classified advertisement

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An advertisement, usually brief and composed only of text, listed in a newspaper or magazine or on a website.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Any of a list of newspaper or website advertisements included with others under a heading describing the category of product or service offered.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type