A lot of people discount traffic exchanges as a viable traffic source mainly out of confusion as to which traffic exchanges are actually able to deliver quality traffic. Reason for the confusion is due to the long list of "auto" surfs and "paid" surfs running rampant online. Truth is they out number the good manual exchanges and over shadow them. Another reason is lack of education as far as how to actually use a proper "manual" traffic exchange to it's full potential. The following pdf file was written by the author of the Nettle,a highly regarded traffic how to newsletter, that walks you through some of the steps of joining and using a traffic exchange, things to look out for that show signs of a legit traffic delivery system, and tools associated with taking your results from traffic exchanges even further. I hope you enjoy, this is a great read and a good learning lesson: http://www.thenettle2.com/herewego/trafficprox.pdf Best Regards,