One of the hotest classifieds sites besides craigs list to drive traffic to your products and services is Oodle dot com. At least that's what I've been hearing for months now. Oodle holds a
PR 6, and they have a very large network of classifieds sites. From what I can tell, Oodle powers classified sites including WalMart classifieds, Facebook Classifieds, MySpace Classifieds, local news and newspaper affiliates. Plus target major colleges.
It sounds a bit grayhat amd spammy to me the way some marketers are using the site, but I think if people have legit products or services, it might come in handy to funnel traffic.
I do want to stress that spamming sites like this is not good for you or anyone else if you plan to drive traffic to your sites. Of a matter of fact, those tactics will not only get you banned, but will ruin a good thing. Take a look at what's happened to craigslist over the years. It's still a good site to list local stuff in, but marketers basically ruined it for everyone else by trying to exploit the loopholes, harvest email addresses the dirty way, and spam the heck out of innocent people that have absolutely no interest in Internet Marketing or making money online niche. That's not including what the owner and staff have to go through to keep the spammy posts out of the listings.
What I do suggest is for people to use and treat the site just like you would a classified section in your local newspaper if you've listed ads in them before. If you've never used classified ads, you can set up a legit ad within minutes and probably get people responding within 24 hours.
And for you skeptics out there, classifieds still work fairly well. You have to use them the right way though so you can generate a profit. Are classified ads a fix all? No, absolutely not but they are something to add to your marketing arsenal.
If you treat the classified sites or communities with respect, they will produce, leave you be, and sometimes even refer clients to you. be an active member of the communities and they will treat you like one of their own. All social or web 2.0 sites are similar in that you have to get to know the members of that community, and they have to get to know you. And trust me, I would rather them respect me than not. They can close you down in a heart beat if they don't like you, especially if you are trashing they community.
Do you use Oodle to drive traffic to Sell products and services?
