The Explosion Of Traffic Exchanges
No one who has a website is likely to turn down the chance of getting some free traffic, and that is what makes traffic exchanges so interesting and tempting for those who are new to the online marketing arena.
The idea is simple – you join the site (usually for free, although paid memberships are usually also available, giving you extra bonuses) and submit your website address for consideration. Once it is accepted you can visit the site and start surfing.
Surfing in this instance is basically visiting all the sites of everyone else who is a member. For each one you visit you will get a number of credits or partial credits, and each credit equals one single time that your own site will be viewed by someone else.
Now this describes the manual exchanges very well, but there is another phenomenon here too. Auto exchanges are those where you enter the exchange, start surfing – and then leave your computer to surf automatically on your behalf. Quite what the point of these exchanges are is anyone’s guess, since it’s logical to assume that if you are racking up the credits without viewing anyone else’s sites then they won’t be looking at yours either.