The Ramblings of a Moaning Online Old Git!

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,

Tiny, (ossface.co)

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)

Making Money with Articles: Picking Articles for Your Niche Site.

Pick the articles for your niche sites very carefully to ensure that you are able to successfully get traffic and gain profit from these sites. If you are going to try and utilize free website content articles, then it may be difficult for you to find ones that have your exact keywords, so you may have to either make revisions to the articles (which may not be allowed on some free articles) or base your keywords on the articles that you find (which could leave you with very competitive keywords that would take a lot of time or money to attain a high ranking for). If you are going to buy content, make sure that you let the writer know what your niche keywords are and what your specific your preferred keyword density and placement are. Remember, the wrong articles can leave you with little traffic and very low search engine rankings if they do not fit in properly with either your niche or with keywords that are easy to attain high rankings for.

Google Adsense: Why it is Important to Get Approved for the Program and the Advantages of Not Getting Your Own Blog Site.

Why Do I Have to Get Approved for the Google Adsense Program?

It’s not really about you.  Google has standards to which they adhere and there are certain sites that they don’t want their advertiser’s ads on.  Check the Program Policies for an exhaustive list of what kind of content sites are not acceptable.  For the most part, they do not allow ads to be placed on any site that has excessive profanity.  This is probably the hardest one to decipher as the word “excessive” could mean one thing to a publisher and another thing altogether to the Google Adsense program.  To be on the safe side, if you notice more than a couple instances of profanity on a site you are considering using for the Google Adsense program, you might want to consider another site.
Sites that contain ads for beer, liquor or tobacco products are not allowed to participate in the Google Adsense program.

Sites that promote hate or racist attitudes are not allowed to participate in the Google Adsense program.

If the site you are considering promotes gambling, drugs, even prescription drugs then it is not suitable for the Google Adsense program.

A good guideline to go by might be if a site is family oriented. That may not cover everything but it’s a starting place.  Again, check the Program Policies for more information.

Why You Should Not Pay for Your Own Blog Site.

If you already have a website that showcases your wares or you’ve been thinking about getting one, that’s great.  Since you’re working on building a business anyway, you can only profit more by implementing Google Adsense on your site.  As long as it conforms to Google Adsense Program Policies of course.
If, however, blogging is your interest, I say stick with the most popular blogging site you know.  Or even two or three of them.  Why?  Traffic.  Lots of it.  Blogging on an already populated site versus dreaming up your own blog site is like the difference between 5:00 traffic in New York City and an old dusty country road.  Not only do the owners of writingup.com, bloggerparty.com and others like it bring in the traffic, they even help you make money when you bring in more traffic.
Remember what they say in real estate: location, location, location.

Making Money with Articles: Picking Articles for Your Niche Site

Pick the articles for your niche sites very carefully to ensure that you are able to successfully get traffic and gain profit from these sites. If you are going to try and utilize free website content articles, then it may be difficult for you to find ones that have your exact keywords, so you may have to either make revisions to the articles (which may not be allowed on some free articles) or base your keywords on the articles that you find (which could leave you with very competitive keywords that would take a lot of time or money to attain a high ranking for). If you are going to buy content, make sure that you let the writer know what your niche keywords are and what your specific your preferred keyword density and placement are. Remember, the wrong articles can leave you with little traffic and very low search engine rankings if they do not fit in properly with either your niche or with keywords that are easy to attain high rankings for.