Quest for the Best Traffic Exchange

Before I start, let me just give a definition of The Best here as different person may have a different opinion of the term. As for me, The Best here simply means something that delivers the result that I want. To be more specific, a Traffic Exchange that really brings traffic, and not only that, it also brings quality traffic to a website.

But what exactly is Traffic Exchange? Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

"A traffic exchange is a type of website which provides a service for webmasters in exchange for traffic. It is similar to the autosurf concept with the exception that traffic exchanges usually use a manual rotation.

Concept

A traffic exchange website receives website submissions from webmasters that join traffic exchange networks. The person who submitted the website then has to browse other member sites on the exchange program to earn credits, which enable their sites to be viewed by other members through the surf system. This increases the number of visitors to all the sites involved.

Exchanges enforce a certain credit ratio, which illustrates the amount of websites the surfer must view in order to receive one hit through the program for their promoted website. Many sites offer the ability to upgrade one's membership level for a more equal credit ratio.

As the viewers are all website owners or affiliates, it is possible that some might find certain member sites interesting and thus make note of them on their own sites, sending more traffic their way. Most traffic programs also impose a time limit when members are browsing, ranging from 10 seconds to 60 seconds. Some incorporate the use of captcha to ensure user interaction…”

My quest started in July 2008 and naturally, to do that I hopped from one Traffic Exchange to another in order to have an understanding and subsequently decide on which is the best.

It is probably not wise for me to list the names of all the Traffic Exchange sites which I have evaluated here but it is suffice to mention that I evaluated around 7-8 of them. My evaluation focused on three key areas:

• Available features

• Ease-of-use

• Able to deliver

The 2 ? months quest finally brings me to Linkreferral. What set Linkreferral apart from the rest are these two kiler features:

• Review on members’ websites

• Add to favourite

In my earlier article The Ultimate Lead Generation Techniques, I discussed on how to exploit these two features to bring in hordes of traffic to your website.

As a conclusion, Linkreferral is the best traffic exchange for a small business set-up with a small budget. It has successfully packaged the system to deliver all the expectations of a so-called Traffic Exchange.

jdnetleg is a full time IT consultant working for a multi-national company in Kuala Lumpur. You may visit his blog at http://www.all-that-matters.ws

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