As little as two years ago, classified advertising on the internet was HOT!

Believe it or not, up until then I had generated thousands of dollars in affiliate program sales utilizing free internet classifieds and services known as Free For All (FFA) Links pages.

But, alas, things change, and it is necessary to change with them. Free classifieds and FFA's have all but lost 99.9% of their effectiveness due to abuse by programs known as "auto-submitters".

These programs post to thousands and thousands of free classified ad sites and FFA's, usually for a fee.

The problem with using such services is thousands of other people are using them as well, not to mention the fact that they rarely post an ad to any sites which receive the targeted traffic you're looking for.

It's Simple!

Search engines send targeted traffic to the sites listed within them, but can also be your best tool to find the high traffic sites that offer low-cost classified advertising that both receives the traffic your looking for, and the targeted customers you NEED to make sales!

Here's what you do:

Go to any MAJOR search engine ( www.google.com , www.yahoo.com, etc.) and do a search using a phrase someone searching for your product or service would look for

(i.e. if you're selling golf supplies, do searches such as "golf supplies" , or "golf gear", etc.).

So is classified advertising dead? In a word....NO!

The "secret" to effective online classified advertising is not really a "secret" at all, but more a case of common sense.

As of March, 2001, almost 90% of internet users found the sites they are looking for through the use of search engines.