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YapYapOK Free Classifieds is now advertising Banner Ads on 200k sites to create even further visability for our advertisers.

We are also working with several companies in getting placements on to the YapYapOK Free classifieds including a new adult section for Adult Sex Chat services - users must be over 18.  We have kept the content as in-explicit as possible so that it looks more like an ad page in a magazine.

YapYapOK has been accepted to work with some larger companies promoting other exciting services on various categories of the Free Ads sections.

This helps create revenue which in turn keeps the YapYapOK Free Ads - FREE

YapYapOK - the nations fastest growing Free Classifieds

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Topical News

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I spent most of yesterday reading Tweets rather than Tweeting - I did say it was addictive.  Tweeting tends to air on the topical and Twitter was full of the Murdock enquiry.  I was watching the enquiry whilst simultaneously reading what others had to say about it.  What can I say - I am a woman and can multi task!!

The Murdocks pretty much denied any knowledge of any wrong doing exclaiming that the N.O.W represented only 1% of the overall empire and they couldn't possible have any knowledge of the tactics utilsed by the reporters.  Well I can sympathize with that.  I once owned a retail shop and it was hard enough tracing staff who used the phone for telephone competitions.

However can the same be said of the Editor?  Whilst this may be 1% of the Murdochs business it was surely 100% of her job!

I leave you with that thought since I don't want to get too political here.

Completely unrelated but topical is the Google +1 button that is creating waves every where you look on the internet just now.   According to many articles it is Googles answer to Facebook!!

Adding the Google +1 button onto a website is similar to adding the Facebook like.  Entrepeneurs on Fiverr are already offering to create 50 +1s for any web owner with the button. Having looked into it I can only find reviews and webmasters tools.  Thats a bit like looking for Facebook to only find how to add the like button for your site whilst managing to avoid Facebook altogether.  Ok so I have only had a breif look in the past week and its possible that the hype is preempting the site.  However one reviewer did talk about the photo upload which apparently runs very smoothly - I would try it if I could find it!

So to +1 or not to +1?  That is the question!  My gut feeling is that it can't hurt and may actually have positive inplications.  Adding the +1 button is simple according to webmaster tools.  If I can pay $5 for 50  "likes" then I will create 50 links.  Not just any links - Google links.  Surely Google will like that!!

YapYapOK Free Classifieds - Keeping UP!!  

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Twitter - Revisited

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I have been asked to do a few favours for friends regarding SEO on websites.  This has been very valuable since I have employed many SEO techniques that I have under utilised.

Many of these sites have been very easy to get to page 1 of Google as they fit a very specific niche.  YapYapOK Free Classifieds is very general and therefore highly competitive, consequently my faith in my abilities has been totally restored.

Twitter has really come into play again for me.  It is a very powerful tool - used effectively.  To do well on Twitter it is important to get a good following.  I have found that retweeting helps a lot.  People love being retweeted or mentioned as it gives them a bigger audience and encourages more followers.

For example if I retweet a micro blog it gets seen by my followers.  In return I sometimes get a mention from said follower which is apparent to their followers who then consider following me.  If they follow me, the chances are that I will follow them back.

This can be highly addictive and time consuming.  There is automated software that I use and helps with sending Tweets, following and unfollowing as well as sending welcome messages to new followers.   However to be truly effective it is mandatory that you service your Twitter account manually from time to time as a courtesy to your followers and have some interaction.

Since I have started helping other web owners, I am Tweeting for them and the constant logging in to different accounts is all consuming.  I do think that it is worth it - if only to create the links back to your website pages.

Not so long ago it was necessary to shorten links using bit/ly or tinyurl.  Twitter now automatically shortens your url for you thereby creating a direct link to the web page increasing SEO exposure.

So I am off to Tweet, retweet and follow on Twitter.  Check out my Free Classifieds Tweets on Twitter

YapYapOK Free Classifieds - Exposing your Free Ads!

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New for Businesses

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I have read that it takes time for visitors to see websites a minimum of 3 times before they put their trust in it.

That may not seem like a lot but the process can take a disproportionate amount of time.  Clearly that time is upon us as we now have businesses queuing to be a part of YapYapOK Free Ads.

We are now working with large companies to utilise their development feeds to process onto the UKs fastest growing Free Classifieds.

Areas we are most interested in getting content include Property Sales, Car Sales and Recruitment.

Should any company wish to work with us in these or other areas then get in touch.   We need your developers code and we will install it FREE.

Similarly we will soon be selling the corresponding ad space on each page in the next part of our development drive.  This the last of this step of development work as we really want to illustrate the traffic and assure clients that we offer value for money as well as relevant ad content specific for various topic areas.  Creating a relationship between the content and the ad space is key to ensure that advertisers get the most out of the ad as well as ensuring a long term relationship with our customers.

YapYapOK is position 3 on page 1 Google for Free Classifieds and position 15 for Free Ads.

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Imminent New Development

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We are delighted to be moving forward in affiliation with some of the "Big Boys".  This will vastly increase the variety of products available for customers looking for products and services.

Additionally we are having some major development regarding the input of content currently under the control of the advertiser.  This is for the benefit of all advertisers wishing to utilise a free advertising portal.  Currently too many users circumvent the  YapYapOK Free Classifieds monitisation method.  If we continue to allow this then we will not be able to offer a free advertising medium as it is now.  Other comparable sites use premium adverts or require paid membership of the user to view recent adverts in order to make a profit. On the YapYapOK Free Classifieds all adverts are premium once they are saved onto the front page then gradually displaced as new ads are uploaded.  

We wanted to be able to offer a free for all system iradicating the need for payment.  We do that by converting UK phone numbers into 070 numbers aka personal numbers.  Whilst these are more expensive than normal rate phones, they do not fall into the premium rate category.  Budget aware clients can keep the cost down by being concise with their calls.

We hope that by offering a totally Free Ads portal that suppliers will be able to offer products and services at a discount to compensate the cost of the call.  This way sellers are happy, customers get bargains and we can continue to operate in the same way that we have been doing for the last 18 months - Free!

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Get The YapYap App!

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The YapYapOK Free Ads android app is here.

You can click on YapYapOK@AppBrain to download it FREE!  There is a choice of 2 options, either direct access to the YapYapOK Free Ads website or you can go to Twitter to see all the latest Free Classifieds Tweeted.

We are currently busy integrating another business on the Free Ads site - hence the lack of blogging.   This will require more link building but we can't start until its firmly in place due to the content being absent.  Content must be relevant to the pages linked to the keywords to avoid search engine penalty.  Consequently we require an almighty push at launch which should appear natural.

So keep checking back for some great new changes and exciting new content.

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Choosing Your Free Ads

YapYapOK Free Ads is getting thousands of hits every day.

 

Many adverts are getting viewed by organic search engine traffic, coming on the top of google in the search engine results.  So why do we come up so often before websites specialising in these items? 

Simple.  Free Classifieds listing sites have so much competition since there is no real unique niche.  Consequently  Free Ads sites have to be well optimised with ongoing SEO.  Any Free Ads site appearing on the first page of Google is well optimised.

Clearly this is a generalisation.  Well established sites generally position well anyway but maybe not so well with individual adverts.  So how can you differentiate between the top Free Classifieds websites.  Quite easily actually.  Browse the site for an ad and click on it, check the url - if the url has the title or advert name contained in it then it will easily read by the search engines.  If there is lots of code and numbers then that makes it harder to be spotted due to the association with of the keyword used in search engine queries.

I have read numerous articles on the relevance of url titles.  Having worked on many sites now I can conclude that sites which have keywords in the url feature above others even when they are very new.  Hindsight is a wonderful thing and if we had the benefit of this knowledge earlier the url would have been www.YapYapOKFreeAds.co.uk.  Consequently to rank well we needed precise meta data, matching site content as well as a massive link campaign involving directories, social bookmarks, article writing all anchor text rich.

The proof is in the pudding. We are now first page of Google for our main keywords and nearly always at pole position.  

 

So if you have a property to sell, a shop or if you just want a clear out – advertise it on the YapYapOK Free Classifieds.  Your buyer may be just a click away!

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