San Diego Classifieds...REBORN!

You know, sitting here reflecting on how Top Local Pros (TLP) and Top Local Classifieds (TLC) came to be, I realized something. What would have happened if we had created a San Diego classifieds site but made absolutely zero distinction between professional ads and non-professional ads?

Well, for one thing, we could no longer call it Top Local Pros because the non-professional ads would make that an untrue statement. Having said that, I guess we could have simply settled upon Top Local Classifieds as the title for our new, shared professional and non-professional classified ad site but the concept just didn't feel right.

Say for a moment that we did decide to go the combined pro and non-pro ad route. Where would that leave us? Frankly, smack dead in the middle of all the other dual function ad sites without the distinction that we currently have of being a true professional business directory.

We provide a place where online visitors can go to find local San Diego professionals without having to wade through a sea of yard and garage sale items. This concept benefits the advertiser in that you don't have to worry that someone coming to our site looking for the service that you provide and then getting distracted by some really cool Gucci handbag or nice lawn mower and making that purchase instead! I make fun of this but it happens all the time.

Being the CEO of both TLP and TLC, I can tell you right now that if I were to take the ads from TLC and combine them with the TLP website, I will have instantly lowered the value of both sites. Especially TLP. I can say that because although some of the ads at TLP can apply to certain categories within TLC, the reverse is certainly not true. The majority of the ads that we allow on TLC would NEVER be allowed on TLP!

Since we make a practice of cross-promoting our sites, one can assume that if a person is aware of TLC, then they are most likely aware of TLP as well. The reason you don't see the same ads on TLP as TLC is because we delete them. They don't belong there. Plain and simple. We maintain the strictest posting guidelines at TLP and will continue to do so in order to advertise only the "best of the best" service providers in San Diego.

We hope that you appreciate our efforts and extreme commitment to maintaining a quality site and that you will not hesitate to spread the word about our rapidly growing advertising community.

Sincerely,

Top Local Pros