Free Classified Ads
You can find anything from a wedding dress to a lost dog in the free Classified Ads. Free Classified Ads have been around for centuries. "Classified" means divided into different classes. Ad of course means advisement.
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 are still local call in radio ads for people to buy or sell their treasures. There can be some strange things people sell and people buy them too. Everybody needs 25 ice cream buckets right?
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.
Craig Newmark developed Craig's list in 1995. People can advertise anything on it from jobs to dating services. It started in San Francisco for advertising local events and Industries. He was trying to develop a mailing list and ended up developing this huge free advertising web site.
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.
Another kind of de facto advertising is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia on line. You can find information about everything. It is kind of a copycat of "Nu pedia" and Wikipedia quickly took over this venue. Wikipedia is global and in several languages. A few places for free classified ads still remain and are widely utilized; especially on the Internet.
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 are still local call in radio ads for people to buy or sell their treasures. There can be some strange things people sell and people buy them too. Everybody needs 25 ice cream buckets right?
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.
Craig Newmark developed Craig's list in 1995. People can advertise anything on it from jobs to dating services. It started in San Francisco for advertising local events and Industries. He was trying to develop a mailing list and ended up developing this huge free advertising web site.
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.
Another kind of de facto advertising is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia on line. You can find information about everything. It is kind of a copycat of "Nu pedia" and Wikipedia quickly took over this venue. Wikipedia is global and in several languages. A few places for free classified ads still remain and are widely utilized; especially on the Internet.
About the Author:
Alex Wu loves numbers and marketing. He operates a free classified ads website that combines social networking with business marketing in this free classified ads network.
