Verified Craigslist Accounts How It Will Impact Your Business

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The latest move by Craigslist has caused massive uproar from the Craigslist marketing community. This all began with the introduction of Verified Craigslist Accounts into the erotic services section on Craigslist. Many people did not realize that this was just the first step Craigslist was going to take. Phone verification requires all Craigslist users to first verify their account via a valid phone number before they are allowed to post in the services section. All that is required is that you use a valid phone number so as to receive a pin verification code. After you have confirmed your phone verification you can now post in any section on Craigslist that required phone verification. Since phone verification was introduced, a few things have changed. There are a lot stricter rules on how often you can post and your ads must be more unique than the previous spam rules allowed. Not having access to enough phone numbers to create enough phone verified accounts has forced many advertisers to severely reduce the number of ads they have been posting. Just how far Craiglsist is prepared to go to stop unwanted spammers on Craigslist is unknown. All in all, I think Verified Craigslist Accounts has had a positive effect on Craigslist.