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Posted 8 March 2007 by Ian

We've been getting lots of feedback on the changes launched last week, and it seems one change that has proved a big hit is the improvements we have made to advert categorisation.

Now, if it's not immediately clear which is the best category for your advert, you can use our search function to find a suitable home (Remember, if there is more than one category that appears suitable, you are more than welcome to place your advert in both).

Also, for our regular advertisers, we provide a quick list of all your most frequently used categories, allowing you to jump straight there in just a couple of clicks.

While on the subject of regular advertisers, if you are placing a large quantity of adverts for second hand items then please get in touch. We are currently trialling a system which will enable you to upload a large quantity of adverts in just a few clicks. We are creating a flexible system that can accept a variety of formats including spreadsheets, feeds produced for other web sites (eg. Google Base), RSS feeds, or any other electronic formats that you might already be using.

Posted 7 March 2007 by Ian

One of the most common questions we are asked is how to limit the number of adverts that get sent each day by our Ad Alert system and in particular, how to receive only local results.Well, one of the changes we made last week is to allow searchers to set a maximum distance they are willing to travel as part of our advanced search. This maximum distance is also saved when you set an Ad Alert so you can now restrict your alerts to local sellers only.If replacing an existing alert, remember to delete the old one from the members area.(Hint: if you are having problems getting the system to... [more]