For a while now I have been surfing on traffic exchange
sites & have come to the conclusion that although I am generating traffic
to my site, I am not receiving targeted visitors, (what a surprise I hear you
say) so I decided to have a little fun with them.
What I did first was to place referral links on each site to
see which performed the best, what I found was very interesting!
One site advised me to join as I had referrals, (this cost
me almost £20.00 – yes GBP!) after paying this MONTHLY FEE & logging in to
my account I found I had NO REFERRALS! This monthly fee was cancelled before it
was due to be renewed!
Another Traffic Exchange site did the complete opposite! I
found that I had 4 referrals but they did not notify me about this. I will
mention this site later as I believe they are a honest bunch.
Back to the fun stuff! I had been advertising my website for
absolutely ages & not getting anywhere so I decided to have a laugh, I have
a free ebook area on my site which IS FREE - no signups required, just download
them & don’t even say thank you. So I decided to make a new text ad on
these Traffic exchange sites – it reads, (and still does until they catch me) “
Fart Like an Angel & receive free Ebooks!” – what a laugh I had while
writing this ad, I had tears streaming down my face through laughter!
I’m not sure if other people have the same idea, but I have
come across two other websites which have a quirky squeeze page, one says “Nothing
Here” & the other one says “Apache is functioning normally!” (I’m pleased
to hear that!, saves a visit to the doctors!)
But what is the purpose of these Traffic Exchange sites? Are
you building your own online business – or someone else’s? Are they only there
to lower your Alexa Rank through hours of surfing?
Another thing I found is that all websites must be in
English, but you can upload a URL to them and after it is accepted you could
change the language and re publish the page which is normally hosted on your
own site. Don’t get me wrong, I believe everyone should have the chance to make
a living online, I just don’t like clicking on English written links &
visiting a page I cannot understand.
Yet another thing – Why do people advertise a referral link
on the same Traffic exchange site? Surly you are actually preaching to the
already converted!
That’s it, I’ve got it out of my system & no longer feel
stressed or have my dander up over advertising other peoples businesses. Thanks
for your time for reading my ramblings, all the best,
P.S. The HONEST Traffic Exchange site I found is Click Voyager – plus I like
their games of Hangman & their slot machines!
Our Free Ebook Area, (don't worry - like i stated earlier - no sign-ups required)
