How To Submit A Support Ticket

Posted on June 18, 2009 by admin

I know some of you have gotten used to our old , but I’m sure you’ll find this system much easier.

Okay, you may ask, “How do I submit a ticket?” Well, it’s really simple.

1. First, visit our FAQ page and give it a quick once over to make sure we haven’t already answered your question. In many cases, other have already asked the same question and we covered it on the FAQ page.

2. If you can’t find the answer, then visit our Contact page, fill out the form and hit submit. Please remember to fill out all the appropriate areas and to be as descriptive as you can. That’s going to help us.

3. Wait for an email back. We usually answer ticket within 24 hours. We’ll get back to you ASAP.

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Tips For Writing A Great Classified Ad Title

Posted on May 30, 2010 by admin

A few days ago, we received a newsletter from our friends over at GoArticles. The newsletter’s focus was on how to write a great title for an article that you plan to publish on their . We read the article and deleted the email.

Well, I started thinking about it and came to the conclusion that the principles laid out in the newsletter can also be applied to writing a great classifieds ad title. Because of the similarity, I decided to write a post about it. I would like to thank GoArticles for my inspiration.

Okay, if you look at a great classified ad title, you’ll notice a few things. They are:

The ad title uses “.”

Here is an example of : “Great Widget For Sale”

Notice how each word is capitalized? You can choose to either capitalize every single word (even small words like “to” “the” “a” etc…) or you can just capitalize the main words. In the example above, I capitalized every single word. It’s up to you. Just be sure to get the bigs ones. Remember, DON’T PUT YOUR TITLE IN ALL CAPS. Nobody likes all caps. If you asked every single person on the planet if they find all caps annoying, I bet everyone would say yes.

Great ad titles use great spelling and grammar.

This is a given. When I am in doubt of a word’s spelling, I go over to and do a search for it. Usually there will be a suggested spelling if I get it wrong. This is a must. If English isn’t your first language, you will just need to spend a bit more time confirming that your spelling and grammar are up to snuff.

Great titles use more than one word.

A single word isn’t a title. It’s a word. A good title is a string of words combined to convey what your ad is about. Make it catchy, make is flash, but remember, the word “Pen” isn’t a title that anyone is going to click on.

Quotes and are not in great titles.

This doesn’t help, trust me. We have seen (and deleted) more than I would care to discuss. Fancy stars, arrows, a bunch of dashes in a row only annoy people. They especially annoy the administrator, so if you like to persistently do this, do it at the risk of being blocked from the . A good, solid, meaningful title will earn many more clicks than a spammy looking one.

There isn’t a period at the end of a great classified ad title.

We see this one all the time too. A title isn’t really a sentence. It’s more of a…title. It’s a statement. Remember, no period in your title.

If you follow these suggestions for writing a great classified ad title, your ads should get more clicks naturally and visitors should be pleased.

Hmmm…up next – Tips for writing great ads? We’ll see.

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Admin Approval For New Ads

Posted on April 30, 2010 by admin

Don’t you hate it when you visit a classifieds to find a bunch of ads that have nothing to do with what you are looking for? Yeah, we do to. It’s such a waste of everyone’s time. I’m sure you are familiar with the ads I am talking about. If you aren’t, please click here to see the types of ads we don’t like.

Okay, so here’s the problem. We try to have our websites set up to be as user friendly as possible. That translates into a process as well as a simple ad placement process. Well, sometimes those processes are a bit too streamlined. I can’t even begin to tell you how many bogus ads we remove from our websites all day long. Still, the problem exists and we wake up each morning (7 days a week) to clear out a whole bunch of bad ads.

This morning I got fed up. I told myself that we really need to take things up a notch. We can’t let these types of ads on the sites any longer. That’s why we are rolling out “Admin Approval” of all ads BEFORE they hit the site. That’s right…a real clamp down. Now, you won’t have to put up with looking at these things.

I can hear it now – the questions and concerns. “If you have to approve each and every ad that we post, how long will it take to see them live on the site?” you might ask. Good question. The answer is…I wish you could see us checking, checking, checking the sites all day long. In general, your ads will be in “pending” status for very short period of time. Don’t sweat it, just keep placing your ads. As they come in, we’ll approve them (as long as they aren’t on our list of ads we don’t like). Trust me, we run a very tight ship over here.

Questions, concerns? If so, simply contact us by using this page.

PS – We will be rolling this new process out one at a time. Currently, only one of our sites is set up this way.

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New Tagging Feature For Classifieds

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

First of all, let’s explain what the heck a “tag” is.

Well, a tag is basically a keyword. says…a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information…helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Yeah, we like that. So we decided to add that to our websites.

Let’s back up a second. If you are like me, you don’t even know what that last paragraph means. Here it is in simple terms – We added a feature on our websites that allows you to fill in “keywords” while you are on the data collection page of your ad placement. So, after you fill in your ad title and description, you will now see a small area to list up to 15 keywords. If you are placing an ad to sell your in New Jersey, you would perhaps have an ad that looks like this:

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Title: Bike for sale in New Jersey

Description: I have the best bike in the whole world sitting in my garage right now. The only problem is that I don’t use it anymore. Now, I would like to sell it to a person who lives in New Jersey.

Tags: bike, for sale, new jersey,

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Does that make sense? I hope so.

Okay, this is all well and good, but why in the world did we add a feature to our websites? That’s easy to answer. Because it gives people browsing your ads about nine different way to find your stuff. Think about it. When one ad has a tag that says, “business” and another ad has the same tag, both of those ads are going to be listed on the same tag page (which looks just like a category page, by the way). Someone might be looking at the first “business” ad page and might never think to look at the other one. If they click on the tag, BAM!!! There it is.

I know, I know, it’s kind of hard to follow. Here’s an image that might make things easier…

Tagging feature on classifieds website

feature on classifieds

You can see the tag section to the left of the red arrow. Those are the keywords that this particular seller listed when they placed their ad. Now, when someone clicks on one of those tags, they will be brought to a page with that ad and others with the same tag attached to them.

Trust me, it’s going to be fun. If you like what you see, just go on and start placing some ads. You’ll see the area and you can have a blast.

Let us know what you think.

Just a quick note – This new feature is currently available on one of our websites. We will be rolling it out to the remainder over the coming weeks.

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New Attention Getters

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

Oh wait until you see these. How cool.

We are rolling out some new attention getters to our websites. I think you’ll like them. Talk about making people see your ad…oh boy.

Here’s what you’ll have to choose from while placing your ads on our websites:

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iLeeg Free Classifieds On Facebook

Posted on January 4, 2010 by admin

We recently set up a Facebook for our new free classifieds . You can visit it here.

Like our other Facebook fan pages, this one is linked to our Twitter page, so all of our updates show on both websites. You can follow us on either one.

Why not stop by and become a fan today?

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New iLeeg Banners

Posted on December 31, 2009 by admin

If you have been placing ads on our brand new classifieds , you have surely seen the link at the end of the ad placement process that says something like, “Link to iLeeg Classifieds – Get your banners here.”

Well, we actually haven’t had any banners listed on the banners page until today. Now we have 24 of them.

So, if you are interested in placing some really cool looking banners on your as a show of for us, please visit our banners page today (on the page). Thank you!!!

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Brand New Website – iLeeg

Posted on December 17, 2009 by admin

We would like to take a quick moment to introduce our latest and greatest free classifieds . It’s called iLeeg. It’s a great place to post free ads online.

If you are a frequent user of our other classified websites, we think you’ll like iLeeg. The categories are broken down differently and will offer a much more streamlined way of searching for ads. There are also a few more bells and whistles in there, but we’ll leave them for you to discover.

Have fun!!!

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Ads We Don’t Like

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

As you can probably see, we continuously scan our classifieds websites for ads we don’t like. These ads come in many shapes and sizes, but they usually have one thing in common…they are junk. Unfortunately, the internet is full of them. Good thing we have people who keep our sites clean.

As I sat down to write this post, I thought that I would start typing one of those “Official Classifieds Guidelines” type of things. Then, as I began browsing other site’s guidelines, I discovered that there isn’t a one size fits all solution.

Since we actively manage our websites and are constantly deleting ads we find inappropriate, I figured that perhaps a work in progress is in order. As we come across an ad that we delete, we’ll remove it and then post a “rule” here.

Okay, here we go. The following is our set of “suggestions” for placing classifieds ads on our websites. By “suggestions” we mean, if you don’t follow them, you will have your ad(s) removed and account suspended.

- DO NOT place international (or otherwise bogus) work at home ads.
- DO NOT place get rich quick schemes.
- DO NOT place ads for prescription drugs, medical devices, controlled substances, illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia (includes non-prescription drugs with misleading claims).
- DO NOT place fraudulent ads.
- DO NOT place ads for counterfeit items.
- DO NOT our classifieds websites. Spamming is placing virtually the same ads over and over.
- PLACE ads in their correct category.
- DO NOT use trademarked terms that you don’t have permission to use.
- DO NOT copy and paste someone else’s ad text to use as your own. Be creative and be unique.
- DO NOT place ads offering loans to people and businesses.
- DO NOT place ads for alcohol or tobacco.
- DO NOT place ads for illegal animals or insects.
- DO NOT place ads for blood, bodily fluids or body parts.
- DO NOT place ads for embargoed goods.
- DO NOT place ads for items that may be used for crimes. Items such as burglary tools, false identification and items used to manufacture illegal explosives or controlled substances.
- DO NOT place ads that contain material that is obscene or is harmful to minors.
- DO NOT place ads for services or merchandise that promote hatred and violence against anything.
- DO NOT place ads for stocks or securities.
- DO NOT place ads for stolen or illegal products.
- DO NOT place ads for weapons or weapon parts.
- DO NOT place ads for fireworks.
- DO NOT place ads for items containing hazardous substances or pesticides.
- DO NOT place ads that might violate any law or statute.

…to be continued.

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How It Works

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

This post refers to WebLeeg, PetLeeg, CycleLeeg, BoatLeeg and AutoLeeg.

So, you’re wondering if our service is really free. How can that be? How do we make any money? We’ve heard it all. Let us take this opportunity to clearly explain what is and what isn’t free on our websites.

Yes, our service is free. You may register at no cost. Also at no cost, you may place an unlimited number of ads. Lastly, at no cost, you may upload one photo for each ad you place. We’ll put that in bullet points so it’s easier to read:

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- Free placement of an unlimited number of ads
- One per ad
- No cost to renew your free ads (ads without upgrades)

That’s a pretty good deal. That’s why we say our service is free…because it is. We can estimate that our free service covers about 99% of people out there. All those people are content with using nothing more than what we offer at no cost.

Now, we know that there are a good number of people who are interested in more than what our free service offers. They want their ads to be different. They want their ads to stand out from the other ads on the . We get that, so we set up some paid featured that will enable your ad to be different than many others on our websites. We call these paid features upgrades. We’ll list these paid upgrades using bullet points so they are easy to read:

- $5 for featured ad on .
- $4 for featured ad on category page
- $4 to have your ad title and text bolded and the box it is in on the category page colored
- $4 to have your ad placed in a more favorable position as compared to other ads that do not have this upgrade
- $3 to add a small graphic called an “attention getter” next to the title of your ad
- $2 each to add additional beyond the one we allow per ad (we allow a total of 12 per ad)

*** Just to be clear, you are in no way obligated to pay for any of these upgrades in order to place an ad on our websites. You can still, at any time, place free ads and upload one per ad you place. ***

Okay, now we’ll explain some common questions we get about each upgrade:

- Featured ad on homepage – When you pay for this upgrade, your ad will be placed in the mix with other ads of the same status. We currently have 20 places on our homepages that show featured ads. There are 12 spots toward the center of the homepage and 8 more toward the bottom of the page. The 12 ads toward the center of the homepage show an ad photo, the 8 ads toward the bottom of the page do not. Since there are usually more than this number ads on our that have this featured upgrade, all featured ads can not show on the homepage at the same time. Because of this, our system randomly rotates featured ads to show on the homepage. Your ad may not show every time you load the page, but it will show randomly throughout the day for as long as your ad runs.

- Featured ads on category pages – This type of ad is very similar to the featured ad shown directly above. The only difference is that this ad is featured on the category pages and not the homepage. When your ad has this upgrade, your ad will rotate among other ads with the same status. Like above, your ad may not show all the time if there are more than 10 featured ads in the category your ad is featured in. We show featured ads at both the top and bottom of category pages.

- Ad bolding and coloring – This upgrade is fairly straightforward. When you pay for this upgrade, the title and description snippet is bolded on the category page that your ad is located on. Also, the box your ad is shown in will be colored more vibrantly than other ads that don’t have this upgrade attached to them.

- Ad better placement – When you pay for this upgrade, your ad will be put into better placement status on the respective category page when compared to other ads without this upgrade. This means that if your upgraded ad is listed in a category with 21 other ads that don’t have this upgrade, your ad will show at the top of the list of regular ads. This does not include featured ads. Featured ads on the category page will show above better placement ads. If there is more than one ad with the better placement upgrade in the category your ad is placed in, your ad will randomly rotate among these other ads.

- Ad attention getters – This is fairly straightforward as well. When you purchase this upgrade, your ad will simply have the graphic of your choosing next to the title.

- Additional – Again, we allow you to upload one per ad. If you would like to upload more to display with your ad, you may at the cost of $2 per additional photo. We allow a total of 12 per classified ad.

We hope this clearly explains how our service is free and how you are given the ability to pay for upgrades at our classifieds websites. As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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