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Mr. Pash good to see you here. We need you to join more often.The click backs (referral traffic to the dealer's website) are pretty much gone for now. Some of the ads that you still see with banners/links/etc are being re-rewed from the CL back end, they are not new. That will only last for so long.The IMG tag is not the only change at this time, CraigsList is also deleting a lot of the ads being posted at random but with preference they delete those with external links. The ads that "stick" need to be pretty basic. That may change within the next 30 days. It has been common in the past that when they add a new change to their system they have pretty high filters on what they let in the servers.As far as phone calls and emails we have seen an increase in some cases. We see less than 50% of the ads being posted (or at least sticking) compared to before the change however the site has the same number of traffic, the result is that the dealers left with ads get to show their cars more often. It is not about how many ads you have but how many compared to the total volume in that area.A lot of the current "flagging" seems to be random and time based (they will delete or "filter" ads between 2pm and 5pm then change) so they are not targeting something specific. The change may be a push for people to upload to their system so they can control better ad quality and also promote their new "grid view". Notice that of you use the grid view once your computer gets a cookie that sets CraigsList to grid view next time you come back. That just happened with this new change.
Mr. Pash good to see you here. We need you to join more often.
The click backs (referral traffic to the dealer's website) are pretty much gone for now. Some of the ads that you still see with banners/links/etc are being re-rewed from the CL back end, they are not new. That will only last for so long.
The IMG tag is not the only change at this time, CraigsList is also deleting a lot of the ads being posted at random but with preference they delete those with external links. The ads that "stick" need to be pretty basic. That may change within the next 30 days. It has been common in the past that when they add a new change to their system they have pretty high filters on what they let in the servers.
As far as phone calls and emails we have seen an increase in some cases. We see less than 50% of the ads being posted (or at least sticking) compared to before the change however the site has the same number of traffic, the result is that the dealers left with ads get to show their cars more often. It is not about how many ads you have but how many compared to the total volume in that area.
A lot of the current "flagging" seems to be random and time based (they will delete or "filter" ads between 2pm and 5pm then change) so they are not targeting something specific. The change may be a push for people to upload to their system so they can control better ad quality and also promote their new "grid view". Notice that of you use the grid view once your computer gets a cookie that sets CraigsList to grid view next time you come back. That just happened with this new change.
