There very little automation in the classified adverts section. There is not a system where just anyone can register and post an advert. Each advert arrives at my desk for approval. If I do not like the advert or I do not like the spammer who is sending it to me, or if the advert is about sex products or unrelated to classic cars I DELETE IT before it gets to the web page.
Many automated systems allow the administrator to delete adverts, or move them to the right catagory, but the truth is correcting all the incoming junk after it is published takes up more time than scrutinising them as they arrive.
I check the IP address to find out the location of the sender and I check for known scams of spammers. There are plenty of fraudsters visiting the pages. . I cannot stop them visiting, but I can stop them posting bad adverts.
When adverts first arrive and are approved the first go to the new adverts section here so if you submit an advert this is where it will appear first – It is only on a rare occasion that this takes more than 12 hours.
The next stage sends the advert to be listed in its specific catagory – Buick, Chevrolet, Ford, some categories are listed by year example ’193o Chevrolet’ this can take another 12 hours (hopefully less).
The third stage takes the advert to your State – California, Texas, Utah’s, this can take a day or two.
Yes it is a slow process – but the advantage is that you the user only need look at one page. If you are for instance an owner of a 1963 Chevrolet then you simply add the 1962 chevrolet page to your favourites. That is the only page you need to look at for 63 Chevy parts - You will not find ‘girly’ adverts on that page or find it littered with unrelated spam. . If the parts you are looking for are not there. . Nobody has listed them. Well worth the wait.
. A while back I had the chance to help create a website for the registry of Southern Cross engines.
