As you know (if you have kept up with these issues) I have been posting on free for all links, then immediately submitting these post to search engines. What I have found is search engines are showing more and more links to my URL. Personally I prefer Free Links Finder to do posting on FFA's:

http://www.data-village.com/freelinkhelp.htm

I have been wondering about how I might post to classified ads with such speed. I looked at Classified 98, The Classified Connection and others. They cost some bucks when you don't have them to spend.

So in mean time, I have been working on my own program to submit to classified ads. The program I'm working on has a few bugs in it that I need to work out before I start letting public use it.

In course of using this program, I have inadvertently posted to guestbooks, classified, and FFA pages. In case of guestbooks, I have been accused of spamming.

Well, as you can see, I can't let program out till I fix this problem. But what if I were to post my URL to guestbooks in a way that does not look like spamming?

What would happen is that my post would stay on that page for a long time, unless it looks like an advertisement. Then you get a nasty note, taken off their guestbook, and banned from their web site if not worse.

I started changing text in my posting. This is what I found has worked best, but play with it if you wish, and decide to post on guestbooks.

1. Always use your name. If you use a company name, they thinks its spam and you get nasty notes.

2. If you use a well known autoresponder for a return email address, you will be accused of spamming. I used my own autoresponder.

Many surfers first port of call when looking to shop on web is their favourite engine. Lycos, Yahoo, Excite all have shopping guides. But how comprehensive are they? Do they independently review stores? Shamefully it appears not in many cases. Many engines work closely with partner retailers to gain lion's share of traffic, which can often mean a big spend and a hefty dent in retailer's wallet. But what about those retailers with smaller budgets, or in some cases none at all?