| craigslist and kijiji are two most popular network of online free classifieds worldwide. Other popular free classifieds networks are gumtree, olx, kugli, locanto, franglo etc. backpage is very popular in the USA but backpage doesn’t has network outside USA except a few sites in Canada |
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Following is a country-wise list of popular online free classifieds:
- USA: craigslist.org, kijiji.com, backpage.com . More free calssifieds of USA.
- Canada: craigslist.ca, kijiji.ca, Classifieds.Ca . More Canadian free classifieds.
- UK: gumtree.com, craigslist.co.uk, adzooks.co.uk, adoos.co.uk. More free classifieds on UK.
- Australia classifieds: gumtree.com.au, craigslsit.com.au, ozfreeonline.com
- India classified ad posting: quikr.com, craigslsit.co.in, kugli.com, webcosmo.com, locanto.com, vivastreet.co.in, olx.in
- Japan classified advertising: kijiji.co.jp, craigslist.jp
- Spain local classified websites: loquo.com, spain.franglo.com,
- New Zeland classified websites: gumtree.co.nz, auckland.craigslist.org
- Singapore free online classified sites: www.gumtree.sg, craigslist.com.sg, olxsg.com
- Italy classified advertising: www.kijiji.it, italy.franglo.com, italyclassifieds.net
- French local classifieds: www.kijiji.fr, frenchclassified.com, paris.franglo.com
- Germany classifieds: kijiji.de, locanto.com
- South Africa classified sites: gumtree.co.za, orangepages.co.za, youpost.co.za
- China online classifieds : baixing.com, shanghai.craigslist.com.cn, www.locanto.cn
- Philippines free classifieds: manila.craigslist.com.ph, classifiedsph.com
- Russia : www.slando.ru, ru.anuncioo.com
- Poland : www.gumtree.pl
- Hong Kong: gumtree.com.hk, hongkong.craigslist.org
- Thailand: craigslist.co.th
- The Netherlands: www.marktplaats.nl, amsterdam.craigslist.org
- Mexico: craigslist.com.mx, www.mexonline.com, mexico.zeezo.com
- Brazil: rio.en.craigslist.org, redeparede.com, brazzilads.com
- Argentina: buenosaires.en.craigslist.org,
- Switzerland : zurich.en.craigslist.ch, market.local.ch/en, www.kijiji.ch
- Belgium: www.kijiji.be
- Austria: kijiji.at
- Czech Republic: www.slando.cz
- Slovakia: www.slando.sk
- Hungary: www.slando.hu
- Ukraine: www.slando.com.ua
- Turkey: www.kijiji.com.tr, www.turkeyclassifieds.com
- Taiwan: www.kijiji.com.tw, tw.anuncioo.com
Feel free to share popular free classifieds of other countries here.
Like craigslist.org in USA, craigslist.ca is also very much popular in Canada. Craigslist has implemented phone verification for Canadian cities too. So it’s time to seek other sites like craigslist for Canada. Following are some popular online free classifieds sites of Canada I frequently use:
- kijiji.ca : In Canada Kijiji is as popular as craigslist. In some cities kijiji is even more popular than craigslist. Kijiji has many more Canadian cities on it’s list than craigslist.ca
- backpage.com : Although very popular in USA, backpage has only a few Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal
- Red Leaf Ads: New but nice free ad site. Try it.
- http://www.adpost.com/ca/
- Tradepoint : Tradepoint is Canada’s free online classifieds network for used autos, cars, used trucks, boats, computers, Canadian real estate, antiques, furniture, electronics and much more.
- Oodle free classifieds : free classified site as well as free classified search engine.
- http://www.cdncc.com/
- Classifieds.Ca a premiere free classifieds ad network of Canada
- Adoos Canada
- Canadaclassify.com Canadian Online Local Classifieds Service
- BuyAndSell.Canada - Canada’s National Free Classified Ad Network.
- btcanada.com - Free Ads - Canada Free Classifieds
- OLX Canada
- http://www.sellitbuyit.ca/
- http://www.classified.ca/
- Canada’s bargain city
- Kugli local classifieds
- Hoobly free local online classified site.
- Locanto Free Canadian Classified Ads.
- Post an AD is a FREE Online Classifieds Website for Canada.
I frequently face a question from my potential clients whether ad posting on free classifieds sites will help in Search Engine Optimization. Well, before answering YES or NO to this question let’s examine what happens when ads are posted on free online.
Most of the free classifieds sites including craigslist.org and backpage.com allow hyperlink to other website in ad description. So getting one-way backlink from free classifieds advertising is quite possible. The problem is that those backlinks aren’t permanent. Each post has a certain life span ranging from 7 days to 6 months (popular sites have lower life span while new sites have longer life span for the postigns). Postings will expire after that time and the link will no longer exist. So one time posting will not be of much help in the long run. In case of continuous posting on a weekly or monthly schedule, search engines will always see some backlinks from those sites and will index those pages. So to get benefit from free classifieds sites for SEO, continuous ad posting is required.
Some sites like vivastreet.co.uk allows to reposting and the URL of the original post doesn’t change upon reposting. In such cases getting almost permanent link is possible provided the ad is renewed regularly.
Another option of SEO is also available. Although it is also transient in nature, sometimes it is highy effective. It is possible to post an ad whose body is filled up with targeted keywords in high density. Search engines like google picks the posting pages from popular free classifieds sites like craigslist within 24 hours (even earlier). And postings on craigslist and other popular free classifieds get very high position on SERP. So it is possible to reach google first page for some specific keywords within very short time with this method. But when the ad is expired, you loose everything.
Finally, it can be summarized that ad posting on free classifieds may be helpful in SEO but primary purpose of free classified advertising is not SEO. Getting targeted traffic quickly is the main purpose of free classified advertising.
