Social media, social bookmarking, social networks and the social graph are buzzwords, but nowadays they come with a proven concept. It is a proven concept where people connect via words, links, and multi-media and shared interests. Even though it is common to categorize blogs and discussion boards as social media, their history goes back beyond the social media concepts. Categorizing the aforementioned type of Web sites as Web 2.0 sites is also common.
The question is; how does free advertising fit into the social media concepts? Combining advertising with Web services that people use for communication and sharing is tricky. One solution is to apply social media characteristics to advertising services where Web users are in control of what ads to see and share. adsgloble.com is a free classified Web site with a Web 2.0 and social media nature. In addition to publishing free classifieds, advertisers can promote their ads on 40+ social networks. The Web site groups the classifieds into subject zones and regions by country, county and city making the Web service truly global.