I have this great website where anyone at present can submit classifieds for free, but it seems that many people have a kind of fear for things that are offered free of charge. How can you take away the visitors doubt if you are not as big as for example e-bay. What can be done to gain trust without spending the same amounts on advertising like e-bay does???\n\nI know google adsense etc., but it has proven to be a waiste of money as most visitors are searching for something. To be successfull with adsense you need the advertisers first. The visitor expect to see adverts on your sites, otherwise he/she will not return. I get lot's of compliments from visitors for the site, and strangely enough I have quite some hits according to the site stats. That's why I don't really understand why anyone just give it a try. Is it really only about traffic???\n\nMaybe someone can provide me usefull and serious information.\n\nCheck out the following URL:\nwww.f1trader.com\n\nKind regards,\n\nMarc
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well you know eBay wasn't the only auction sight, just happened to be the one that took off and has the most activity.  Alot of it is just luck as to what places take off and what ones don't.
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Google Adsense is not as easy as what some portray it to be. It is not simply putting up a website (and a free one at that in your case), then leaving it without thinking of adding content and hoping the cheques will start coming in.\n\nWe've been with Adsense since the program was offered to the general public way back in June 2003 and it has been extremely good to us. It gives us 5-digit monthly revenues.\n\nYour Google Adsense earnings depend on several factors:\n\n1. Keywords shown on your site = some keywords are simply more expensive than others. Note, though, that advertisers can bid separately on the search and content network and they most often bid lower on content network. A keyword that goes for $5 per click on Google search may be paying only $1 on your site.\n\n2. Level of advertiser bidding on your site - e.g. keywords "diamond" is worth more than "squirrel games" because more advertisers are willing to spend money on those interested in diamonds. Some topics are simply better than others.\n\n3. Responsiveness of your audience to ads. Some sites are THE destinations by itself -- e.g. a news site, a gaming site, a forum. If your site does not attract visitors who are looking for something else (especially ways to spend money), then you won't do good with Adsense. That's why review sites are doing well with Adsense because people who go there are looking for SOMETHING ELSE.\n\n3. Your traffic levels - the more traffic you have (and all things above are working for you), the better.  In our case, we noticed that the source of traffic is also critical (traffic from Google is better than traffic from Yahoo as we have seen when we lost Google traffic due to update Jagger).\n\n4. Your CTR rate - the higher the better and this depends on the your ad placement, your ad colors, and responsiveness of audience\n\n5. Smartpricing - the big unknown in Adsense\n\nOne website with the 10,000 uniques a day can earn $50 while another may earn $500. Your mileage varies.\n\nI suggest you read the following articles to help get more ideas of how to earn more from Adsense.\n\nGoogle Adsense: How Small Business Entrepreneurs can Earn from Online Advertising http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol123/adsense.htm \nEarning Revenues from Contextual Advertising http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol139/contextual.htm \n8 Tips for Maximizing Contextual Advertising Revenues http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol146/contextual.htm \nContextual Advertising: Why Are You Earning Only Pennies? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/022006/adsense.htm
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I have seen many such sites but none of them turned out to be genuine, they promise you to pay but in the end you get nothing.  However, if you have a good website you can earn money by displaying third party ads/banners, e.g. Google, adbrite, Yahoo publisher etc. pay you for displaying their ads on your website.
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The trick is, the same "ad" that brings you to the page brings others to the page. You pay for "free" information (usually they call it a handling fee, or shipping fee), and get a packet of information.\n\nThat information outlines exactly what just happened to you. You earn money by promising to show others how to do it. They send you the money, you send them the information. It's a perpetual cycle which can work, but now day's, it's a "job" that's starting to wear out it's welcome, so it's not working as good as it did 20 years ago.\n\nIf you visit my blog, I have some other ways listed to earn money in a legit way online.
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Here are a few tips to get you started to doing it for free.\n\nPublish quality content, regularly. No garbage, personal nonsense, ramblings or rants.\n\nDon't think you'll get rich with stupid pages full of ads at the top, left, right, bottom like yours.\n\nUse proper grammar and punctuation. Don't overload your page with your keywords.\n\nDon't host on a free hosting site. \n\nIf you are serious, Invest in a real, relevant domain name.\n\nPick a topic you are knowledgeable about and stick to that. That way everything in your site is relevant to the topic and keywords associated with that topic. People will respect you if you produce good content and they will become loyal readers.\n\nRead everything you can about Search Engine Optimization.\n\nGood luck!
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I took a look at your website and I can understand why Google Adsense is not working for you. The types of visitors you attract is not in the mood to buy anything, they are not using your site as a mere jump-off point -- your site is THE destination. Hence, the visitors are not interested in clicking on your ads. Sites like yours do poorly with Adsense. You may want to read the article "Contextual Advertising: Why Are You Earning Only Pennies?" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/022006/adsense.htm which I think perfectly captures your predicament.\n\nA CPM campaign would work better for you given the type of website you have and the traffic you get. I suggest you read the article "How to Generate Advertising Revenues for Your Web Site" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol28/adrevenues.htm - you can join banner ad networks and select the campaigns offered for CPM (though some does not allow you to select the campaigns). Here are some of the banner ad networks:\n\nBurstMedia http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick http://www.fastclick.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com\nAdvertising.com http://www.advertising.com\n\nAlso read the article "What to Look for When Joining an Ad Network" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol28/adnetwork.htm  for tips on what to consider when joining an advertising network
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nope. it's always a lie. we tried it once and spent $100 and got nothing. after they get the money it's just not that, they want you to go to free classified sites online and advertise, etc etc. there's always something else for you to do.
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I would start with finding out what the going rates are for advertising on similar web-sites. Get the rates on everything from large banner ads to smaller ads. You may also want to look into how they set the rates. I would guess that the advertisers would by a set amount of impressions. I would then figure out all of my costs. Everything from Toll Free #'s, to office space, to building and maintaining your website. This should give you a rough idea of whay your can expect. The real problem comes when you need to find the advertisers. How will you convince them to spend $ with you. How do you plan to get visitors to your site. If an institution is going to spend $ to advertise on your site you need to assure them that they are getting relevant impressions. Best of Luck.
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Be careful of where you get your traffic with Adsense. The quality of traffic can impact your adsense, and if you get any of these 10,000 traffic for $20 types of traffic, you can jeopardize your account.\n\nIn terms of earning money on Adsense, your mileage varies. Adsense is more than just traffic numbers. One website with the 10,000 uniques a day can earn $50 a month while another may earn $5,000. It is not easy to predict how much you will earn from Adsense. The only way you can learn about how your site will perform with Adsense is through trying it.\n\nThe amount you can earn will depend on the \n\n1. Responsiveness of audience to the ads = Users looking to book a travel to Spain comes to your site about tourist destinations in Spain is a site that will do well with Adsense as users are more likely to click on an ad about hotels in Spain. However, if you are a gaming website where the main purpose of the user is to play games on your site, then Adsense will not perform as well.\n\n2. Ad format = some types of ads do better than others depending on your content and layout. In our case, large rectangles in the middle of the content is the best, while leaderboards do not generate as much as income. Skys are the worst for us. Experiment and measure the results via channels and see which formats work best for you.\n\n3. Ad placement - check Google's heat map as they have tested where the best placements are https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=17954&ctx=en:search&query=adsense+heat+map&topic=0&type=f \n\n4. Ad colors - sometimes ads blended into the content works wonders, but sometimes ads that contrast your site colors work best\n\n5. Number of ad units on a page = we are allowed maximum of 3 ads + 1 ad links + 1 search box on a page. Maximize the allowed number based on the resulting look of your page (you don't want an overkill of ads). Users going to your page and reading your content may ignore the banner or rectangle at the top of the page, but may click on the ad at the bottom of the article\n\n6. Smartpricing - the big unknown in Adsense. No one knows how this actually works\n\nExperiment with the factors above (except smartpricing, which you can't control), and see which combination works best. Remember though that not all sites do well with Adsense - even if you get gazillions of traffic but your visitors are not interested in looking for ways to spend their money, they won't be interested in your ads and won't click.\n\nI suggest you read the following articles:\n\nGoogle Adsense: How Small Business Entrepreneurs can Earn from Online Advertising http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol123/adsense.htm \nEarning Revenues from Contextual Advertising http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol139/contextual.htm \n8 Tips for Maximizing Contextual Advertising Revenues http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol146/contextual.htm \nContextual Advertising: Why Are You Earning Only Pennies? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/022006/adsense.htm
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"If you build it, they will come" is not necessarily true on the Web. Putting a website up is one thing, but getting visitors to come to your site is another. The process becomes even more difficult if you have limited resources to market your business.\n\nHere are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. My website (see my profile) accepts free press release submission (no strings attached!)\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.\n\n6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article "10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.\n\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/guide/cases/ii-lexi.htm
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"If you build it, they will come" is not necessarily true on the Web. Putting a website up is one thing, but getting visitors to come to your site is another. The process becomes even more difficult if you have limited resources to market your business.\n\nHere are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your products, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. My website (see my profile) accepts free press release submission (no strings attached!)\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.\n\n6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article "10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.
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Try craigslist.com.  It's free.  Be sure that you include pictures and a lengthy description of your items.  Also, put your contact information (cell phone, home phone, etc.) on the ad.  I believe this shows people that you are legit.\n\nAlso, I've heard people complain about people trying to scam them on Craigslist.  For example, someone may contact you and ask if you would ship the product if they send you a check (or some other form of payment).  Don't do it.  Let people know that you only sell to local people (that you'll meet face-to-face).  It would probably be a good idea to specify that in your ad.\n\nI hope this helps.\n\nScott.....
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"If you build it, they will come" is not necessarily true on the Web. Putting a website up is one thing, but getting visitors to come to your site is another. The process becomes even more difficult if you have limited resources to market your business.\n\nHere are some marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others. \n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. My website (see my profile) accepts free press release submission (no strings attached!)\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings. \n\nFor example, if you submit articles on my Getting Financing section of my site http://www.powerhomebiz.com/financing/financing.htm you will stand a great chance of reaching people who are looking for capital.\n\nThe above strategies are very simple to do, but they can bring in loads of traffic without spending too much. Of course, if you have the resources, you can also utilize pay per click strategies or other advertising mechanisms to reach your target audience.
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if you attract enough viewers you can solicit for advertising, but you have to have data to backup how many visitors visit your site. For example a site counter with traffic data. Then find a web advertising agency.
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Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.\n\nYou can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com\n\nHere are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\nRecommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/\nBig Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml \nCGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/\nHostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. \n\nhttp://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html\nhttp://i-newswire.com/\nhttp://www.24-7pressrelease.com/\nhttp://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi\nhttp://www.pr.com/press-releases\nhttp://www.prfree.com/\nhttp://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml\nhttp://www.theopenpress.com/\nhttp://www.przoom.com/\nhttp://www.prweb.com\nhttp://www.newswiretoday.com/\nhttp://www.free-press-release.com/\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.\n\nHere is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481\n\n6.  Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:\n\nCraigslist http://www.craigslist.com\nGoogle Base http://base.google.com\nClassifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...\nText Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/\nRecycler.com http://www.recyc
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Mass mailings - no!  These will only end up in the SPAM or BULK mail of people and rather than promote could, if done incorrectly, generate bad publicity.\n\nBanner exchanges is a possibility...however, no flashing banners with gaudy colouring...small, well designed yes, could work.\n\nAdding a signature line to all emails you generate is unobtrusive and sometimes an effective way of generating traffic.  \n\nPossibly creating a Refer service would work...visitors to your site, when they sign up are asked to refer people they believe would be interested in your site offerings.  For, say, 5 referrals that prove productive they would receive a Free listing on your site for one auction.  \n\nCreate a "contest" and list it with some of the Contest sites...offering a free auction listing for one item, for instance and include the value of the "prize" in the contest information.\n\nMost sites that are seeking the generation of traffic have to come up with creative ways of doing it.  Creating hype with no rewards doesn't work any longer...\n\nRegister with Adsense and have your ad become part of the system to be added to  like sites.  These generate reasonable results because they are not imposing on the visitor and they are geared towards what the visitor is interested to begin with.  It's possible that your adsense ad could be posted on sites such as Amazon.com, Google, Ebay etc.  Any site that has related auction information...including when people search for auctions.\n\nCreate a newsletter or message board...add things of interest to not only your current clientele but incentives that will have them spreading the word for you.\n\nA site such as BzzAgent.com might be of benefit as well...word of mouth agents that talk to people about services and products they have tried.  \n\nDo up a very good ebook or pdf that relates to the Auction world in general...How to write a Winning auction, how to take effective pictures, best way to display your product/item etc etc.  By making this a really great item that is available for free and includes screen captures of your site as examples that when clicked, would lead the reader directly to that page on your site (this could entice the reader to then explore the site on their own) in each article...also including links to your site as well as perhaps incentives to join your site and use your auction service...can generate more traffic as well.\n\nGrabbing a book on how to run an auction site will garner more ideas about how to market it.  Searching on how to market an auction site will also get you more great info.  You want to stay away from any marketing scheme that irritates people however.  Bulk anything, annoying banners, overly large signature lines or blatant "advertising" of your site on other sites such as message boards sales pitch and nothing else that is remotely related to the site you are visiting, will result in bad press.\n\nGoes without saying...ensure that the major search engines are aware of your site.  Typing in "auctions" garnered no mention of your site up to page 5...ideally page 3 is the furthest you want to be, page one  within the top 10 is optimum.  "auction sites" was the same result, no mention as of page 5. \n\nEnsure the site is setup (in the html code) to optimally invite the crawlers and robots but to avoid the pages you do not want it to crawl.  The index is the main area therefore you want to direct the robots to this.  There is specific code that instructs robots to crawl only the index.  Ensure that the content is always fresh, this continues to  invite the robots to your site and boosts your standings.  The more visits made to the site, the higher the rank climbs to.  In the Meta Tags ensure that KEY words are included.  Don't place a truck load of keywords as the crawlers stop normally at about the first 10.  Make these 10 words count by putting the MAIN aspects of your site here.  If you hav
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well I see that the website is in desperate need of help, try taking off some of the ads.\n\nAdd some pages to your website, if you are doing a pay per click for each ad you have on the site, this isnt the place to promote that. I will help you if you want just send me an email and we can enhance the look and feel mof your site all for free.\n\n\nmikezrage@yahoo.com