Traffic Exchange Scoop

Hit2Hit has turned on its surf power, which means a higher surfing ratio for all members.

Today Dan Smith of Magnify Traffic is celebrating his birthday. As his gift to you, all members today will get double the normal surfing credits! With the ratio bonuses, that adds up to an incredible ratio for all members, so take advantage and celebrate Dan’s birthday at Magnify Traffic!

Traffic-Splash has emerged as one of the top traffic exchanges on nearly everyone’s list. So it is no surprise that they just had their 18,000th member join. To celebrate the occasion, surf rewards are doubled for today. Congratulations to Traffic-Splash and we look forward for the inevitable 20,000!

Major League Hits is running its Home Run Derby today! Be one of the top 30 surfers today and you will win extra credits. But you don’t have to be a winner to win, bonus credits are also doubled for every 10 pages you surf!

Hit2Hit is still running its 6 second timer and has just turned on an extra bonus for today as well. For every 26 pages you surf, you will win 4 bonus credits for answering the verification question correctly.

Kenneth Kraakstad is running a huge promotion at all 3 of his traffic exchanges:

• Generalen Traffic Empire
• Traffic Muscles
• Traffic Giantic

The contest starts today at 8:00 P.M. EST, and ends in 5 days. Kraakstad explains the rewards in his latest e-mail newsletter:

• Credits prizes for 10 best surfers
• 2 surfers will get $20 into their account surfing more than 2000
  pages during contest.
• 1 top 10 surfer will win 6 months FREE Upgrade
• 2 Random surfers will receive 1 month FREE Upgrade.
• 4 Random surfers surfing more than 2000 pages during contest win a
  FREE Lifetime Pro Upgrade at my TextAd Exchange.
• Bonus page giving surfer 200 FREE credits
• Bonus pages with bonus impressions

During contest;

• 8 sec. timer
• As you earn credits, you also earn Bonus Points you can use to
  upgrade your account. Status shown in menu “Bonus Points”
• Surf more than 150 pages a day and get another 100 FREE credits.

There are also 2 new splash pages for the promotion and they are paying $0.50 per referral!

Blue-Surf has just hit the big milestone of 1,000 members! It experienced a significant boost in members after being ranked #17 at Traffic Hoopla. It also received significant attention surrounding it after being pronounced one of the traffic exchanges to watch for the year by Traffic Exchange Guru, Jon Olson.

Blue-Surf reached the milestone in 53 days, a difficult to accomplish in a crowded market. The user-base has been very active according to Blue-Surf owner Scott Martin, who states that 25-40% of the members are surfing approximately 25,000 pages per day.

A big congratulations to Blue-Surf, although don’t expect this to be the last congratulations you send to it this year.

For Monday and Tuesday, Hit2Hit has reduced its timer down to 6 seconds. Enjoy the change and surf for extra credits. Owner Franscisca Kruissink hints that it may last longer than that.

I’ve just learned that Traffic Heroes blocks IPs from China, and is quite proud of the fact that they have very few Chinese surfers. I understand that there is a common notion that surfers from Asian countries tend to surf tons and may have no interest whatsoever in joining other member programs. But is it fair to block out legitimate surfers because of a stereotype of their race?

“…we are getting good quality surfing and not all the
Chinese surfers that so many other exchanges have. Part of the reason
for this is I block ips from China so we do not get those members
joining or surfing.”

What if I didn’t want your business because I met someone of your nationality and didn’t like them? Is it ok to lock the good customers out there because you want to avoid the bad ones? Whatever happened to punishing the people who violate the rules, and not punishing those who have yet to do anything wrong.

I am Chinese, so maybe they should block me too. But I’ve grown up with great friends of nearly every race, and when people badmouth another race (versus just telling jokes), it always upsets me. I can understand we all have preconceived views about other races, but we should at least give them a chance to prove us wrong.

Is this a common practice among Traffic Exchanges? I sure hope not. There is no way I could support a business who feels this is right. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this and I hope this is just some big misunderstanding on my part.

eTraffic Freedom recently had their relaunch, and it was a massive success. In 16 days time, eTraffic Freedom grew 597 members, making it 2104 members total. This relaunch was unique, in that more than just a big promotion and a new website design debuted. There are some significant changes to the program that make it much stronger than it was previously. Activity has also increased significantly as a result of the influx of new members.