Traffic Exchanges - Effective or Not? What are you using them for?

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Permalink Reply by Rob Wilson on February 22, 2009 at 4:01am

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I am not sure whether the traffic exchange system is sufficiently efficient. Over the past two weeks I spent dozens of hours surfing in such systems. Movement to be quite significant. But virtually no effect. No one even clicked on the ads Google AdWords. Do you have other experience? I must say that the greater the effect obtained through the Google AdWords advertising

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Permalink Reply by Rob Wilson on February 22, 2009 at 4:06am

Hi, I moved this comment over, because it really belonged here.

Google AdWords does not work with the traffic exchanges. I have heard they don't count those and can ban your account. Some traffic exchanges won't let you submit a page with the AdWords on them, others leave it up to you to monitor. Be sure and verify that the pages you are advertising on a traffic exchange are okay with Google AdWords so as not to jeopardize your account there.

As far as effectiveness goes, I think it depends on what exchanges you are using, what you are advertising and how you are advertising it. And it is definitely true that it takes quite a bit of persistence with traffic exchanges. Splash pages are probably the most effective because the visitors can grab the information quickly. Also, if someone clicks on the splash page and it opens up to a new window and that is where your Google Adwords are, that ought to be fine and protect your account.

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Permalink Reply by Terrence Neraasen on February 24, 2009 at 7:26pm

I have had very little response from Safelists or Traffic Exchange Advertising. I'm told Solo Ads are most effective with the Safelists but that the goal with those should be to send folks to a Capture page to build your list. People have to get to know you before they will respond to any offers you may have. It's all about relationships I think. Traffic Exchanges are time consuming but consistency and persistence are keys as with any goal.

Terrence
www.thewellnesshomesgroup.com
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Permalink Reply by JustBecause on March 18, 2009 at 8:24pm

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Permalink Reply by James Max on March 19, 2009 at 2:36pm

This debate on the pros and cons of Traffic Exchange has been around forever, it seems.

Traffic Exchange, like all Free Traffic is like working for food and shelter - it's a survival tactics until you get a solid footing on the 'Net. If you could get rich using free traffic, you could put Google out of business

Look at it has a learning curve. You trade your time or money for visitors while you learn the fundamentals of what works.

Here's a very informative piece on the subject

"Traffic Exchanges Are a Waste of Time"
By Dan Moses

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