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Internet Classifieds The Internet is home to literally thousands of sites, which do nothing else but classified advertising. Some of these sites are very popular, but most are so obscure that you have no hope of ever being found. The ones, which do receive a lot of traffic, are those, which offer free classifieds. The drawback to these sites is that nearly everyone visiting the site is there to place a free classified ad of their own, not people who are actually looking for what you have to offer. You may occasionally snag a curiosity seeker, but they are rare. The other drawback is that your free ad does not get listed forever. It must be placed many times during the week or even several times a day to ensure that it will stay in the top area that people view. For most people this is an impossible, time consuming task. Even when a person devotes their entire day, every day pursuing this activity, they rarely get good results. The alternative then becomes clicking on a lot of other ads to earn placement credits or actually paying for your ad to receive views. If all that sounds like a big mess, for most people it is. There are directories which compile lists of free classified sites, companies which submit your ad to free classified sites, e-books about free classified sites . . . literally an industry built on the industry of free classified sites. Do not be fooled. If there was no money in "free" classified sites. However, you can place classified ads that have a much better chance of being seen, some of which are also free, in three ways: |