If any ad is marked by craigslist's spam filter then it is simply dropped from the listing page of craigslist. But the ad poster is not informed. When the ad poster check with the confirmation URL he will think that the ad is live but it is not actually available on the craiglist site. This is popularly known as "ghosting".
Why an ad is ghosted on craiglist?
An ad may be ghosted for many many reasons. Following are few of them:
- Your doamin name is blacklisted by craiglist
- Your phone number is blacklisted by craiglist
- Your email address is blacklisted by craiglist
- Your IP address is blacklisted by craiglist
- Your are posting prohibited items
- You are over posting i.e exceeding daily posting limit
- Your ads are being flagged by the visitors a lot.
- Your titles or descriptions contain blacklisted keyword phrases.
- You are posting under wrong category
To avoid ghosting on craigslist post the same ad on evey 48 hours interval. Some people thinks writing to craigslist support team will resolve the ghosting problem. But remember craiglist has only about two dozens of employee. They don't have time to read your email.
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