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Craigslist Advertising Question

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by swoop, May 7, 2006.

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    I have a website that offers an online service, and I listed it in one of the city Craigslists. Because of that (free) ad I gained an excellent customer who sends lots of repeat business.

    The Craigslist TOS indicate that their focus is on "local" things. Will they penalize me if I list the same online service in some of their other city editions?
     
    swoop, May 7, 2006 IP
  2. KeithLDick

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    I have been doing that for a few years now and I have never had any problems...

    Just make sure that the one post has expired before you run another in a different city or they will think you are a Spammer...
     
    KeithLDick, May 7, 2006 IP
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    FruitMedley Forum Posting Banned

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    Yeah, you'll be alright, you're just not allowed to copy/paste the same ad. Just phrase it a bit differently and submit to 5 or 6 cities at most.

    There is nothing worse on craigslist to see the exact same ad in EVERY city.
     
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    You could allways paste garbage text in the ad and use snow as the font color.
     
    EasyMoney1, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    Why are you bumping every craigslist thread, mostly with one line, contentless replies?
     
    on-on, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    internetmarketingiq Well-Known Member

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    Mr. Craigslist Spammer digs up another old post.
     
    internetmarketingiq, Jan 10, 2010 IP
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    good luck with your journey lol
     
    r1freak, Apr 27, 2010 IP
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    Another important point here is that after Panda update Google Search only shows top two links from any site at a time. So unless you are in top ten of a site's listing, google will not show your result. It MIGHT show up once the website is visited. In that case you should keep a lookout for new players in the market.
    Craigslist does penalize you for multiple cities but I am sure you can use Locanto, OlX or Selldude and be fine.
     
    aanchoo, Jul 17, 2011 IP