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Traffic Exchanges

Spotting Bad Traffic Exchanges Part 5: Where is the Owner?

May 22, 2008

This is the beginning of the parts that require you to be a member to really know what's going on. The first 4 parts will give you good indications, but the next parts will make it clear. You should be looking at the overall picture not just singling out an exchange over one of the [...]

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Continuous Tracking Is Necessary

May 21, 2008

When you are advertising it's important to always be tracking. It's easy to think that once you've got a great page making great conversions that you should stick with it. But sometimes things can change. As you can see here I have 2 splash pages I've been advertising. They are both basically the same page, [...]

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The Proper Ways to Report Sites and Banners on Traffic Exchanges

May 19, 2008

With thousands of members, thousands of hits, thousands of banners and thousands of individual URLs rotating on a traffic exchange it only makes sense that at some point you'll come across a site or banner that shouldn't be there. This post will teach you how to properly report a website or a banner, and why [...]

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Spotting Bad Traffic Exchanges Part 4: Who isnt using it?

May 15, 2008

This is the last of the series on spotting bad traffic exchanges that have to do with before joining an exchange. After this I'll begin looking at things to look for after joining. Today's topic is especially easy for newbies to use, simply put - who isn't using it? Chances are the following people or [...]

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Spotting Bad Traffic Exchanges Part 3: What kind of history does it have?

May 8, 2008

Looking at the front page of an exchange can give you some indicators of how Good or Bad it'll be. But sometimes it takes looking into the history of the exchange to get the full picture. Has the exchange gone down before? Did they lose their entire database? Will it happen again? Looking into the [...]

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Spotting Bad Traffic Exchanges Part 2: What's it giving out?

May 1, 2008

There is a lack of understanding of how inventory affects traffic exchanges. Many beleive you can simply add more credits into the system, and all is well. In reality, inventory plays a large role in an exchange. Too little inventory and people start to see the same ads over and over again, too high and [...]

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Spotting Bad Traffic Exchanges Part 1: What does it look like?

April 24, 2008

The first way to spot a bad traffic exchange is dead simple! What does it look like? Some will argue that the looks don't matter. I'll argue against that! If the person running an exchange cares about it, they'll make it the best they can! There is a big difference between looking for perfection and [...]

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Upcoming Series: How to spot a Bad Traffic Exchange

April 18, 2008

I'm going to be starting a new series on the blog about How to spot a Bad Traffic Exchange.  You'll learn all you'd ever want to know about how to spot a bad exchange before joining and how to learn if an exchange you've already joined has gone bad. I think it'll be some interesting [...]

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Let's find some good deals!

April 8, 2008

I recently made a post about Spotting Good Traffic Deals. Well this post is about helping each other find them! I've created a spread sheet with Google Docs. I'll post the link below, and after so many days remove it. This link will allow you edit the spread sheet and add in traffic packages. It'll [...]

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Spotting Good Traffic Deals

March 24, 2008

When looking for a good traffic deal, you always want to use a spreadsheet. Looking and comparing numbers of different amounts of traffic is confusing, and can make you miss good deals. Ordering the biggest package isn't always the best deal. If you click the example to the left you'll see my latest price research, [...]

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Nexus Exchange got a New Look

March 21, 2008

StartXchange got a brand new look not too long ago, and recently Nexus Exchange got one too! They've got a one year upgrade going for 50% off too. I have to say the new look is much better than the old one, and it's on the LJ Script now so you'll find yourself at home! [...]

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VIDEO: Create a Splashpage with TEtoolbox

March 19, 2008

I have created a video on creating splash pages with TEtoolbox. Click the link below to view the video. The file is fairly big so it might be a good idea to wait for it to fully load before pressing play.

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Simple Cheat Test Revisited

March 13, 2008

If you look at the screen shot to the left, essentially you see 3 surfbars and that's it. Surfing multiple exchanges, with only their surfbars visible, is cheating. Some exchanges you can do it with any browser, but like Scott mentioned in the last post, others you can still do it in Sea Monkey even [...]

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A Simple Cheat Test

March 12, 2008

Ever wonder if people are viewing your pages on a certain traffic exchange? Here is a simple way to check if people are cheating. Try resizing your browser window so you can only see the surfbar. Then click the next button. If the window doesn't open back up, then chances are many are surfing with [...]

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Trying out Hits Connect

March 1, 2008

You may be shocked about what I'm going to admit. I've never actually given Hits Connect a real try. I tried it once or twice but never really got into it. It's simple really, I am so used to building every tool my own way exactly how I want it. So since Hits Connect didn't [...]

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Using Different Passwords is Crucial

February 27, 2008

A traffic exchange owner recently emailed me asking why StartXchange wasn't allowing it in rotation. After looking into it, his website was hacked and a malicious code was added. Looking into it further I found a couple of his sites have had this problem. About a month ago this same exchange was hacked, so clearly [...]

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The Top Secret Tip

February 27, 2008

To some, this isn't so secret, but to the huge majority it is! The top secret tip is to create your own advertisements. You can call it whatever you want, but be unique and be you. Case in point: One traffic exchange is being advertised by countless members on StartXchange. 171 of them are using [...]

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Interviewing 59 TE Owners

February 22, 2008

I thought it would be fun to contact a bunch of traffic exchange owners, and interview them. So I did! 59 Private Messages later, and I think it'll be interesting! Here are the questions asked: How and when did your online business get started? Which exchange(s) do you own or co-own? Do you currently work [...]

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Let's Talk Clean Surfing

February 22, 2008

It's usually the #1 complaint about a traffic exchange. Annoying sites that cause problems while surfing. So what are the methods to keeping surfing clean? Like the ranking exchanges post, I'll try to cover the pros and cons to each. Manually Reviewing Sites This is the simplest check to incorporate into an exchange. Have the [...]

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Ranking Traffic Exchanges

February 12, 2008

There are many different ways of ranking traffic exchanges, each with their pros and cons. I'll go over a few ways here and give my opinion on them. In the end, it comes down to results which you must track for yourself. But the problem many owners face is members who don't track their own [...]

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