I have an SEO / Marketing related question and I hope to find an answer to it here

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  Gifts and Gadgets: Hi All, ;
  
  I have an SEO / Marketing related question and I hope to find an answer to it here.
  
  I was working a bit on my website marketing yesterday and checking some Search Result positions of different products.
  Doing so, I noticed that a free classifieds and ads website (locanto dot co dot za) showed up constantly high in the local  ;SOUTH AFRICAN (our market)  ;search results.
  
  So I checked this site out a bit more and decided to just give it a go as in , if it doesn't help, it won't hurt.
  
  Following up on things this morning however, I was a bit astonished about what I saw: ;
  Any related keyword / key string , form the bare "credit card usb" to all long tail strings .... with printing, ..... with logo printing, .... with full color print, ...etc.,  ; on the local (South Africa) search, resulted in a position one of the ad that I posted a few hours ago.
  
  On top of that, as you will see in the image below, the ads can contain a deep link to the specific product page on your website.
  
  So here's the question: Is this a great find? Or is this a big NO-?
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  Can I keep using this when I constantly link to the different specific pages on our website? Should I tread this path with caution ?
  What's your opinion people? ;
  
  Looking forward to your reactions!
  
  Regards
  
  Edwin ;
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  Prince John: Go
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  Gifts and Gadgets: Hi +Prince John ;!
  
  Thanks for your reply!
  Not sure what you're suggestion though : ;
  Go > as in go for it
  Or Go as in > NO ! ;
  
  Please elaborate? ;
  
  E
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  happysus sait: for me go a head,  ;no specific anchor text link to your site.  ;If the link hard to get, should be ok. ;
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  Jaaved Khatree: Interesting find! It's not a hard link to get - you simply create an account, verify your email address and create your ad.. so given Google's track record of clamping down on tactics that are easily replicated/scalable, this might not last very long. I think in general, this is not a bad tactic as part of your 'business promotion' arsenal but it's something you should approach with caution -ie. don't use it for every single category on your site. Perhaps just stick to a handful of very popular ones?
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  Prince John: There's no link juice or SEO effect to consider here. If that is the only goal, it is a definite no-go.
  
  My reason is:
  
  If your business shows up in Locanto (or any similar site like that), it is good for the business - in terms of new customers. If you look to flood the site with the same ad in dozens of categories - that is simply bad. You are only going to waste a lot of your time and resources.
  
  Place an Ad in that Site to Get New Business - Not for Any Link Juice or SEO Purpose at all
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  Gifts and Gadgets: Hi +Jaaved Khatree ;, ;
  
  I believe you are more or less summing up what I was thinking as well.
  Let me just add it to my toolbox  ;and get it out when I feel I want to promote something as quick as possible without paying the big G for it :-)
  
  Have a great day!
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  Gifts and Gadgets: +Prince John ;yep!
  Reading the other comments,  ;I was thinking along the same line!
  Thanks for the response!
  
  Edwin ;
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  Gifts and Gadgets: +happysus sait ;great!
  You are also confirming the same line as other comments.
  Guess I know which way to go from here with this. ;
  Thanks for the response! Have a great one!
  E