Recently I launched a classified ads website in India Secondhand.in - Free India classifieds
Since I also operate similar websites in other countries I can share some experiences and discussing these might help others too in tackling the indian market:
- I am bothered quite a lot by people posting ads promoting 'link placement jobs' and other spam activities. The amount of spam posts is far greater then my other websites and I find it much harder to have people post quality ads compared to other countries.
- Although I am still building links; with my current PR2 traffic isn't as high as I suspected given the supposed size of the market? What do you guys think? What issues am i facing? language/cultural/other?
- I find it hard to monetize. Both Google Adsense and Ebay.in do not convert/pay very well. Do I have any other options?
- What are good places to turn to in terms of promoting? What are your strategies? How can I best reach the audience I want to reach; 'the average person in india; the indian john doe'
Since I also operate similar websites in other countries I can share some experiences and discussing these might help others too in tackling the indian market:
- I am bothered quite a lot by people posting ads promoting 'link placement jobs' and other spam activities. The amount of spam posts is far greater then my other websites and I find it much harder to have people post quality ads compared to other countries.
- Although I am still building links; with my current PR2 traffic isn't as high as I suspected given the supposed size of the market? What do you guys think? What issues am i facing? language/cultural/other?
- I find it hard to monetize. Both Google Adsense and Ebay.in do not convert/pay very well. Do I have any other options?
- What are good places to turn to in terms of promoting? What are your strategies? How can I best reach the audience I want to reach; 'the average person in india; the indian john doe'