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Ads expiration has been removed

Since 180 days seems not to be enough for some of our ads we have decided to eliminate the expiration of ads. So from now on, if you decide to remove a classified ad from our website you need to click on the link you get from us when you post the ad. Otherwise you will have to submit a removal request on our contact page which can take days to process.

We hope this is good news for our permanent advertisers.

AdsFarm Staff.

New countries were banned

We regret to announce that 3 more countries were added to our ban list.

Due do amount of spam coming from India we hardly decided to ban this country for good. We took this decision not only because adverts from this country are 99% spam, but also because there is a very very low commercial benefit from having them as visitors. It’s a waste of bandwidth and time for moderation to allow visitors from this country on our website.

The other 2 countries are Nigeria and Cameroon. The posters from these African countries are prolific scammers and we also decided to ban them forever.

Last, but not least, Pakistan stays banned and we renewed the IP ranges for a better filtering.

The next countries on the black list are China, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Africa.

We remind you AdsFarm is a classified ads website United Kingdom and Ireland targeted.

Latest edit (27.11.2009): India is allowed again. It seems that our search engine traffic significantly decreased after we banned this country. Anyway, we improve our antispam filter everyday.

We now offer Targeted Advertising!

We proudly announce that from now on we can satisfy our customers offering targeted advertising on adsfarm.co.uk. Briefly, it works something like that:

Let’s suppose I have a cleaning business in Manchester. What I can do is place a banner or a link where people are looking for similar ads. So I will choose Manchester and possibly surrounding areas, and also categories related to my business as well (cleaning services, business services, house clearances etc.).

Then I choose an ad slot where I want my banner/link to be displayed, contact the sales department, choose a running period and done!

Read the full advertising offer on AdsFarm.

Nigerian posts will be deleted by default

In our efforts to maintain a scam free and a spam free website we often check posters to identify scammers.

We recently discovered a nigerian scammer trying to sell Nikon D3x cameras for $500. These nigerians and also Cameroon posters use to sell other electronics and pets. We will try to delete all african adverts before someone falls into their trap. We also encourage you to do business face to face as much as possible.

We will support our decision reproducing an email conversation with a scammer:

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: Interested in you D3x offer
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 04:05:44 +0100

Hello,

I found your advert on www.adsfarm.co.uk saying that you sell a D3x body. Here is the link: http://www.adsfarm.co.uk/go/-1/posts/8_Business_and_Loans/153_Business_Services/2938_Nikon_D3X_Digital_Camera_Body_Only.html

May I have more details about this please? And why is it so cheap? I’m really interested.

Thank you!

Marius C

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 04:13
To: xxx
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body

Hello Marius

Thanks for your order inquiry about the Camera, the Camera comes in the brand new pack with other accessories…

{The Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body is 500USD}…{Shipping cost $80}…{The total amount is $580USD including the shipping cost}. Our stock is located in USA. Shipment is available via FedEx Courier Service, UPS, DHL International & Airfreight Cargo.

Delivery is taken under 48hours of dispatch to your doorstep location. So therefore I will like to request for your full SHIPPING ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, in order to contact the shipping company to package and label the Camera to your address.

AIRWAY BILL.
PROFORMA INVOICE.
1 YEAR INTERNATIONAL WARRANT CERT.

All this documents will enable you to clear the consignment from the career on deliver.

Your urgent response to this request will be highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Sales Manager.

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 04:24:37 +0100
Hello Sir,

I am happy you have responded my email so quick but I still haven’t got all the answers I want.

First of all: why is it so cheap? You sell for $500 a camera worth ?5.000. What’s the catch?

I also presume your company has a website with contact details, terms and condition, privacy policy etc. How can I be sure you have a genuine business and how can you guarantee I’ll get what I’ll pay for?

Thank you!

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 04:30
To: xxx
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body

Hello
Listen i can understand you……This is a legit company you are dealing with…

And the phone comes with 1 Year International warranty.

Below here is our company website

Website: http://electronicsystemsltd.page.tl/

Our company is very legitimate and well established in this trading. Our company is still one of the leading exporter of electronics and telecommunications products.

We have been into this trade since year 1990. My company have never treated any costumer bad, and we promise to treat your order perfectly. We definitely guarantee you that your order with us will be done smoothly and soundly.

So feel free you are secure of receiving your order, what are we to gain if we should have your pick up the money in the bank without the item been ship out, besides the government is going to band us simply because that is the act of fraudulent which is prohibited.

We also offer 30 days guarantee on all of our products, if you are not 100% satisfied with the performance of our products, you may return your purchase to us within 30 days from the date of purchase for a replacement, exchange or a refund. We satisfy all our customers in every way possible, so you don’t have to worry about not receiving your product.

Delivery is taken under 48hours of dispatch to your doorstep location.

AIRWAY BILL.
PROFORMA INVOICE.
1 YEAR INTERNATIONAL WARRANT CERT.

All this documents will enable you to clear the consignment from the career on deliver.
Your urgent response to this request will be highly appreciated.
Best Regards,

Kean Loyd

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 04:46:51 +0100
Ok Kean,

How can I pay for the camera then? When can you deliver it?

Thank you!

Marius

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 04:52
To: xxx
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Hello..

Thanks for the reply…we only accept the payment Via western union or money gram….

and we ship to you Via FedEx courier service and the shipment takes just 48hours 2days to get to you after the confirmation of your payment…

So get back to us with your full shipping address and telephone number so that we can get the Camera label to your address ready for shipment…

Regards

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 04:57:57 +0100
Ok,

I will give you my shipping address and phone number. But please give me first your western union or moneygram details.

Thank you!

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 05:05
To:xxx
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Hello

Below here is our payment information for you to send the 580USD…And send us your full details address and telephone number so that we can transfer you full shipping adders to the store keeper immediately

Here it is..

Here’s our Company payment information

Name:John Beller

Address:23 western lake road

City:Glasgow

State:London

Country:United Kingdom

Zipcode:G12BE8

THANKS

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 05:25:03 +0100
Now sir, without offence… this is a scam. You will be reported to the site admin.

1. 23 western lake road is not in glasgow.
2. london is not a state, and glasgow is 403 miles north of london city
3. zip code g12 be8 is inexistent
4. you dont even know and actually you dont care at all what you “sell” because in one of your emails you said “phone” instead of “camera”
5. this company “Electronic Systems Ltd” is in Hertfordshire indeed but it has been active only between December 2005 and March 2007.
6. any company has a bank account
7. your website is a mikymouse created as a subdomain on a free site hosting named page.tl (tl meaning it’s for Timor Leste – East Timor, somewhere in SE Asia)
8. any UK company affords a .co.uk website
9. you still didn’t answer my question why this camera (D3x) is so cheap. I know why… because you dont care.
10. but the most important thing (and I’m not a racist) is you are nigerian.

These should be enough arguments for me not to do business with you.

Thank you!

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 05:31
To: xxx
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Hey what do you mean by that??? we sell the camera cos we are supply directly from manufacturer and we sell it to our customer’s in small quantity..

according to the webpage….what do you expect us to do for the website yes we created it…

i can even give you all our customer’s receipt to know how legit we are

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Nikon D3X Digital Camera Body
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 05:34:34 +0100
Sir,

If you can argue all my 10 points than you’ll have earned my trust in you. Otherwise I’m sorry. There is also plenty of negative feedback regarding your “business”. Just google your phone number.

Thank you!

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 05:39
To:xxx
Subject: RE: Payment Details

Excuse me you have no point at all….

because i dont what you are talking about…

that the accountant name address that our customer’s send money to…

you just saying rubish man

From: xxx
To: smartphonesltd@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Payment Details
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 05:43:03 +0100
So your accountant has an invalid address? Try to type on google maps his post code OR street number and be surprised.

You still have other points to prove.

Thank you!

From: Sales Manager Loyd [mailto:smartphonesltd@hotmail.com]
Sent: 02 May 2009 05:46
To: xxx
Subject: RE: Payment Details
THAT NOT WRONG CODE OKAY AND IT IS NOT A WRONG ADDRESS…

MAY BE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR TO UK THAT WHY U SAYING ALL THIS…

OKAY CAN I HAVE YOUR NUMBER PLZZ

I HAVE SO MANY EVIDENCE TO SHOW U MAN…LIKE THE BILL AND THE TRACKING

The Last Email:

Mate,

I live in the UK now and I know a little bit about postcodes. And you don’t have to beg me for my personal details. I dont want to fall into identity theft trap.

So I think from this point we shall not waste each other’s precious time.

Thank you!

This conversation proves everything we need.

Also, we advise when you see a suspicious advert, please report it at info [at] adsfarm.co.uk.

Thank you!

Marius C.
Admin

Pakistan has been banned

Due to very high amount of spam ads coming from Pakistan we have decided to deny access to visitors landing on adsfarm.co.uk from this country.

Also, blacklisted countries are India, Nigeria and Cameroon. They will probably be banned as well if they don’t stop spamming.

We apologize for any inconvenience,

AdsFarm Staff.

March ‘09 – May ‘09 featured ads price

Trying to be competitive we raised the prices for featured ads. The December ‘08 – February ‘09 offer expired so the new set of fees is this:

• 7 days – £4.95, £1.95, now for £3.97
• 30 days – £12.95, £4.95, now for £9.97
• 90 days – £29.95, £9.95, now for £19.97
• 180 days – £44.95, £14.95, now for £29.97
• 365 days – £74.95, £24.95, now for £49.97

Fighting “work-at-home” spam

Starting tomorrow, 17th of March 2009, the following types of ads will not be allowed anymore:

• affiliate “business opportunities” with affiliate links;
• “work-from-home” ads;
• “easy-cash” ads;
• promoting any other services from websites like clicknearn.net and similar websites;
• ads reffering to the same thing with different title posted from the same IP and/or email address;
• any other classifieds we may consider as spam.

The exception of the above rule will be applied only for paid ads.

Ads posted untill 17.03.2009 will not be deleted, they will be let to expire after normal 180 days. Should you try to avoid this rule will result in deleting your classified ads and banning your IP address.

Avoiding all of the above types of ads will make adsfarm.co.uk a quality ads website.

Thank you for understanding,

AdsFarm.co.uk Staff

New terms of use – February 2009

Due to many adult related adverts posted in the wrong sections we have to specify very clearly:

We DO NOT allow adult related classifieds (ads including adult pictures AND/OR links to websites with adult content).

Any adult related classified ad will be deleted without notification.

Ads expiration has been extended

Starting from 30th of January 2009 AdsFarm classifieds will expire in 100 180 days! Now search engines will reach your advert for longer time. If you want to etend your ad epiration limit you have two paid options:

• 90 more days:  £2.95
• 180 more days:  £4.95

Get on Google search results in 30 minutes

Most people come to our classifieds site from Google. They are looking for certain things and they land exactly on the page they are looking for. Why? Because our site is Search Engine Optimized (SEO). This time we’ll tell you one of the best methods to get listed in Google results page in less than one hour. We really give away this information because you choose to advertise on AdsFarm and we want to help you save time and money! Many people pay to know what we’ll tell you here. So, all you have to do are these simple steps (not more that 5 minutes, but it’s worth):

1. Create a Digg account. If you already have one just go and login first.
2. Place your desired advert on AdsFarm.co.uk in the right Location, Category and Subcategory.
3. After you’re done click on your advert link.
4. On the top right hand side you’ll see this button: . Be sure you’re on the page containing your ad.
5. Roll your mouse over and a window will pop-up. Choose Digg like in the following example:
   
6. After “digging” your page, you will be prompted to choose a title and a description. Choose smart. Title says everything. So,  instead of something that says nothing like “Click here for a new offer” or “Read my advert now” choose a descriptive title (eg. “Flat to rent in Kingsbury, London” or ” Siberian Husky puppies available”). Do the same with the description. Choose something like “A luxury three bedroomed  apartment with a stunning roof terrace offering unrivalled views across London” or “We have a Beautiful 7 1/2 week old Female Black and White Siberian husky puppy for sale. She is 3/4 Siberian Husky and 1/4 Alaskan Malamute. Fantastic temperament and has been living in a home with toddlers.” Avoid prices in this short description because the potential customer may lose the interest. You have to attract him or her to the website to read all the advert and convince him or her to buy your stuff.
7. Choose a topic and, if available, an image as well (if your classified ad has at least one image you will see it here). Type in the security code and press “Submit story” button. Digg will check for duplicates and it will display some possible matches to your post. Scroll down and choose “totally original, I swear!” button.
8. That’s it, you’ve just told Google that your advert is the most important thing on the Internet and he will index your text within 30 minutes or less. Now your ad will be displayed in search results with a top priority (often in top 10 search results!). You can check later by quering Google for what you have to offer.

If you still have questions about this promotion method please post a comment to this article and we’ll try to answer.

PS: don’t forget to digg this post too