Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Free Traffic Exchanges - Are They Worth the Surf

Getting traffic to your website is the life blood to your internet existence. If you don't have a constant stream of traffic it can surely end your internet millionaire dreams. So what does someone do to get that stream of vital traffic to their website.

PPC also known as pay per click advertising, Are provided mostly by top search engine companies. It can bring you a ton of traffic almost instantly. That traffic also has to be a good quality source of visitors. You don't want potential customers that are looking for baby clothing and you are offering dog products. In the beginning putting up a website to make money with was sort of like this, you know, get a website, pay for traffic, viola instant income. But now, if you don't follow the rules of these search engines it can cost you big time. Not knowing how to properly group your keywords, can practically run you out of business.

What some people has considered doing, is surf for traffic. In the internet world it is called traffic exchanges. Are they any good?, Well that depends on what you decide to promote with them. First, a brief Description on what exactly is a traffic exchange, also known as a Hit exchange. Traffic exchanges Are membership type website solely for one purpose, deliver traffic to your site by viewing or surfing other member sites.

Most traffic exchanges are based on a click for a click system that is on a timer, that varies from five seconds up to 30 seconds. Yes that is right, you would have to view other members websites on a timer. Which then gives you credit so your site can be viewed as well. There are various types of traffic exchanges such as Manual, autosurf, free and paid versions.

The manual version is just how I explain above, which is the click for a click type of a traffic exchange. Auto surf, which I don't recommend, is exactly what it is, an auto surfing exchange. When autosurfing, you wouldn't have to view other people websites. Members can just switch it on and leave it scrolling from site to site while say making dinner. No one needs to actually see your page and in my experience many if not all don't. The common use of traffic exchanges is promoting other traffic exchanges to the members. If they decide to join, that actually builds your downline which increases your traffic points on those exact exchanges.

When marketing on a traffic exchange, the best types of website to use are called splash pages. Their are also known as a landing pages and sometimes squeeze pages. It's a simply one page doorway to your main site. Because of the timer, people want actually scroll your site, but are more likely to fill out your capture form to visit your site later. So are they any good?, Well in most cases theirs about 150 - 300 surfers at any giving time surfing these types of sites. Using this type of traffic generation only, I would say NO. If used as a combination with other marketing methods, it doesn't hurt. I say use the traffic exchanges as part of your marketing efforts. Don't be miss lead because the site says it has thousands of members in them, my experience Only a few hundred surfs at it time, so you do the math.

Fritz Lorenz is an up and coming Internet Marketer. That has partnered up with top industry marketers, to teach people How to make an extra stream of income, To reinvest into there passion.

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