Is Internet Classified Advertising Dead?

As little as two years ago, classified advertising on theHere's what you do:
internetwas HOT! Believe it or not, up until then I hadGo to any MAJOR search engine ( , etc.) and do a
generatedthousands of dollars in affiliate programsearch using a phrase someonesearching for your
sales utilizing freeinternet classifieds and servicesproduct or service would look for (i.e. if you'reselling
known as Free For All (FFA)golf supplies, do searches such as "golf supplies" , or
Links pages."golf gear", etc.). You can find some excellent
But, alas, things change, and it is necessary to changealternative phrasesby looking at each engine's results,
with them.which should contain additionalsearch advice (i.e.
Free classifieds and FFA's have all but lost 99.9% of"people looking for golf supplies also search for;etc.)
theireffectiveness due to abuse by programs knownTake a note of the top 20 sites that come up in each
assearch. Check outeach of these sites, and if they offer
"auto-submitters".paid classified advertising,
These programs post to thousands and thousands ofTHAT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE!
free classifiedad sites and FFA's, usually for a fee. TheI've actually advertised on sites that sent me 100-300
problem with using suchservices is thousands of otherunique visitorsper day for LESS THAN $30 for a
people are using them as well, not tomention the factwhole month of advertising!
that they rarely post an ad to any sites whichHere's a specific example:
receivethe targeted traffic you're looking for. What doLet's say you're a member of a network marketing
you think is moreimportant...posting thousands uponcompany or similarhome business and you want to
thousands of ads to site whichdrive traffic to your referral website.
NO ONE (except for the auto-submitters) ever visit, orGo to the above major search engines and type in the
posting ahandful of ads to sites that receive the quality,phrase "work at home"or "work from home" (there
targeted traffic youneed?are many more search phrases you could use,
So is classified advertising dead? In a word....NO!I'll just use these two as an example).
The "secret" to effective online classified advertising isThe #1 site for both Google and Yahoo for the phrase
not reallya "secret" at all, but more a case of common"work at home" isa popular site called "Work at Home
sense. As of March,Moms" ( If youtake a look at that site, you'll notice they
2001, almost 90% of internet users found the sitesoffer low cost classifiedadvertising ($25 a month or
they are lookingfor through the use of search engines.less if you buy several months at a time).
Now you might be thinking, "Great, but what does thatAn ad placed at that particular high-traffic site sent
have to dowith classified advertising?"more than 100unique visitors a day to our site!
It's Simple!What's more, the visitors we received were the type
Search engines send targeted traffic to the sites listedof TARGETED visitorsthat are worth their weight in
within them,but can also be your best tool to find thegold.
high traffic sites that offerlow-cost classifiedIf you need some relatively cheap, targeted traffic to
advertising that both receives the traffic yourlookingyour site, give onlineclassifieds a try-you won't be
for, and the targeted customers you NEED to makedisappointed!
sales!