra services, it
does pack quite a punch on its classified
board. Selling locally there really is no
competitor. We also found the site excellent
in promoting Web-based services. However,
if you are looking to advertise digital
products or a start up business this site
is probably not your best bet.
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The moment we landed
on Free Advertising Exchange we knew we
had a winner. The website is laid out
very professionally and very simple to
navigate. The user friendly classified
board is broken down by category and subcategories
making browsing a cinch. Users may post
ads for up to 60 days ensuring that all
ads are fresh. Users can also include
pictures or include a slide shows without
incurring any extra fees.
In addition, Free Advertising
Exchange also offers many other free tools
that users can very easily take advantage
of. First, we really enjoyed the email
alert feature, which allows users to pick
specific keywords and then if someone
posts an ad with these keywords you will
instantly be notified by email. Wow! Next,
the link directory which allows members
to supply a link exchange, always a nice
feature, but when it’s put into
a targeted directory it does wonders for
your search engine ranking. Finally, the
rated section allows members to post a
banner within the site; users that have
used your product or service can then
post how effective it actually is.
Over all we were very
impressed with all the free features and
the amount of traffic this site delivered
to our test site. Unlike most other sites
in the list, Free Advertising Exchange
is 100% free across the board for all
features of the site. We would highly
recommend Free Advertising Exchange to
anyone.
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Free Business Ads is a
free site which has a large user base
and allows anyone to post quickly and
easily. Browsing is not quite as easy
as some of the other sites. Free Business
Ads does allow members post or browse
in several categories it does not offer
subcategories like many of the other free
classified sites.
Our ad did generate a
fair amount of traffic back to our website,
which is our main concern. However, all
extras including premium ads and banner
ads come only for an additional fee. Something
also tells me they are collecting quite
a few extra fees, as the site is slammed
with banners, scrolling text, and flashes
everywhere you look.
Over all we found the
site easy to use and the free traffic
generated sales, so we have little to
complain about. If you’re selling
digital goods this is a site I would recommend
posting on.
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Most Live Deal users are
extremely pleased with their experience
on the site. It is a great place to sell
products and they are always adding to their
growing community. The classified site is
exceptionally friendly organized by categories
and subcategories.
Our team was extremely impressed
with the free local store, as far as we
have seen it is the only free local store
offered by anyone on the Net. We also found
the support to be far and away superior
to the others on the list. The chat boards,
the forums, and the rest of the support
staff are going to make sure you get your
answers as fast as possible.
On the down side, we didn’t
like how they seemed to have modeled their
site after eBay. An extremely similar layout
and the same colors keep them from having
their own look and feel. I would also like
to point out nationally placed ads carry
a fee of $5. We don’t like paying
when we don’t have to, so if the local
free classified placement is working for
you we recommend you stick with it.
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US Free Ads have been around for a long time. There site does pull in some traffic but overall with 5th in terms of traffic pulled in. Although this is still good quality traffic, we are very limited to what we can do with free ads. There site is named US Free Ads, but you really need to upgrade to paid ads if you wish to see success with this site.
The site is kind of messy and I did not like how ads are laid out. I can only assume the look as not been updated since they launched the site over a decade ago. If you can get around all the text and ads you will find a nice break down of categories and subcategories.
However unattractive it may be, that doesn't mean we still cannot take advantage of the free stuff. Just be warned, if you want to place a real classified ad with all the bells and whistles expect to be asked to upgrade. If you really want to pay, well that is for you to decide.
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