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Traffic Exchanges - Can surfing less be more?
I think the answer to the question ‘Can surfing traffic exchanges less be more?’ is yes.
My surfing patterns have changes several times over the years. I used to surf as many traffic exchanges as humanly possible for as long as humanly possible. <grin> Eventually I stopped and actually thought about what I was doing.
My surfing ratio is 0.50 - for every page I viewed
I earned half a credit.
I surfed 50 times on each exchange. My site was
viewed 25 times on each exchange.
Since I surfed 25 exchanges every time I surfed,
my sites were shown 625 times spread across 25 exchanges.
Stopping and thinking about my surfing activity for a moment, I realized ‘my way’ was not effective, nor efficient.
I changed!
Without changing my available surfing time, I started to surf only 10 traffic exchanges every day, but surfed much longer on these 10 sites. I also tracked my results.
I discovered that my results increased by only surfing a core group of traffic exchanges every day. Does that mean I only ever surf 10 traffic exchanges? No, when there is extra time, I surf other exchanges outside of this core group. If for some reason one of my core group traffic exchanges do not deliver the hits I earned, I skip it that day and substitute another traffic exchange.
Today, I have my core group of 10 exchanges. I ensure my splash/squeeze pages rotate in these exchanges 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Where does one start in choosing which traffic exchanges to use? Why not start with the ten that surfers voted as their top 10 traffic exchanges. It is a good starting point.
One should really track all of their advertising efforts to really determine which traffic exchanges work best for them. I have successfully used HitsConnect for years as my rotator and ad tracking.
Bottom line….
Surfing longer on fewer exchanges is an effective traffic exchange advertising strategy. Less is more. Establish your own core group of exchanges even if it’s only 5 or 6. It doesn’t really matter. You want your sites seen on that core group 24 hours a day. What does matter is that you track your results. Tracking is the only way to determine which traffic exchanges are best for you.
Tony,
I absolutely agree. Learning how to really use the traffic exchange sites is as equally a steep curve, too, as the entire Internet marketing online business scenario, but it is totally fun. I guess I am still in that learning curve process, probably always will be, but that’s cool, I’m okay with that. The more important thing is that the learning bit begins to pay off, and for yours truly that has meant basically finding my focus. I have seen your name quite often during the past couple of years, and it looks to me that you to have found your focus. I enjoy visiting your blog, dude. Keep up the good work; I would imagine that you are really starting to get a very decent list. Right on, right on.
Iago in Taiwan.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pmGood advice, Tony. Many thanks. Myself i’ve changed many times my surfing style and i’m not finished yet. Indeed surfing in less but good or very TEs is not only more efficient but also easier to manage them and why not to ptomote them one in each others. The problem is to choose these good TEs. There are nowadays too many and not always those which are voted are the best, in general yes, but not all of them. Maybe would be a good method to consult a few reliable rating list. Maybe in one of your blog will write about them. Anyway you’re pointed very.
Many thanks,
June 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pmErzsebet
I am still learning too .. but someday I hope to master it !!
June 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pmThanks Tony for your good advice. I’ll try to follow your way of handling traffic exchanges.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:18 pm