How to promote a Classifieds Website?

[classyfyd]

I wish to promote my classifieds website.
What should be my strategies towards promoting it?
Please elaborate on the same.

My website's URL is: (oops I can't post it coz I don't have enough posts yet.)


Thanks in advance.

[kuzmanin]

I ma not sure that there is space for more slasified sites in internet

If you have an unique content maybe you will be successful. Share some more information about this site and we can think what can be done

[classyfyd]

It lists more than 50 - 60,000 various classifieds which are focussed on Indian cities.
A user can search classifieds by city, state or any category/subcategory with ease.
Anyone can post free classified ads on the website.
They don't even need to register.

Is it good enough?

[mrandrei]

If you the money to spend, PPC Adwords is the way to go! I personally think that Adwords is among the best site promotion strategies out there. The results are very immediate.

[classyfyd]

Yea..thanks a lot for the suggestion.

[johnsunvalley]

PPC Adwords is the fast and easy method to promote your traffic.

[esds]

Give more concentration on organic SERPs which could be good enough for you at the moment.

[classyfyd]

Give more concentration on organic SERPs which could be good enough for you at the moment.

What is ORGANIC SERPs?

[classyfyd]

How do I even search for blogs or forums where they discuss about the classified websites?!

Everytime I enter the classifieds keyword and my screen is stuffed with the results for all the classified websites which I don't want!

[JZ Design]

you'll want to google "do follow blogs" and then search within the do follow blog directories for a blog/forum that discusses classified pages.

[classyfyd]

you'll want to google "do follow blogs" and then search within the do follow blog directories for a blog/forum that discusses classified pages.

Thanks for that suggestion, I will note that down.

[smilingtears]

nice info for me too thanks for all

[classyfyd]

nice info for me too thanks for all

You must be having a wonderful experience getting banned and kicked out of forums for putting links in your signature..lol!

[bad_aristocrat]

First concentrate on encouraging friends to post as much stuff on there before you try to market it...you can get as much traffic as you want now but if visitors don't think the site is busy then they'll press the back button.

[softwarekrish]

try adbrites full page ads as low as $1 for 1000 visitors

[classyfyd]

try adbrites full page ads as low as $1 for 1000 visitors

What has putting ads on my site got to do with promoting it?
I don't want to put any ads before I get some decent and loyal traffic.
If I get some sort of status for my website, only then I can think of putting ads.

[bad_aristocrat]

What has putting ads on my site got to do with promoting it?
I don't want to put any ads before I get some decent and loyal traffic.
If I get some sort of status for my website, only then I can think of putting ads.

I think he means to use adbrite ads to promote your site on other sites. Not putting them on your own site.

[classyfyd]

I think he means to use adbrite ads to promote your site on other sites. Not putting them on your own site.

Alright, maybe you're right. Thanks for the clarification. Your statement makes sense.

[seomarketing]

Distribute your website into adwords .Then find the organic keyword for your site.Promote that keyword.Yahoo answers will be helpful in this I hope.

[Kaspersky_key]

I wish to promote my classifieds website.
What should be my strategies towards promoting it?
Please elaborate on the same.

My website's URL is: (oops I can't post it coz I don't have enough posts yet.)


Thanks in advance.

Attract people to list their website for free on your classified website.

[jemple]

This question is the same as for any other website in the entire world.

Learn about on page SEO, learn about off-page SEO, build backlinks until you drop from exhaustion. Use Google and READ.

[jabo]

when you Google for a list of classified ad sites, there would come out in the SERP of a site with lists of ad sites.. you can contact these websites and request that your site be included in this list...

[extreme-seo]

I wish to promote my classifieds website.
What should be my strategies towards promoting it?
Please elaborate on the same.

My website's URL is: (oops I can't post it coz I don't have enough posts yet.)


Thanks in advance.

I have opted for making such a website in past. But unfortunately i was not too good with internet and website promotion in those days, so i need to drop that idea.

The best thing to promote a classified website is to provide some free services. I dont know how you are planning to prosper your business. This is what i am telling is if you are looking for some adv or Google adwords to get profits.

Get people something which is away and well advanced than other classified websites like craiglist or backpage are providing.

Try to have a different concept. If you can tell me your website link then i can help you more

[classyfyd]

I have opted for making such a website in past. But unfortunately i was not too good with internet and website promotion in those days, so i need to drop that idea.

The best thing to promote a classified website is to provide some free services. I dont know how you are planning to prosper your business. This is what i am telling is if you are looking for some adv or Google adwords to get profits.

Get people something which is away and well advanced than other classified websites like craiglist or backpage are providing.

Try to have a different concept. If you can tell me your website link then i can help you more

Yes my website link is in my signature also with the anchor text "Indian Classifieds"

[craigygee]

I would try to do word of mouth locally to get people from your area and state to populate. Make flyers , cards, signs and put them everywhere. A good idea is to populate it for a few days with ads and listings from other bigger classifieds sites. If you do this you might want to let the people know that their ads were posted up on your classifieds site.

I am just starting up one of my own also. Do some SEO also, it really does wonders. You won't get results asap but it takes a little time. Trust me, I did SEO on a site last march when I just got it set up with a new domain and everything. Within 2 months I was getting 5000+ unique's a day and make an extra couple hundred with Google ad-sense a month. Be sure if you are trying to make money like this to focus on ad placement. Try to blend it in to the site.
I use the ad-sense text banner long ways and blend it in above content and such.

Also, make a twitter and find or create an auto-cross posting program to auto post updates or whatever you like to attract visitors also. But do not spam up your twitter or people will un-follow you.

Also find your niche, and keywords. Do a lot of back-linking and anchor texting. Try to get your links up on a few sites or even a banner. If you have to pay a little bit, do so. And yes, use Google ad-words and test out some keywords to find which ones are the best and then just narrow it down.

I would make a blog for the classifieds also, blogs bring in a lot of traffic if done right. I would use word press and design or find a nice theme. Get some plug-ins for it also. Like all in one SEO , share, related topics, and etc. If you want a list of plug-ins that I use that work for me just ask. Be sure when you post in the blog to use keywords and anchors pointing toward the classifieds page itself.

If you use forums, put a link or promo banner in your sig. (If allowed.)

Join top-sites lists.

I also use myspace for promotion along with my friend adder program. You can get the program for free and myspaceunderground \. / net .
You just do a couple free offers that takes maybe 3 or 4 minutes of your time, No credit card is needed for the offers last time I checked. Then you register and an admin approves your account if the offers were done and you can go in and get access to download the free friend adding software. They got a bunch of other myspace promotion goodies in there too. It's pretty neat.

If you do use the friend adding software, you can browse friend id's and grab em. I usually try to target certain groups of people in certain states that i think would go to my site. And then I set it to auto add and auto message and leave them one message saying hi introducing myself and then I just leave a link back to the site. Don't make the message too spammy though. Be sure you reply and interact with your friends before they add and after they add you.

I hope this has helped.

If anyone needs info on SEO, promotion and everything related, just get at me and I will be more then happy to help.

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