CRAIGSLIST ALTERNATIVES
Chris WebbLance & CompanyNova Home Loans
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Why Craigslist was important
How it effected the bottom line
A Few Terms to KnowAnalytics: Key Measurements used to rate effectiveness of websites and social sites
The Box: A computer
The End User: The person who is searching in Google, Bing, or Yahoo
Index: The way that Google, Bing and Yahoo read your website.
Search: Short term for Search Engine Optimization or SEO
SEO: Search Engine Optimization Creating a search friendly site that will show up on page one of search engines
Social: Short term for Social Media sharing or commenting.
What happened to Craigslist
• No longer allows for HTML code• No links to website• No in-ad images
The Alternatives
Blogger Tumblr Active Rain Classified OLX BackPage Merchant Circle
Quick Note
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Blogger
Owned by Google
Indexed
Simple one touch HTML transformation
Tumblr
New Social Network
Indexed by Search Engines
HTML integration
Active Rain
Real Estate Specific (paid option)
Indexed by Google
High link strength for Real Estate
Classified Ads.com
Classified Site
Simple Posting
Indexed
OLX
Classified Site
Simple Posting
Indexed
Backpage
Most similar to Craigslist
Allows for HTML
Indexed
Merchant Circle
Local Directory
Leaderboard
Tracking cabibility
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