Traffic Exchange Scoop

StartXchange has changed its surfbar buttons for easier surfing. The owner, Tim Linden, has stated that the feedback he has received from the change is very positive. If you did not like the icons before, you owe it to yourself to take another look.

Fast Flipper Friday has been a massive success so far. Going with the momentum, Traffic-Splash is working with a new partner, Royal Surf, to bring you Tuesday Twosome! The concept is the same. Surf 100 pages at both traffic exchanges, and you will be entered for a chance to win a free referral! There will be 10 prizes in all, 5 at each exchange.

Hit Pirate has turned on its treasure surf for 24 hours, which means a higher surf ratio for all members.

Hit2Hit has reduced its surfing timer to 6 seconds until Saturday! This is due to being Ranked #10 at Traffic Hoopla. Take advantage and earn some extra credits if you have time!

Recently it was reported that Savvy Clicks encountered a problem with their subscriptions. The issue is now resolved. As a temporary fix, Savvy Clicks started selling 1 month upgrades. This turned out to be a popular option, so Savvy Clicks will now offer both a subscription based upgrade and the option of buying a 1 month upgrade.

Savvy Clicks has also doubled the amount of credits you can win at the bonus page!

Early this morning it was discovered that HitsConnect, a popular tracking tool, was down after some routine maintenance. The server has been fixed now and is running well again.

Traffic-Splash and Fast Easy Traffic have a great promotion running right now. Every time you refer a new member from Trafficera to one of the exchanges, they will match it and give you another referral!  That means for every referral you bring it, you actually earn two!

Of course they want you to surf today too, so you will earn double bonus credits for surfing at Traffic-Splash and Fast Easy Traffic today!

Today the bonus page at Blue-Surf is feeling generous. Normally, after 20 pages you can win 1 - 10 bonus credits. But today you can win 3 - 15 credits at the bonus page!

Please Note: Any “Solo Says” posts are mainly my opinions sprinkled in with some facts. Feel free to intelligently agree or disagree. =)

Have you noticed that recently some traffic exchanges have been reducing their surf timers as a temporary bonus for surfers? The idea sounds great, after all that means you can get more page views per hour and ultimately earn more credits. But what the people who surfed before for 15 seconds, and then learns that someone else could be watching their page for only 10 seconds. How does that make you feel?

Recently Tim Linden brought up this issue in his blog. At his suggestion, I will address my thoughts on it. The obvious problem is that this does not seem like a fair trade off, I view someone’s page for a certain period of time to earn credits, but someone else earns the same for a smaller time investment.

And what about the people who purchase credits, expecting their websites to be shown for 15 seconds, but instead it is shown for 10 seconds? Do you have a right to be upset? I think it is fair, but in the end we should look at the big picture.

The bottom line is that we desire certain results. I don’t see a problem with timers changing. I regularly surf at exchanges with surf timers ranging from 6 - 30 seconds, and the timing of the surfbars have shown no affect on the results of my advertising campaigns.

It’s not about the surf timer, the bonuses, or the theme. It is about the members. The question to ask is “who?” Who is surfing at these exchanges? When I look at Traffic-Splash, which has a 5-6 second timer, my results are typically excellent because the members are active. While comparatively, some exchanges with 15+ second timers give me very poor results.

My thoughts are that as long as the members are active and reading my pages, the length of the surfbar is irrelevant (As long as it is shown long enough for someone to read and understand it).

What does Solo say? I say I don’t care; as long my message gets in front of interested people. I also say that I completely understand if you are against this practice as well. You invest your time and money for a service to be provided. If it is not delivered the way it was promised, you have the right be upset. But for me, as long as the results continue to come, I will be there.

Dragon Surf is giving away 25 prizes for $10 and you have 48 hours to get your chance to win. The contest runs from January 27th, 6:00 P.M. EST - January 29th, 6:00 P.M. EST.

No need to summarize how to qualify since it is so short. You can find the full details at the Dragon Surf Blog.