Monday, February 2, 2009

Free Classified Ads

By Alex Wu

There have been free classified ads for a long time. People try to sell anything from kittens to dump trucks. Many people buy these second hand treasures they find in the free classified ads. Where can you post Classified Ads for free?

A stone was found in Pompeii with writing on it. It is assumed that the writing on it was an advertisement for the community and is the first documented ad. Maybe advertisement went even farther back in history. The cavemen put figures on cave rock. Maybe they were advertisement too. It was not until the 15th century that written notes were placed in public areas for advertisement.

Suburbs or rural areas usually publish a small paper weekly with a page for free advertisements. These papers usually involve ads from several local area communities. These ads span large consumer areas. These small papers are about the only places for free ads that are left.

With the introduction of the Internet, free advertising is highly desirable for people building web sites. If you want to advertise in some free ad papers, some insist that you place your ad on the Internet too. You still see advertisements in public places posted up on boards or walls in grocery stores, schools, bars and churches.

There is another way to get free advertising to sell or trade things off the Internet. Local radio will have people call in daily to sell, trade or give away things. The seller calls the radio and announces what he or she has to sell.

Before 2000, marketers could only advertise through sponsors but they could not include their own agenda. Soon after, the Internet became a huge shopping store. On line ads and pop ups are everywhere on the Internet. There are plethora free places on the Internet to place your advertisement. Sometimes they are only free for a while and then charge monthly fees.

There is also Craig's list that will advertise anything. Craig's list has everything and all the ad posts are free. Craig Newmark was brainiac that started this site. Craig's list evolved in 1995 and it soon became very popular when the news spread that you could get free advertising. At first Craig's list advertised social event and local Industries in San Francisco. Craig's initial intention for the site was for it to be a mailing list.

Internet advertising is here to stay. It is a big market. People with web sites will often partner up and advertise each other's product on their site. This is often done with multiple sites. They will not pay each other for the service and if the buyer first cane to your site to buy the product you will get revenue too.

Some engineers from Google developed the ad words system. With the development of Ad Words marketers can drive potential consumers to their web site. If you want to get on the bandwagon and try selling on the Internet there are many free classified web sites. You can start up with an Internet business and get some free advertising but that soon fizzles out and you end up payin for it. The first sale from an Ad Word campaign sold live red lobsters.

Another kind of de facto advertising is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia on line. You can find information about everything. It is kind of a copycat of "Nu pedia" and Wikipedia quickly took over this venue. Wikipedia is global and in several languages. A few places for free classified ads still remain and are widely utilized; especially on the Internet. - 15634

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