Comments on: What is a Manual Traffic Exchange?

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:46:56 +0000

Hey, I like that idea of a traffic exchange rotator! I want one!Keiths lastest blog post..TE News Wednesday 12th November

By: Michael Hall

Michael Hall — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:30:06 +0000

I also surf about 100 other exchanges as well to get lots of reach and diversity.

I recently built a manual traffic exchange rotator for personal use that i’ll probably turn into a membership site.

As i find new exchanges I use a form to add them. when i open it up in my browser, it randomly picks 5 exchanges from the database for me to surf, so i don’t get stuck surfing the same exchanges over and over.

By: Michael Hall

Michael Hall — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:23:53 +0000

Great info for newbies tim. I own 2 exchanges, and i think manual exchanges benefit everyone including the owners. Owners get free advertising, but if your offer sucks it still won’t do well. And even great offers take many exposures before any action occurs.

That said, i’ve actually been using text ads and banner ads for one big reason – your ads are not stuck within the traffic exchange as most of the ads are served on other peoples web pages – so your ads are seen by people outside the exchange, put another way if an exchange only has 1000 members, your prospect pool is limited.

I’ve recently started to upgrade my exchanges so that my members can host banners and text ads on *their* webpages and still eanr credit, so ads will be seen in my exchanges as well as outside my exchanges – similar to startxchanges banner exchange.

By: Timothy Millar

Timothy Millar — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:37:53 +0000

Hey Tim, Manual Traffic Exchanges are good for continuous traffic but i believe you can get more view time with Text ads, They have to click and watch to get the points. How do we get Fresh Targeted Leads to the Traffic Exchanges? Have a wonderful Day, Timothy MillarTimothy Millars lastest blog post..JV Source

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:25:22 +0000

You’d be surprised about the branding it takes to get a signup sometimes. I’m looking at some tracking I’ve done and one person saw two of my splash pages 25 times and THEN signed up.

Another person took even longer! So that 7 view statistic might not be accurate for TEs (I hope to discover an actual average, but of course it varies per ad)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:21:40 +0000

Not to distract from your thoughts, but traffic exchanges (auto or manual) don’t affect SEO. They can make Alexa go up, but Alexa is not SEO.

By: Karen Taylor

Karen Taylor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:21:43 +0000

I used a couple of auo-surfs many years ago, but very quickly stopped that. I wasn’t looking; made sense that no one else was either.

Manual exchanges may be more work, but the likelihood of real eyes seeing your pages is increased exponentially.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:49:33 +0000

Hi All,

I have surfed manual and not surfed (LOL) auto TE’s..I do surf more than one TE at a time and when a manual changes pages it will make you look at it for a second or 2 until you can click back to your manual exchange. But with that said…I still prefer manual….this way if I want to look at an add I am not stopped in the middle of it and directed to another site!!

Thanks Tim Great Post!!
Shirlene and Bill

By: Justine Cheever

Justine Cheever — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:32:09 +0000

I have found TEs to be very useful. I have gotten signups for my programs over and over again. So, if there is anyone out there who thinks that they don’t work, think again.

By: Carole Cody

Carole Cody — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:59:30 +0000

I agree, manual is the way to go. At least people are seeing your ad, tho it might take several views before it really sinks in.

More good stuff!

Thanks Tim.