I am not directing people directly to my site, but rather a digg on it to try to get people aware of my site. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. The 2 reasons that I am not going directly to my site are: I have google ads, and it is agianst the terms; and I want people to digg it . Please let me know what you all think of my idea and if you can offer free ways of advertisment (I have done digg, stumble upon, onlywire). Looking forward to your responces nolag.
I never liked traffic exchanges I did them in the past and it was a waste of time....BIG TIME WASTE!! There are so many other ways to send traffic to your website that will be more effective. People on traffic exchanges are doing what you do.....Clicking ads to get more credits so they can send people to there website. Why don't you write articles and send the traffic to your digg page...i guarantee that will be more effective then what you are doing now. Also you can do the samething for facebook, twitter etc If you have twitter followers then send out a tweet with the link to the digg page. I really think you are wasting your time with the traffic exchanges
Thanks for sharing! I don't use twitter, I will try fb though. I have 2 digg things, one for my site and the other for my api but not many people have dugg it yet .
Traffic exchanges usually attract very general untargeted traffic. Many people focus on the lack of results using traffic exchanges, but that is only one part of the equation. Since we know the mindset and mentality of the people clicking on ads in traffic exchanges, one thing we can do to improve our results is to increase the conversion rate. Think about it - if you're using a cookie-cutter sales or squeeze page for your traffic exchange views, chances are you are getting a very low click-through rate. One way to improve this is by testing and tweakig your sales/squeeze page; it has to be something that grabs a viewer's attention and makes them click through. You have only a very limited time to do so (usually 30 secs or less), so try to make it something that is simple and eye-catching. Above all, make sure that all the relevant information you want your viewer to take a look at is "above the fold," so that no scrolling is involved!
Traffic exchanges will get you a lot of junk traffic. These visitors are as un-targeted as you can get.
I absolutely agree. You have to tailor your site/offer to appeal to such general interest viewers, and this (in my opinion) is the only way to realistically make traffic exchanges work.
True, does anyone know where I can advertise to people who own blogs/forums? My site works for everyday pplz but those who have blogs/forums can use my API that is cool!
True, I won't bother, but I still need a way to advertise it . I don't know how to hit my market, anyone here know pplz who own a forum/blog or use tinyurl a lot? is there any way of contacting the owner of this forum (I know they are too big to take me seriously but maybe I can get lucky or they know someone)?
we did this couple of years ago and we got good traffic but our boss advice us to get traffic from organic results because that would really bring income, I guess its only advisable to those new sites.
Traffic exchanges are a different animal and need to be looked at with a different perspective than "normal" internet marketing. It is one beast to tame. It is fillied with junk and untargeted traffic. But hey, so are a lot of other programs. The trick is to learn how to effectively use them. You cannot toss a website in them and think boom, instant millions. You cannot use adsense sites either. The best sites to spin on a traffic exchange are for programs that can help build your opt-in email list. Any internet marketing tool could also be fair game. But your page must load fast, be eye catching, and have short, good, ad copy. If not, you will indeed be complaining about the ineffectiveness of traffic exchanges. Too many people think the huge amount of traffic you get should equal success. And when it doesn't, they blame the traffic exchanges. Yes, some are lousy, but there are some gems as well. Use them for what they were designed for. Stephen C
I never use traffic exchange anymore and I never will use them again, Just use sites like, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Digg, stumble upon, technorati. Forum posting is also a good way to advertise your site for free, but do not spam.