People are intrigued when someone tells them that they can foresee future. Since the future has incredible mysteries in store, getting revelations is always an exciting task. While we cannot guarantee you whether a palmist or your horoscope guy conveys true future news, we can at least guarantee that our article on the future of free advertising has some kind of logic to it. Looking at the way online classifieds and free advertisements have taken the world by a storm, it is only natural that they will grow. One cannot stop such phenomenon that offers innumerable benefits to the users.

Traditional newspaper classifieds had an entire page dedicated to classifieds, but the ads were so congested that you'd rarely feel like reading all of them. Even if you browsed or scanned through all of them, there was a good chance that you'd miss it. And the life of advertisements used to be as much as the life of the newspaper, i.e. one day! The next morning, you'd find another paper at your doorstep and previous day's classifieds would be erased from the mind and forgotten. Same is not the case with online free classifieds. They treat classifieds in a much better way, and offer incredible benefits to both the buyer and the seller.

As for the future, experts have logically predicted the following trends:

• Integration with social media: People spend maximum time on social media. You'd have often noticed the twitter posts of people offering certain services, or a friend's tweet referring the services of one of his friends. Slowly, social media websites will have tabs wherein you can post and advertisement and make it public. Anyone interested can contact you directly on your social media account.
• Explosion of classified ads through mobile phones: Smart phones have made it possible to use internet everywhere. Today, a person can access internet everywhere and therefore it will be easier for them to purchase products on classifieds. Android and Windows applications will allow buyers and sellers to meet at a common ground, post ads, and buy products. Smart phones will make the usage of classifieds simpler.
• Clutter free: Today, there are several thousands of ads that don't mention the product description correctly, aren't put in the correct product category, and don't even have the right contact details of the seller. Classified websites really need to do away with such ads; else they can slowly eat up the entire website and make it just like a garbage bin.  Clutter free advertising will ensure that there are only those ads which look genuine and have proper detail.

Such trends will only enhance the experience of being a buyer or a seller on classifieds.