Craigslist Free Advertising Question

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Okay so I am new here so please don't throw stones! I was wondering how come after I post three ads on Craigslist is says I have exceeded the posting volume. Can you only post three new ads a day or are they just to similar? Thanks for the help in advance guys and galls

Michael James
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  • Profile picture of the author brendan301
    craigslist is real stringent on how many ads you can post per day from your ip address due to spammers posting 1000s of ads a day and ruining it. i used to make a nice hunk of change from cl traffic. but i also learned the importance of getting traffic from multiple sources. once they changed their posting "rules" and sued the developer of my autoposter my traffic dried up.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    I don't know the details, but if you post too widely in cities
    you may have trouble too. CL is a local-use platform meaning
    you are only supposed to use it for reaching your local
    community. The software thwarts nationwide advertising
    though of course some manage to always get around the
    rules.

    Try running your ads as mostly images but vary the HTML
    you use for other text. CL software doesn't seem to look
    at image links unfavorably but penalizes for similar HTML
    content.
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  • Profile picture of the author clorets01
    Please do not spam craigslist with useless ads, its not aimed to be a free marketing platform.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaxrefinance
    Originally Posted by MichaelJamesHealth View Post

    Okay so I am new here so please don't throw stones! I was wondering how come after I post three ads on Craigslist is says I have exceeded the posting volume. Can you only post three new ads a day or are they just to similar? Thanks for the help in advance guys and galls

    Michael James
    That should only come up if you are posting in the services section. They only allow three ads a day in the service sections from the same user.
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