Comments on: Tips on craigslist ad posting

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:15:49 +0000

Your problem is you’re going to the wrong website. The correct address is craigslist.org

By: Traci

Traci — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:00:18 +0000

I post just here and there on Craigslist. I am not a business, just post toys or whatever on there as my kids outgrow. I must have been banned by my IP address recently, but have no idea why. When I try to go to http://www.craigslist.com, I can’t even access the website at all – says it timed out. My husband is a tech person and everything else on our computer is the same and every site works perfectly. This has been happening for 2 days now. Any ideas? How would you know if you were banned? Does it just not go to the website at all and says “time out?” Does anyone know how to fix this if I did something wrong that I didn’t know was wrong with Craigslist rules? I want another chance!!!

By: Ghost

Ghost — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:27:24 +0000

The more complex craigslist blocks get, the better it will be for us who will always know a way around. Automated systems will always eventually fail. If you want something done right, you must do it yourself.

By: Mohanishg

Mohanishg — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:44:31 +0000

Actually i want to know what is the process of craiglist postings. I want to batter understood with YOU. I want to start to a home based business for income money. I have no proper data about this process. so please would u like to send me proper information as soon as.

By: steve harless

steve harless — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:21:52 +0000

I post on average 10 ads a day, 3 in the morning 3 at noon and 4 at nite….and am doing ok, some post are “green ghosted” because I ve used the same title before.
great blog. keep the tips coming

By: Jm

Jm — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:35:01 +0000

I think they’ve finally gone too far with the new phone verification system. This makes it nearly impossible to post multiple times and you can see the effect in the Services sections. There’s only about 30% of the volume of ads prior to the phone verification.

By: Hrrmmm

Hrrmmm — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:14:23 +0000

I used to post on CL quite frequently using a cutom poster that I developed but stopped for about a year. Just recently I tried posting a few ads, but after the first small (7 – batch – I noticed all of the posts were ghosted. I took it in stride, figuring they clamped down, so I limited my posts to 3 once my manual posts were being accepted but once again, all ads were ghosted. So I started investigating. No matter what I do once my posts have started to be ghosted, my ads wont go through. I do havent posted any urls or objectionable content during my investigating and have done the following but my ads wont go through:

1. Changed IP C Class
2. cleared chache, stored sessions, history, cookies, ect.
3. switched browsers (just in case)
4. Changed User-Agents (to eliminate any trace info possibly stored in it)
5. Changed my MAC address
6. tried using different computers
7. Swapped DSL modems
8. Used different ISP
9. Used different email address (both free and non-free)
10. tried posting in different categories offering legitimate items using very different titles and descriptions.
11. All posts were attempted on local cl city (to rule out GEO IP tracking/blocking)
12. Switch Windows users (not likely this would be used to block posts – but just to cover all bases)

I have covered every base there is just about and each attempt to bypass their blocks was done manually (no automated software) and somehow CL has been able to block/prevent my posts from being displayed despite using very different C Class IP’s and ruling out nearly every conventional method. However, I would be able to go over to a family member’s house who has the same ISP and is on the same C Class blocks as I am and would be able to successfully post using one of the same email addresses I had initially used. I searched the various blogs and forums that cl posters frequent and I havent noticed much of an outcry concerning this which makes it even more puzzling. Does any of the experienced posters out there have any suggestions or insight to what might be going on?

By: Chiaog

Chiaog — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:49:42 +0000

I haven’t posted in a while and want to know if CL has changed their policies. I used to post daily to all 23 of the major US cities, several times a day, totalling 150 to 200 ads daily using the following techniques that no longer work. Can someone help by telling me what has changed and what I need to do differently?

-I would use unique email addresses, 4-5 version of the ad that’s at least 70% different in their HTML code
-Alternate between 5-7 different titles
-I never post or publish more than 5 ads per every 30 minute period
-I’ve tried using a computer with an IP that’s never posted to CL before, and only 1 or 2 ads made it up.

Now when I post, I still get the email from CL to publish, but after I publish the ad, I can get to it by the link in the publish email from CL, but if I look or search for the ad I can’t find it. Do I need to start using different IPs or Proxies? Please help. Thanks.

By: stan

stan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:04:58 +0000

Another classified ad site that you can post to is:

http://www.waldospost.com

By: Craigslist Information

Craigslist Information — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:57:16 +0000

Craigslist definitely has issues with their database that needs war heroes to fix! i agree with Sebastian that postresql would be a more suitable fit for the mass amount of load that the database is experiencing! Craigslist Scams and Frauds