Free classifieds sites are mostly used to sell or buy (used) goods in local areas (or to find a service). But they're also used to generate targeted traffic for a website. Classified ads are placed under a specific topic so only the people who are interested in that subject will view your ad. Problem with classified ads is... there are so many.

If you want to place your ad at a high traffic site (and you want to do that of course) you really need to make your ad stand out. Especially when you're offering a business opportunity or want to recruit new referrals. It's jam packed with ads like that. A catchy title will help but most readers go through the first few pages so you need to update your ad frequently.

The easiest way to make your ad stand out is by using a highlighted title. A lot of people don't want to pay for advertising at free sites so they don't use this option. Here's where you can benefit. Most sites will charge you between $5 and $25 to have your ad highlighted but the traffic it brings is well worth it. If you play it smart and place your best product on a landing page or create a juicy opt-in page, you can make 10 if not 100 times your investment back.

Visitors of classifieds sites are not into online business they're just looking for stuff they need or want. You can offer affiliate products they have never seen before because most of your competitors will go with the free option so their ad will not be noticed by those people.

If you want to maximize profits, you should buy a headline ad that's shown on every page. Depending on which site you use it will cost a bit, but if you have a catchy ad and the landing page or affiliate page is well put together you can expect high profits. People are just curious by nature. They always want to know what's new or what they're missing out on. Make your offer time sensitive and you're off to the bank. This technique works very well for affiliate products with pre-written ads. All you do is change them a little bit (there might be another affiliate using the same ad) and post a different version like every week or every month. It sure beats spending all the commissions you earn on ppc bills.

Ok, enough talk. Here's our Free Classifieds Top 10 list. We all know Craigslist is number 1 of the world so we didn't include them because it's boring to see the same number 1 over and over again (plus now you can't say "yea figures"). We have more free classifieds at our alphabetical sorted list of classifieds sites. Have fun.