Mar 20
Effective Free Website
How do grow your business and create a fast, effective, and
free webpage.
Example:
http://www.tradeurban.com/MetroDogPotty
Currently in the Top 10 on Google For:
“Metro Dog Potty”
“Metro Dog Pottie”
Step 1:
Create a Free TradeUrban.com Profile
Fill out as much information as you can in the profile. More information equals
more keywords for search engines pick up your page. Also make sure to leave many ways to contact you some people are not comfortable with certain types of communication.
Note: Your user name also will become your URL. For example, if you choose “examplestore”as your user name people can access your webpage by typing in http://www.tradeurban.com/examplestore
to access your page.
Step 2: Post Several Advertisements under Your Profile
On tradeurban.com you can set the advertisements to expire
in a week or set them up to never expire. However, you want to post several advertisements
with lots of information so search engines will pick up your advertisement.
Also if you run a retail store you can use tradeurban.com as your online sales catalog.
Optional Marketing
Register a domain name and have the domain forwarded to your
tradeurban.com profile. For example, I have a profile set up at http://www.tradeurban.com/yuan. However, I bought my own domain
http://www.cant-forget.com which goes to my tradeurban.com webpage.
Feb 08
We are working hard to get the following anti-spam measures into place:
- Duplicate advertisements will no longer be allowed within 48 hours
- We will delete all adds with specific keywords such as: Viagra, Cialis
- We will also be able to block specific keywords.
The quality of content is important to us. Please report or flag any scam, fraud, or spam advertisements. In addition, we are very excited to announce we will be adding Google Base ads to TradeUrban.com!
Oct 30
Our hearts and deepest sympathy go out to the victims family.
Police: Woman killed after responding to Craigslist ad
“Olson had gone to Anderson’s home Thursday to inquire about a baby-sitting job she had seen advertised on the popular Internet bulletin board Craigslist, authorities said.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21546336/?GT1=10450
Caution:
When meeting people you don’t know it is advised that you take a friend and meet in a well lit, populated public place.
Oct 19
Tips for Safe Transactions:
- Only buy pets, merchandise or anything for that matter locally.
- Meet in a populated public place, with a friend.
- Only pay after you have received the item and are happy with it.
- Sellers do not accept anything other than cash in person.
- Read all our posts under the “safe transactions” category.
- Do research search on Google.com for “Craigslist Scams”, “Scams”, “Pet Scams”.
- Please alert us to any scams by posting a add, emailing us, or use the review,rate, and flag features.
We have heard reports of a scam involving a person selling yorkies for $400 that uses the email: xcisxcis2@yahoo.com
Oct 10
Scam Report:
bulldogs free is a scam
“All of the cheap bulldogs or free ones it is all a scam from Cameroon. They say that all you have to do is pay the shipping and they only ask for you to send a money gram for the shipping. Than they give you a schedule for the flight you go to the airport and wait for your puppy and it never shows up. Then they give you a bunch of excuses like the puppy got sick and could not fly or that the puppy all the sudden died.”
Sep 30
USA.gov - Internet Fraud Information
“The best way to fight internet fraud is to learn how to avoid becoming a victim. However, if you become a victim, there is help available. Below is a list of official government web resources to help you report and learn about internet fraud.”
Sep 30
FakeCheck.org
About FakeCheck.org
“This Web site was created by the National Consumers League (NCL), the nation’s oldest nonprofit consumer organization, as a central source of information and advice about fake check scams. NCL created the site in collaboration with the Alliance for Consumer Fraud Awareness, a coalition of consumer and business organizations, government agencies, and companies that are committed to fighting fake check scams.”
Sep 19
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