Craigslist - (A Subset of Link Building)

Craigslist is a hugely popular classified Ad site (a true

exception to the other classified ads on the web) that started

out as a simple bulletin board to be shared between a few

friends in San Francisco. It has grown so large and so varied that it reached #24

in Alexa last year! (Currently # 46)

It achieved this by offering a no-frills simple classified-ad listing that was Specific

to your Metropolitan area. If you go and visit

Craigslist.org

right now, you’ll get

to choose your nearest big city… Naturally a lot of advertisers feel that it’s not

worth their time to place ads to one city at a time, so it really helps promote a

spam-free atmosphere.

Placing your classified ads on Craigslist actually works pretty well, all things

considered. You may have to place your ads in the top 5 or ten largest cities, all

by hand, one at a time, but it clearly had brought a steady albeit skimpy stream of

traffic that sticks around for weeks.

If you’re curious, go to the main page and click under the:

“

Your City

Craigslist” > “small biz ads

” –This is the only clearly marked area

that you’re allowed to post Ads in, although you see them often in other areas as

well. Below is a list of the January 2007 top 20 most-trafficked subdomains at

Craigslist, according to Alexa.com.

• sfbay.craigslist.org - 14%

• newyork.craigslist.org - 10%

• losangeles.craigslist.org - 9%

• seattle.craigslist.org - 4%

• boston.craigslist.org - 3%

• sandiego.craigslist.org - 3%

• vancouver.craigslist.org - 3%

• orangecounty.craigslist.org - 3%

• chicago.craigslist.org - 3%

• portland.craigslist.org - 2%

• denver.craigslist.org - 2%

• washingtondc.craigslist.org - 2%

• phoenix.craigslist.org - 2%

• atlanta.craigslist.org - 2%

• lasvegas.craigslist.org - 2%

• toronto.craigslist.org - 2%

• minneapolis.craigslist.org - 2%

• dallas.craigslist.org - 2%

• sacramento.craigslist.org - 2%

austin.craigslist.org - 1%