I'm working on how to implement search (and filters) for classified ads and this was helpful.
For ad entry, it seems you can either constrain user's input (essentially forcing them to choose from a list of options - ad type, the thing, category, etc. Or let them do a more free form entry (just title, description, price) and then add tags to help people find their ad.
Which raises the issue of how to curate tags. After reading your comment, I am thinking of building a list of what tags people search for "jobs, tractors, ..." make that into a suggestion list after people have entered their free form ad.
The world is messy. For sale, resumes, wanted, car parts, used cars, car repair, cars for parts. Oh my.
For ad entry, it seems you can either constrain user's input (essentially forcing them to choose from a list of options - ad type, the thing, category, etc. Or let them do a more free form entry (just title, description, price) and then add tags to help people find their ad.
Which raises the issue of how to curate tags. After reading your comment, I am thinking of building a list of what tags people search for "jobs, tractors, ..." make that into a suggestion list after people have entered their free form ad.
The world is messy. For sale, resumes, wanted, car parts, used cars, car repair, cars for parts. Oh my.