A traffic exchange is a website which is devoted to enabling webmasters
to generate traffic to their site by surfing other websites in exchange.
The procedure is this:
- Just put "traffic exchanges" into Google (or check the
list at the bottom of this article) and you will find more than
enough to keep you happy.
- Join up with as many sites as you wish. It is a simple matter of
filling in an online form with your details, and waiting for a
confirmation email from the exchange. Upon receipt of the confirmation
email, click the confirmation link, and you should be taken to a page
that will show you your traffic exchange membership details.
- Take note of your surf URL (the URL that you need to click in order
to start surfing other websites). When you click on this URL, a special
traffic exchange window will open and another member's website will
appear on your screen. If you are interested in what the site has to
offer you can interact with it in the normal manner. After about thirty
seconds (this varies slightly from one traffic exchange to another) you
will be informed that you have received credit for viewing this website,
and you can click a link which takes you to the next site. This
procedure repeats itself until you wish to stop surfing.
- The amount of credit that you receive varies from one traffic exchange to
another, but it is typical that you receive it in the ratio of 2:1. This
means that for every two occasions on which you get credit for viewing
another website, your site will be viewed by someone else on one
occasion.
- Also take note of your referral URL (which you use to refer others
to the traffic exchange). If someone else joins from your referral link, then
you will earn credits as a result of their surfing efforts as well.
If you have more than one website that you wish to promote through the
traffic exchanges, then a Website Rotator is what you will need. When you sign up with a rotator, you are able to enter a number of URLs (the number will
vary from rotator to rotator), and have them rotate so that they are all
promoted in turn.
A very good free rotator is
PageSwirl.
There is any number of traffic exchanges available, but some of the
better ones are:
AllFreshClicks
BLHITz Exchange
ForeverTraffic
Franchisewebsiteowner
Hits for
Clicks
HitShark
hitVortex
NoMoreHits
ReferralTraffic
StartExposure
Virtual Traffic Jam
WebBizInsider
WebExpander
Web Meld
TrafficHits
VisitsClub
ZoomBlaze
Traffic Exchanges
