| Traffic exchange sites have been around a while and today there are more of them, not less, so they are functioning for enough webmasters to be a worthwhile addition to promotional efforts. As with every kind of site, they come and go, but some have stood the test of time, others are new but will definitely go places. The basic principle is that you exchange time spent surfing on other people's pages (usually about 20 seconds per page) for having them surf yours.
Clearly, to take advantage of this system, the page you use should load fast, tell the visitor your message and give a clear call to action. I started out thinking I would simply click as required but was unlikely to see anything interesting - it was worth participating to get hits for my page.
In fact, I regularly find very
interesting pages on traffic exchange sites and have benefited from several of
them! Of course there are plenty that aren't interesting but it doesn't matter
if in return for taking a look at theirs you are getting to show off your site or page to
everyone on the exchange.
 One
of the few e-biz publications that I have come across that I still would have
bought after I finished reading it (and following the advice given) is Tony
Tezak's "Traffic Exchange Secrets: A Surfer's Manual". Tony and other
successful online business trainers have collaborated to produce a genuinely
useful manual. |
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Here are some traffic exchanges of which I am a member - I cannot speak on the
ones I haven't joined - most of these came recommended and a couple I just
liked the look of... placed in the order I rate them, best first: |
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Manual Surfing |
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