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Written by Alex Wu   
Sunday, 22 March 2009 06:22

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.

Do you think cavemen drawings were ever ads to trade things? The first ad ever found was written on a stone in Pompeii. It is believed that the stone had a community notice on it. Classified ads like we have today came to be in the 15th century.

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 is another way to get free advertising to sell or trade things off the Internet. Local radio will have people call in daily to sell, trade or give away things. The seller calls the radio and announces what he or she has to sell.

Before 2000, marketers could only advertise through sponsors but they could not include their own agenda. Soon after, the Internet became a huge shopping store. On line ads and pop ups are everywhere on the Internet. There are plethora free places on the Internet to place your advertisement. Sometimes they are only free for a while and then charge monthly fees.

There is also Craig's list that will advertise anything. Craig's list has everything and all the ad posts are free. Craig Newmark was brainiac that started this site. Craig's list evolved in 1995 and it soon became very popular when the news spread that you could get free advertising. At first Craig's list advertised social event and local Industries in San Francisco. Craig's initial intention for the site was for it to be a mailing list.

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 AdWords, 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.

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