AUFreeAds.com - FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Choose AUFreeAds.com

    - Why free services?
    - What are other benefits to post on your website?
    - Is there any hidden fee or cost to use your web advertising services?
    - How would you keep providing such free web advertising services?

Post and Manage Advertisements

    - What kind of advertisements can I post?
    - I could not find a category that fits my advertisement. How to suggest one?
    - Is there any limitation on the format and size of advertisement description?
    - Why do I have to set an ad password when posting new advertisement?
    - Should I give my email address and phone number when posting new advertisement?
    - Is there any way to keep my ad on top of the search list?
    - How many times can I "Update" my ad?
    - What are the benefits to use the "Update" ad feature?
    - Can I post same or similar content advertisements in same or different categories?
    - How long does an ad run?

Search and View Advertisements

    - How many ways can I look for advertisements in your website?
    - What is the list order of advertisements on search result pages?
    - What should I do if I am interested in an advertisement?
    - Should I report any cheat or abuse?

Could not find your question? Please Contact Us. We have the answer for you!

Why Choose AUFreeAds.com

- Why free services?

We all like free internet services such as free email, free web browser, free web searching. Why do we have to pay for advertising on internet? This website provides absolutely free web advertising services especially for small business, non-profit organization, and individuals. Feel free to post your advertisement in any category as long as the content is legal and meets our User Agreement.

- What are other benefits to post on your website?

The benefits include but not limited to:
  - No sign up, no log on required to post. Why give your personal information to someone you do not know?
  - No email address needed for confirmation. We trust our users. Your ad goes online immediately.
  - You can specify the target area of your ad to one state or city, or to all states by default.
  - Your ad can be online for 365 days by default.
  - Your ad can be viewed by all visitors of this website and its affiliated websites.
  - Your ad can be viewed by visitors of major search engines because all ads could be indexed by major search engines.
  - You can update your ad to keep your ad on top of search result list.
  - You can extend your ad forever for free before it expires each time.
  - You can modify your ad at any time.
  - You can delete your ad at any time or it is deleted automatically when expired.
  - On the view ad page, we provide "Number of Views" (how many people have viewed your ad).
  - On the view ad page, we also tell number of "Hits" (how many people have clicked your link, if provided, and visited your web site).

- Is there any hidden fee or cost to use your web advertising services?

No. All ad posting and searching services are absolutely free. We will not charge any penny from our users. Please remember, we never ask our users for credit card number or other personal data. The purpose of providing no sign up service is to let our users keep their privacy.

- How would you keep providing such free web advertising services?

Our team members spend our leisure time on developing and maintaining this website and enjoy providing such great services. We will collect paid advertisements from other resources and put them around major content on each page. Our visitors can get more information from these paid advertisements and, if interested in, can click through for other products or services. We could gain from such reference. However, we do not inspire or imply our visitors to click these paid advertisements if they are not interested in.

Post and Manage Advertisements

- What kind of advertisements can I post?

Advertisements in all categories are welcomed. However, we prohibit the advertising of any item that is illegal. Please read the User Agreement for details.

- I could not find a category that fits my advertisement. How to suggest one?

If you desire a new category or sub-category, please Contact Us. We will consider your suggestion in next website update. But we cannot promise to add any new category probably because of existing database design. Before a new category is available, you may post your advertisement to a closer category.

- Is there any limitation on the format and size of advertisement description?

Currently, the advertisement description should be in text format only. HTML format is not supported. The size of advertisement description can be up to 5000 characters.

- Why do I have to set an ad password when posting new advertisement?

You need to set an ad password (any word) by yourself when post an ad item. The ad ID and associated ad password are required to access (update, modify, extend, delete) your ad later. Setting a password for each ad now is required when post new ad. We received many requests in the past for setting a password because the ad owner wanted to modify the ad. We have limited resource to handle user comments or requests. Now we ask the user to set the password when posting so that you can extend, update, modify or delete your ad later all by yourself. You need to write the ad ID and ad password on your note.

If you forget the ad password but want to manage your ad, you may continue to Contact Us. Please mention your ad ID when you send request. We may set an ad password for you. If you forget the ad ID, you may search ads on our website using one or more most important keywords from your ad title and description, and try to find your ad from the search result. The ad ID is part of the URL (shown at the address box of your browser) of viewing the individual ad page.

- Should I give my email address and phone number when posting new advertisement?

They are optional. If you hope ad viewer contacts you via email or phone, you may add these contact information. If you just want others to visit your other related website, you may leave these fields blank and type in your other link/URL. Please be aware, if you provide your contact information, they are visible to all individual visitors and search engines. Your contact information could be shown on search engines' result page or cache. Please read our Privacy Statement for more information.

- Is there any way to keep my ad on top of the search list?

Yes. We provide a feature "Update" on Manage Ad page. It does not change the content of your ad. It just changes the last modified time (one attribute we stored in our database) of your ad as current time. The search result list by category and ad owner name now is sorted by the update time (last modified time). The latest is shown first. Every time you "Update" or Modify your ad, the last modified time is changed to current time. So, your ad can be displayed on top of the search list (except featured ads) by just "Updating" your ad.

- How many times can I "Update" my ad?

Currently there is no limitation on updating any ad. You can update your ad at any time.

- What are the benefits to use the "Update" ad feature?

In addition to keeping your ad on top of search result, here are other benefits:
  - Save your time to post your ad.
  - Reduce the number of duplicate ads.
  - Avoid your ads being deleted. When we see duplicate ads, we may delete one or more of your duplicate ads, or sometimes delete
    all of your posts if we see too many duplicate ads from you.

The most important, visitors can find your ad:
  - Your ad is displayed on top of search result by category on our website.
  - Your ad could be indexed and cached by major search engines after it is online. The visitors of these search engines could find your ad
    by searching some keywords that exist in your ad content. They click the link to our website and view the details of your ad.
    If you delete your old ad because you want to post a new one with same content (avoid duplicate posts), the visitors from search
    engines will get a message that the old ad has been deleted. There is no way to redirect them to your new ad.

So, we encourage you to use the "Update" feature.

- Can I post same or similar content advertisements in same or different categories?

NO! Please do not post the same content ad in same category on this website. Your advertisement can be searched by keywords no matter in what category. We do not check duplicate posting when submitting new advertisement. Sometimes we allow 2 similar content postings in different categories. However, we could delete any posting from wrong category without notice. One or all duplicate ads from the same owner could be deleted too. We recognize the owner by name and the IP address. Please do not post your same content advertisement to every category. If you are abusing the free service, all your posts could be deleted without notice, and you may be declined to post any more ads on this website.

- How long does an ad run?

All ads can be online for 365 days by default. Ad owner can Extend the ad up to 365 days for free before it expires. An ad can be extended unlimited times. Ad owner can Delete the ad at any time. An ad could be deleted by our team for various reasons include but not limited to duplicate postings.

Search and View Advertisements

- How many ways can I look for advertisements in your website?

There are 4 approaches to search advertisements posted on this website: search by categories, search by keywords, search by ad owner name, and search by ad ID. Go to Advanced Search for more details.

- What is the list order of advertisements on search result pages?

When search by keywords, the matching advertisements are listed by relevancy. Highest relevant advertisement is listed on the top. You may ignore lower relevant advertisements. When search by categories or owner name, the matching advertisements are listed by update time (last modified time). Most recent updated ad is listed on the top.

- What should I do if I am interested in an advertisement?

You may click on the URL (if available) following Related Link on ad detail page to get more information. You may contact the ad item owner if email address and/or phone numbers are available.

- Should I report any cheat or abuse?

Yes. If you find any advertisement that cheats others or abuses our free web advertising services, please Contact Us. We reserve the right to delete such advertisement and may even block the owner from posting more advertisements. We hope all visitors enjoy our free web advertising services and help us keep high quality services.

Should you have any more questions, concerns, or comments, please Contact Us.

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