Get More Website Clicks Using Free Classified Ads
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Getting traffic to your website is a fulltime job. There are probably a lot of things that you’ve done to get the traffic. You’ve advertised on Google, Yahoo and Bing. You’ve submitted your articles to article directories. You’ve left countless comments on blogs and have even blogged yourself. All to steer a few extra clicks your way. What most people don’t do is post in free classified ad sites.
Free classified ad sites have a lot to offer. First, they are free. Their may be charges for increasing the time a post will stay active, or to have prominence at the top of your category, but if you stick to the basics they are free. A lot of free classified ad sites offer clickable links to your website. Some even offer the good kind of links. The “dofollow” variety. Good backlinks are hard to come by and they definitely will help in your optimization for your website. And finally free classified ad sites allow you the opportunity to place your product before the public in a way that a Google ad will not. A Google ad is very short. In a free classified ad you can say what needs to be said.
When looking at a free classified ad site the things you want to look for is the length of time your free classified will run, if you can place a clickable link in your ad, and if you’re able to place images.
It is a good idea to place a free classified ad on a website that will keep your ad live for at least 90 days. Anything less than that will increase the amount of time it takes to track the expiration time of ads. The less time you have to spend placing and tracking free classifieds the better.
Make sure the free classified ad site has clickable links to your website. And just as important make sure the ad has dofollow links. It is easy enough to check the value of the link. Read this article for three simple ways of finding out: “Blog Commenting for Backlinks? Better Check Nofollow!”
Images are very important when placing your free classified ad. Unless your writing skills are great an image could make or break your free classified ad. The first thing that people will look at is a thumbnail image. Even before reading a title. The image should be a good quality photo. Keep in mind that most classified ad sites limit the size of your photo that can be uploaded. So it’s a good idea to compress and crop the photo before uploading. Both of those functions can be done easily in Microsoft Office Picture Manager. If you don’t have that program Google’s Picnik is a pretty handy web based photo editing tool.
Submit your ad to the appropriate categories and don’t spam. If you want to run more than one free classified ad make sure the ads are different. Running the same ad multiple times in the same free classified ad site is the quickest way of getting your ad deleted by the site administrator. Use relevant categories for your free classified ad and maybe post in multiple categories. For example if you’re selling a product that is a book on vitamins it’s a good idea to place similar but different ads in both the health and book categories. Free classified ads are definitely an easy way to attract extra traffic for your online business.
About the Author
Author Bio: Kathryn Gavitt has always been interested in many aspects of marketing and has recently started a business offering local and nationwide US free classified ads. She feels that it is important in today’s economy that people should have resources such as free classified ads. She also has several websites devoted to providing health information for women and nursing mothers. She lives in Florida with her family.
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