Australian Newsagency Blog

The Pew Center in the US released a report overnight which shows how the free online classified advertising opportunities such as Craigslist, are impacting paid claissified advertising in newspapers.
The number of online adults who have used online classified ads has more than doubled in the past four years. Almost half (49%) of internet users say […]

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Scott Karp blogs that the New York Times website has an offer - advertise online and they will throw in a free print version of the ad. Talk about role reversal!

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Wal-Mart has launched a free classified ad service at its website, walmart.com.  We tried a similar service with newsagents (FindIt) but could not gain sufficient traction.  This is a good move by Wal-Mart.

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I have announced this morning the sale of the Find It free online classifieds website for an undisclosed sum. While Find It attracted more than 20,000 advertisements, less than half of 1% of these were placed newsagents – even though such ads (including business listings) were free. Without newsagent support, the Find It model could […]

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