CLASSIFIED ADDS

Classified ads are a form of advertising which is predominantly widespread in newspapers, online and other periodicals. Classified advertising vary from standard advertising or business models in that it allows private individuals to seek sales for products and services.

Classified Ads are usually textually based and can consist of as little as the type of item being sold and a telephone number to call for more details. It can also have much more detail, such as name to contact, address to contact or visit, a detailed description of the product or products. Nowadays numerous sites also allow pictures or other graphics of your products within the advertisement, although sometimes a logo may be used.

Classified advertising is named such because it is generally grouped within the publication under headings classifying the product or service being offered and is grouped entirely in a separate section of the publication, which makes it distinct from display advertising, which often contains graphics or other art work and which is more typically distributed throughout a publication adjacent to editorial content.

A hybrid of the two forms - classified display advertising - may often be found, in which categorized advertisements with larger amounts of graphical detail can be found among the text listings of a classified advertising section in a publication. Business opportunities often use classifieds to sell their services/products, usually employing toll free numbers. Classified ads are also among the tools used by many companies in recruitment for available job opportunities.

Printed classified ads are typically just a few column lines in length, and they often filled with abbreviations to save space and money.