I promised a few people I would post a few simple and unique ways to tackle the ignominious “flagging” issue that seems to have leapfrogged to the front of the line in terms of obstacles people are having in keeping their ads live.

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Important NOTE:  This post was written 4 years ago…….and MUCH has changed in regard to the CL filters over that time.  They are smarter, quicker and far more aggressive in being able to automatically detect when someone is over posting……OR, posting in an area that is geographically incompatible with their IP address or location.  (a tech head I am NOT…….but as much as this was an issue many moons back when I wrote the post below, it’s even MORE of an issue today, and quite simply, all bullshit aside, if you are trying to make a living off of posting an avalanche of ads in a myriad of markets and a cacaphony of cities around the world……you probably ain’t having much luck, and if you are……..the going ain’t gonna be great for long..:-)

In my view – the REAL opportunities to earn an amazing income online are FAR beyond what is offered on Craigslist – it certainly serves a purpose and if you are a service provider or profesional, it can be a great way of generating leads.  However – I encourage you to read many of the other posts I’ve shared about other traffic techniques that are far superior…..and far LESS stressful as well.  (after all – life is short, and worrying about your ads being “ghosted” all day isn’t a very visionary, or smart strategy for building your brand, your blog, your business…..or your bank account to boot)

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So rather than not going green, these are ads that are being flagged by either editorial staff, or – more commonly in my best guess, by other peers with too much free time and too little tolerance for good old fashioned competition.

I’ve had my fair share of ads flagged, and it’s almost ALWAYS in the same categories, which leads me to believe it’s more of a function of my peers, rather than problems with the CL review process.( As none of the ads are inflammatory or a TOS violation beyond the obvious..:-) Plus there are a few auto posters that have (flawed, but still) plugins or add ons that are explicitly designed to flag competing ads. [Read more...]