HoozDooz.com

My buddy Matt in New York is, among other things, a fellow website designer who also owns a classifieds website.  HoozDooz.com is a great resource for those in the garment industry looking to buy, sell, barter, rent, lease, employ, and more.  It’s easy to get signed up, and easy to post ads.  Sign up for a free user account and check it out!

Also, check out what RUEBENMARLEY from  toptenwholesale.com had to say about them:

Hoozdooz.com has been getting a lot of attention lately, even though they are just a budding enterprise. HBO has featured them in a recent documentary called Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, giving perspective on how much the New York Garment District has lost its hold as the leader for American apparel manufacturing. By building a community backing, the company has great potential to make a remarkably large positive impact on the fashion and creative industries.

what are you waiting for?

HoozDooz.com

50StatesClassifieds.com

This post is regarding our free classifieds website, 50 States Classifieds.  We thought it was worth cross-posting, since so many Green Web Design blog readers also use the site.

Some users may not be aware that there is an easier way to reach their ads.  This is just a quick note to let you know about some of the other ways you can find us.

We use these different website addresses when advertising, so that shoppers can easily find local ads in their state without remembering a  long, complicated URL.

For example: Telling people to go to AdvertiseWisconsin.com is so much easier than telling them to go to “http://www.50statesclassifieds.com/category.php?cid=87”   and expecting them to remember it!

50 States Free Classifieds

Use this easy reference list to find our free classifieds site quickly and easily according to which state you’re in:

Dear 50 States Classifieds users:

We are excited to announce a new feature that we are sure sellers will want to take advantage of!

We have added zip code search functionality to our website. If you would like your product to come up for a specific zip code when users search the site, then this feature is for you!

To update your existing ads:

Go to www.50StatesClassifieds.com and log into your account.

On the right side under “My Classified Ads”, click on “Edit existing ads”.

Underneath each ad you have posted is a list of options for that ad.

Click on “Edit This Ad” below the ad you wish to edit.

Enter the City, State, and Zip code and save your changes.

Your ad will show up in search results for the city, state, and zip code that you entered.

If you have any questions about the new search features, please contact us.

We have also added several new categories in each state, based on user feedback. Stop by and check them out when you get a chance!

We would also like to remind you that you can create a free user profile. Tell people about your returns policy, shipping policies, and more. If you don’t have a website, you could even purchase a domain name and forward it to your storefront URL! To create your profile, log into your account, and click on “Edit my profile” on the right side of the page under “My Public Profile”.

What other features would you like to see in the future?  Let us know!

50 States Classifieds is a Green Web Design company.

I have been updating 50 States Classifieds tonight and have added some great new features!

In addition to our Free Classifieds services, now members can also create a public profile. A public profile is a great way to list your shipping terms, your physical store location if you have one, or other pertinent information about your business, services, or products.

Register for an account and post a free ad today!

Because we’ve got so many clients’ websites and blogs to maintain, I’m afraid that we let our own go for a little while.  So, we are pleased to announce  that as of today, we have a whole new blog design! What do you think?  Oh, and in case you didn’t notice, the coffee cup is an RSS feed button.  I thought that was rather cute.

I also want to remind our current clients that if they would like to contribute to the blog, either by writing posts about their business and/or services, or by subscribing and commenting on our entries, all they have to do is contact me (Jessica) and request a username.  It’s that easy!  If you want to see examples of what you might do with this privilege, then check out the  blog entries written by Viktor Viktoria here in our blog!

In addition to our regular work, I have been spending quite a bit of time working on my pet project: 50 States Free Classifieds.  As you probably already know if you are a client of Green Web Design, our classifieds site is the best place to advertise your website after we have finished designing it for you.  Not only does Google look through our Classifieds site several times a day, but we promote the site in many other ways as well.  We do this so that our clients have an affordable, easy way to showcase their products and services, without having to break the bank on advertising.  We don’t just make websites, we try to help promote small and local businesses in any way that we can.  And it gets results!

Hope you all have a happy week and weekend.  I will be at home, working on the classifieds.  I am excited because i have a lot of new ideas.   Now I just need the time to implement them!

http://www.50statesclassifieds.com/Classifieds/MissingPersons.php

http://www.50statesclassifieds.com/Classifieds/view_items.php?id=10420

For those who would like to help us spread awareness about Missing Persons and Charities, we have thought of several ways you can help!

Copy and Paste the below text into your website, blog, myspace profile, etc, and these buttons will show on your space too!

My formerly beloved Google seems to be turning towards the dark side…

Google Wants to Tell You How to Run Your Website – SEO Class.com

The blog entry above pretty much sums it up, but I would just like to add the following thoughts to this discussion:

I run a network of paid advertising websites (Classifieds websites, one for each state). My Online Classifieds are a fantastic way for people to declutter their garage and make a few extra bucks, or to let my customers have a low cost long term advertising solution from someone they trust, or in some cases, my customers even run their online business without having their own website, simply by using the “Buy it Now” buttons in their ads, and having a featured storefront to showcase multiple items, etc.  It’s much cheaper than having your own eCommerce website, and much easier for them to use.
I would guesstimate that at least 50% of my customers put links up in their ads that point to their websites. This technically construes “paid text advertising”, as their ad is mostly text, and can contain one link to their site if they have one.  They are paying for a classified ad, which includes 1 free link to their website if they have one.
So, Google, riddle me this: Is this new policy going to put people like me out of business and destroy our livelihood? Or are you more so targeting just the spammy kind of text ads such as people who buy a domain name just so that they can use things like google ad words to try and make money? And who decides what is considered spammy?
If Google is the only one allowed to sell paid advertising on their website, aren’t you hobbling most of your customer base? In the past, I have paid for Google ads for several of my classifieds websites, as well as several of my web design clients’ websites. If I were to be De-Listed because I run a site that lets people add their link to my site, I can guarantee that I would never again purchase another google product, or purchase anything from you on behalf of my clients.

I used to run my classifieds for free (it cost me over $200 a month to consume the huge amounts of server space and bandwidth it takes to host my classifieds site) but then I was so bogged down with free SPAM ads (wasting at least 5 hours a day deleting “bad” users, which took me away from my paying work of website design) that I finally gave up and decided to charge a nominal fee just to weed out the SPAMMERS. Since I am allowing them to put a link up in the ad they purchase, do I fit into the “paid text ad” or “paid link” category then? Their classified ad costs $4.95 for 1 year and the link is free – basically paying for the hosting and domain names needed to run the sites – by your definition is that doing something wrong? If so, what is wrong with trying to own a business and make it pay for itself after 5 years of running it at a loss as a gift to my clients?

Get the point? If you start de-listing sites that offer paid advertising, you risk alienating these people whose business will be severely hurt by this policy.

Also, not to sound melodramatic, but have you ever read a little book called 1984? Or heard of the McCarthy witch hunt? When I heard that Google was encouraging people to “turn in” websites who offer paid advertising, I immediately thought of the tactics used in 1984, where children were trained in school to tell on their family members and neighbors for “talking against the government”. Or during the witch hunts, when people turned others in because they would gain if the other lost their credibility… Well how do you propose to ensure that people won’t “turn in” their competitors just to try and gain a little extra rank for themselves by “killing” the competition? Are you going to demand bank records to make 100% sure that it actually WAS a paid link before you de-list the sites that you *think* offer paid advertising? And don’t you think that it’s all a bit “big brother is watching”?

Well, that’s my 2 cents worth, for what it’s worth. I hope it doesn’t get me de-listed.

There have been MAJOR changes to our popular online newspaper classifieds website in the month of February!

Come check out the updated website today to take advantage of the great new features we’ve added!

We are also currently offering a Banner Advertising special:  Purchase any banner advertising package, and we will DOUBLE your impressions, FREE of charge!

Come visit our Online Newspaper Classifieds today!

www.50StatesClassifieds.com

50 States Classifieds is a division of Green Web Design.  Post online classified ads and promote your business online at a fraction of the cost of a newspaper ad. The economical alternative to newspaper classified advertising!