Traffic Exchange Sites Lists
What is Traffic Exchange
A traffic exchange website receives website submissions from webmasters that join traffic exchange networks.
The person who submitted the website then has to browse other member
sites on the exchange program to earn credits, which enable their sites
to be viewed by other members through the surf system. This increases
the number of visitors to all the sites involved.
Exchanges enforce a certain credit ratio,
which illustrates the amount of websites the surfer must view in order
to receive one hit through the program for their promoted website. Many
sites offer the ability to upgrade one's membership level for a more
equal credit ratio.
As the viewers are all website owners or affiliates, it is possible
that some might find certain member sites interesting and thus make note
of them on their own sites, sending more traffic their way. Most
traffic programs also impose a time limit when members are browsing,
ranging from 10 seconds to 60 seconds. Some incorporate the use of captcha to ensure user interaction.
Almost all traffic exchange programs are free,
although many of them offer special features to paid members and offer
credits for purchase. Almost all traffic exchange programs encourage
users to build their own referral networks, which in turn increases the
referrers' amount of credits.
The traffic generated in a traffic exchange can be leveraged by using
a downline builder to assist the user in building a referral network in
the many different traffic exchanges.
In practice, traffic exchange programs are generally used by small business owners or marketers who either want free advertising or use the exchange programs for low-budget advertisement campaigns.
Traffic Exchange vs. Bounce Rate
Most people use Traffic Exchange programs to increase their site visit
rate. Traffic Exchange programs offer both the Auto and Manual Surf
options with a timing of 10 to 60 seconds. An 'autosurf' program
requires no human intervention to rotate the sites in the database, and
is used primarily to inflate the total number of site hits. This
practice is rather controversial as it may skew the results of website
popularity. People's main reason behind joining a Traffic Exchange
program is to promote products and services to like minded marketers. A
factor which may negatively influence the ranking is the Bounce Rate. If
a website or blog has a high bounce rate then it will be considered
that people are not interested in the content
The Bounce Rate is calculated by the average rate a visitor stayed on
the site. So whereas the Traffic Exchange sites increase the site visit
rate, on the other hand they also increase the bounce rate.
Using Traffic Exchanges Effectively
The key to using traffic exchanges is understanding that the person will
only be viewing your site for 10–20 seconds. Rather than sending the
person to your website, you should be sending them to a specific
advertisement designed for traffic exchanges. Use this advertisement to
create curiosity about your site. The most effective are squeeze pages
or splash pages, which have a simple headline, description, and opt-in
form for an autoresponder.
Then the surfer can easily type their email address in and receive more
information about your product or services at a later time. A main goal
of using traffic exchanges should be to build your personal list of
business prospects for now and future endeavors.
AdSense on Traffic Exchanges
Users who wish to advertise their websites on a traffic exchange but
also have AdSense ads should create separate pages for advertising in
traffic exchanges that do not have AdSense ads.
