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.

Most communities have a weekly paper besides their town paper. In some communities it is called the shopper and you can place free classified ads there. Each paper covers a large district of towns close to one another. There are some odd postings sometimes.

The Internet explosion with web marketers changed how you can advertise things. There are some free advertisement sites on the Internet where you can post your ads. In your community you will still find written ads at schools, churches store windows and bars,

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.

The first commercial advertisements on the Internet were in 2000. To get on the Internet you had to be sponsored. It was difficult for the seller to advertise their product. Not long after that, the Internet became a big shopping store. There are thousands of web sites selling products. You may get some free advertising for a short amount of time after which you will have pay for it.

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 Marketers often partner up and will have their partner's ad on their web site thus gaining residual income when someone buys something from your partner's business. The first ad words sale was for "live mail order lobsters".

With the invention of Ad Words, marketers can drive traffic to their sites. Some company's help you build a web site to sell their product and may initially offer some free advertisement but after the free period you are on your own. Engineers from Google devised this new kind of Ad Words advertising.

Wikipedia could almost be considered an advertising site because the site writes about everything. It has defiitions for products from all over the world. Wikipedia is a like the site nu pedia, but Wikipedia soon took charge of this venue. Wikipedia can be found in several languages. It is still possible to find a place to post your ad for free.

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