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Aug. 17, 2011 2:18 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

I have noticed this a lot in the last few months.

Lets say I check my local craigslist at 3pm every day. Listed in the current days heading are ads that I looked at yesterday. They are even highlighted showing that I have already viewed them, but they are moved each day to stay current.

If I post an ad and it slides off the first page my options via CL are to delete it for 2 days and repost to bring it back to the top.

How are folks managing to do this every day? 3rd party software? clever html editing?
Aug. 17, 2011 2:20 p.m. ansonivan Dork

Posting through a craigslist account, deleting the ad and then re-posting it.
Aug. 17, 2011 2:23 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

You have to wait 2 days if you do that. This isn't what they are doing
Aug. 17, 2011 2:25 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

ditchdigger wrote:

I have noticed this a lot in the last few months.

Lets say I check my local craigslist at 3pm every day. Listed in the current days heading are ads that I looked at yesterday. They are even highlighted showing that I have already viewed them, but they are moved each day to stay current.

If I post an ad and it slides off the first page my options via CL are to delete it for 2 days and repost to bring it back to the top.

How are folks managing to do this every day? 3rd party software? clever html editing?

.....now that you mention it, on my browsers that don't clear on exit, I do notice that
Aug. 17, 2011 2:37 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

I did find this...possible canoe-ish? http://techsavvyagent.com/text/cracking-the-craigslist-code-ad-maker-tool-review/
Aug. 17, 2011 2:50 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork

I don't have to wait two days to delete and repost.

I used to go to my ad, copy the text, delete the ad, and immediately repost it (I DON'T do this every day...once a week MAX...before folks start to whine at me)

Now, however, they have a "repost ad" link right there in my account page. CL seems to have made this easier for folks.

Clem
Aug. 17, 2011 3:25 p.m. Bobzilla SuperDork

Change one word in the title and move a sentence around in the ad. At least that is how I do it.
Aug. 17, 2011 3:39 p.m. EricM SuperDork

I just use the "renew link" and it moves to the top. you need to edit a little of the file, but that is no big deal.
Aug. 17, 2011 3:42 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

I am trying the "renew" feature but it seems to be on a 48 hour schedule as well.

Just curious how people are doing it every day. They aren't editing the posts or deleting and reposting. Those wouldn't show up as previously viewed.

I am not trying to take advantage of this and float a canoe through CL. I am just interested in how it works.

I did find a few pieces of software that claim to do this for you but they seemed shady and like I might catch VD just by downloading it.
Aug. 17, 2011 3:49 p.m. Datsun1500 SuperDork

Posting software. It deletes the ad then reposts it from a different ip address. Car dealers do it all of the time. They can subscribe to a service that does it for them
Aug. 17, 2011 4:16 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork

It must be different from place to place or something...

Because I can totally hit "renew" and it does it like RIGHT NOW without making me enter a captia or anything. No editing to make the ad look different, either.

I've noticed some changes to the CL interface lately. Not sure if they have different areas set up differently or what.

Clem
Aug. 17, 2011 6:11 p.m. rob_lewis Dork

Couldn't you also just use a different email address? Post the ad on day one with one address, on day two with another and day three with a third and begin rotating after that.

-Rob
Aug. 17, 2011 8:12 p.m. carzan HalfDork

I don't know what is going on, but recently I've been getting pages that look like this with the dates all screwed up:

Seems like a case of "shoulda left well-enough alone", to me.