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Traffic Exchanges - What Are They? |
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Here's A Brief
Explanation of Traffic Exchanges |
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If you have a website
and you want to increase the amount of visitors (also known as
traffic) to your website, you can sign up for a free account at any
of the thousands of traffic exchanges available online or choose one
from the list below. Then once you have gone through the
registration process, you will be able to add links to the website
you want to promote, for example, I promote one of my e-lottery
websites on many traffic exchanges and this is the address I use
http://www.ian2.info
You would simply add
your own link. |
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Traffic exchanges
work on a credit basis, in order for your website to be seen you
must first generate credits by viewing the sites of other members.
The credits you earn enable your site to be viewed by other members
across the system. This increases the number of visitors to all of
the websites involved. |
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Traffic exchanges
usually enforce a credit ratio, meaning members earn a certain
amount of credits for visiting one member site, and each credit is
translated into one page view. Ratios can vary from program to
program so before registering for a traffic exchange it is wise to
check out their ratio first. A ratio of 1-1 is best, that way you
will get your page viewed once for every (1) page you view. |
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All manual traffic
exchanges have specific viewing times of all member pages. These
viewing times can range from 10-30 seconds, so whilst surfing the
system, every page that is shown to a member will remain in view for
10-30 seconds, you will not be able to proceed to the next site
until the specified time has passed. Most traffic exchanges have a
toolbar at the top or bottom of the page that has a timer on it so
you can see when the timer reaches 0 and it is ok for you to
continue on too the next page. This is put in place to make sure
each member site is promoted equally and fairly. If you try to go on
to the next page before the timer reaches 0 you will be penalized in
some way, the penalty varies from exchange to exchange. |
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To make surfing
traffic exchanges a little more interesting, some services offer
different ways to surf such as, playing games for credits or listing
to radio stations whilst surfing. If you do not want to surf
manually for credits you can purchase them, again prices vary. Many
traffic exchanges are free to join but also have Pro versions that
allow you to generate more credits from referrals. Always thoroughly
check out what is available in the Pro version when you first
sign-up. |
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Traffic Exchange List |
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There are many high
profile traffic exchanges on the net today. Therefore if you are new
to traffic exchange it could be a little troublesome deciding which
ones to use. |
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I would suggest using
at least five traffic exchanges at a time until you find which ones
work best for you. I have personally used each of the exchanges
bellow at one time or another and I have had good results from all
of them. There is a more extensive list at the bottom of this page. |
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Here are a few of
my favourite one to get you started. All are free to join. |
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1.
Traffic Swarm: - Get a "Swarm" of traffic to your site with this
VERY popular traffic exchange with a difference. |
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TopSurfer: - Multiple URL's, 15 second timer, excellent pro
package. Great results. |
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Dragon
Surf: - Effective Advertising, 10 Second Timer, Fast Flowing
Traffic, Superior Customer Service, Instant URL Approval and
Account. |
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4.
Soaring4Traffic - A proud owner and good friend Ray White has
come up with the HOTTEST new traffic exchange around. DO NOT miss
this one! |
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Dare2Click - Another great New opportunity to get the best
exposure for your business. |
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6.
TrafficRoundup: - Round-Up some free traffic to your website!
Excellent exchange. |
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7.
Traffic Syndicate 25: - Considered one of the very best
available, TS25 has many ways of earning Bonus credits. |
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Traffic G: - Become a TrafficG member and you'll be able to
drive free, guaranteed visitors and traffic to any website of your
choice. |
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WebBizInsider: - This is one of my favorite Exchanges. Not only
for the quality traffic, but also for the ability to email your
downline. Plus you can purchase a ready-made downline! Consistent
results. |
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10.
Traffic Pods: - From the creators of TS25 TrafficPods are
consistently rated amongst the top traffic generating programs for
performance and results. |
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These top traffic
exchanges offer you the best surf ratios, timers, services and
support. Visit today, you will not be disappointed. |
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How To Use Traffic Exchanges Effectively |
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Using traffic
exchanges to promote your business can be extremely effective, but
as with all Internet marketing methods, there is a right way and a
wrong way to go about it. I myself have wasted a great deal of time
going about it incorrectly and consequently I did not gain the full
benefit. I even went as far as to say that traffic exchanges did not
work. Fortunately soon after, I became a PlugIn Profit Site member
and the training that is given with the program soon educated me. I
quickly learnt that traffic exchanges are very powerful and could
channel a lot of traffic to my websites and blogs. |
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Even now as I surf my
favourite exchanges I still see so many people making the same
mistakes I did. I hope to offer straightforward, helpful tips to
stop people from wasting their credits on the exchanges. |
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The first and by far,
most common mistake is using SALES pages in traffic exchanges. You
know the ones I mean, affiliate pages that contain long-winded text,
graphics, images and video. These pages are a waste of the surfer's
time. It is not the product or the wording of the page that is the
problem; it is a simple matter of loading time ie. your vwd website
takes a while to load, so it is not much good for a traffic exchange
site. It may not sound very important but it is crucial to your
success on traffic exchanges. |
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All traffic exchanges
use timers, which means you normally have between 10 and 30 seconds
to grab the interest of the viewer and get them to click through
your page. This is not a lot of time; so if you have a long sales
page with graphics and images on it, guess what is going to happen?
Yep, your time is going to run out and the surfer will move on to
the next page without having read a word of your page. |
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By using squeeze
pages, also known as lead capture pages. Squeeze pages are designed
to GRAB the attention of the reader and then tell them about your
product or service in as few words as possible. These pages are also
designed to build your list of subscribers to your newsletter, by
placing a sign-up form on the same page. |
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Here is one of my
squeeze/lead capture pages
CLICK HERE As you can see it is short, to-the-point and attention grabbing; and
because of the clean concise design, it loads extremely quickly,
there by giving me the maximum viewing time in traffic exchanges. If
you would like to learn more about growing your list with lead
capture pages, then take a look at the Website Data Capture Pages
Section. |
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It is not necessary
to know a great deal of html in order to get your own squeeze page.
There is a free service called
Robert Puddy's Instant Squeeze Page
Generator this site allows you to use free templates that you
can add your own wording too,
you can also add a free eBook to
your squeeze page to encourage
viewers to join |
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When your squeeze
page is ready, add it to all of your favourite traffic exchanges and
if you have created a good clean, right-to-the-point,
attention-grabbing page, you will see an increase in hits on your
page because more surfers will see it due to its quick loading. |
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Another common
mistake is trying to use pages that contain Adsense ads in traffic
exchanges. This is a definite no no and will get your website banned
by Google because it is against their term and conditions. It is
possible to use other types of contextual ads on traffic exchanges.
BetterTextAds
for instance are traffic exchange compliant. But it is still best
not to use pages with ads on them in traffic exchanges. Use squeeze
pages to build your subscriber list instead. |
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How To Use Website
Rotators With Traffic Exchanges |
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Website Rotators are
a must for anyone using more than one traffic exchange to promote
their websites. This simple idea will save your hours when you want
to change any of the sites you are promoting. So what are website
rotators? They are sites that allow you to advertise multiple
websites using one single URL. |
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After you sign up for
membership with a traffic exchange the first thing you would
normally do, is start adding the URL's of the sites you want to
promote. Lets say for example you have registered with 10 traffic
exchanges and you have 5 websites to promote. That would mean you
have to enter your url's 50 times. It would also mean that when ever
you want to edit or delete a url, you have to do it at each of your
traffic exchanges, that means 10 sites, 10 sets of editing or
deleting, which equals a great deal of time. |
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Website rotators make
adding, editing or deleting your URL's so much quicker and easier.
All you need to do is put the URL's of the websites you wish to
promote into your rotator, then the rotator gives you 1 single URL
to use on your traffic exchanges. This changes the equation
dramatically. Now, if you have the same 10 traffic exchanges and the
same 5 websites, when you want to make changes, instead of having to
go to 10 sites and make 5 changes on each, you will only have to
make 1 change on your rotator. |
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The website rotator
will rotate all 5 of your websites using 1single URL. |
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There are many
rotators available online such as
FreeRotator,
TPM Rotator and
Page Swirl to name a few. I use
Page
Swirl this rotator is a free service with options to upgrade to
the paid service if you wish. I like this rotator because there are
no pop-up or ads, it is totally transparent so know one will know
you are using a rotator and you get up to the minute stats. This
rotator is simple to use and most of the changes you wish to make to
your URL's can be done in just a few clicks. |
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When you are adding
your rotator URL to the traffic exchanges, remember to check the
terms of service, as some traffic exchanges prefer you to use
specific rotators or their own rotators and some do not allow you to
use rotators at all. |
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Below is an extensive list of traffic sites -
just click on them to view them! |
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