For those of you that still don't know what Craigslist is, try to imagine a gigantic flea market right at your finger tips. A place where you can buy anything from a designer handbag to a vacation home. There are people from all over the world selling their goods and services on Craigslist, with just as many people looking to purchase goods and/or services. With the tremendous success of Craigslist, it has become one of the most regularly visited websites on the Internet.



It is a traffic magnet, drawing massive amounts of visitors a day. Craigslist is used by millions of people every day. Tapping into this enormous market of visitors could result in more traffic to your website. Think about it, the people browsing through Craigslist are already in a "buying" mode, they are there looking for something. So offering your product or service can result in a higher conversion rate.

To register for an account with Craigslist, you need to supply a valid email address. You will then receive a link to follow to activate your account and create a password. You are then ready to submit your ads. For your convenience, the site is divided into regions. You can post your ad locally or by state and even by country. Imagine someone thousands of miles away, reading your ad with just a few clicks. It is free to post your ads and they will stay active for about 45 days. Of course you can always go back and re-post your ads over and over again to stay current. This will help you to develop a nice flow of traffic to your site.

The real traffic however, will come from Google. Google loves Craigslist and it is not unusual for ads placed on Craigslist to achieve a top ranking. This can occur in less than a week's time. Once this happens, your ad will get some serious traffic. If you write your ad properly, you can even have that traffic directed right to your website.

To make sure your ads rank well with the search engines, use some of the same SEO tactics you used for your site. Optimize your ads for your keywords just as you did your web pages. There are many other classified sites besides Craigslist. Of course they do not come close to the amount of traffic Craigslist achieves, but that doesn't mean they should be over looked. Do a search to find other classified sites and then use them to along with Craigslist to drive more traffic to your site.