The personals section of Craigslist classifieds is also a very important part of the overall Craigslist.com website. Many of the most intimate posts within free classifieds get made in this section and that is why any self-respecting Craigslist guide needs to discuss the personals section as part of the overall interface. Personals are universally available on Craigslist, meaning you can get them on both Craigslist Canada and Craigslist US as well as across all of the individual city websites like Craigslist Boston and Craigslist Chicago just to name a couple.

As is already very strongly implied by the category title, the personals section is akin to something that you would see on a website like lavalife or e-harmony. The main difference of course is that those websites cost money whereas placing a personal on Craigslist is completely free. If you are going to place one however, understanding the subcategory structure is important.

The different categories are relatively self-explanatory, but a quick run through will ensure that there is no confusion. The strictly platonic category is for people that are seeking a non-sexual relationship. The next four categories are for women that are interested in women, women that are interested in men, men that are interested in women and men that are interested in men respectively. Casual encounters are for posts of a sexual non-relationship nature, whereas rants and raves is for anyone that would like to let off some steam. Misc romance is for anything else that doesn’t fit and the missed connections category is for people that met by chance during the day, but didn’t get a chance to say hello.

In the end, all of these categories combined should cover whatever it is you would like to post. Remember that if your post does not fit with any of these categories (even the misc romance category), you might want to look at the other groups that are available on the website.