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   2/14/09

   needcom

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      2/14/09

      ishansharma001

      Actually, I did not mean traffic exchanges, I meant traffic exchange sites that send traffic to your blog.
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      2/14/09

      ishansharma001

      They send traffic for credits.
      
      I will not exchange link.
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   5/30/09

   MarMatthias

   Hello,
   
   Yes, my own traffic sharing program at:
   
   matthiaschronicles.tanaya.net/AFTR/
   
   Its simple, free, and no gimmicks. It isn't a credit based system and I publish the members list openly, so there's no questions about the type of content. You can see everything before joining. Feel free to take a look.

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      5/30/09

      Kowgirl

      MarMatthias I joined up at your site.
      Looks pretty promising. Put the widget on the upper right.
      Is this where it should be?
      While glancing over the content I noticed a typo
      or a common mistake some writers make.
      I think you mean "than" not "then" in this sentence.
      I have received more traffic then I would receive in a month from the typical social networking places...
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      5/30/09

      MarMatthias

      Thank you. I sent you a message. As to my typos, that's about right for me...
      
      I have no restrictions on widget placement... I try to stay realistic and practical.
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   5/30/09

   timethief

   Do you use Traffic Exchange Website?
   
   No. I value only organic traffic. I don't desire a flood of "hits" that create a high bounce rate and don't translate into readers and subscribers.
   
   Do I do individual link exchanges with bloggers who have related blogs?
   
   By and large my answer is "no". I have make a few exceptions for individual bloggers only, but given the Google algorithm and the determination of PageRank it' obvious that doing so is not beneficial. In fact, keeping a blogroll at all is rapidly becoming passe'. What really counts is non-reciprocal one way backlinks from authoritative sites. Therefore, that's what I'm focused on.

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      5/30/09

      MarMatthias

      Passive exchanges, like AFTR, work the same way as there is no incentive to click. Its a good way to draw traffic without the negative flood of "junk visitors".
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   5/30/09

   GabrielGadfly

   Traffic exchanges are a waste of time. If someone is looking at your site only so you'll look at theirs, then they aren't actually interested in your content.

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   5/30/09

   Nichetraffic

   Nope. No point in going after traffic exchange traffic when you can get search engine traffic

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   5/30/09

   Kowgirl

   I tried a few then when my traffic didn't increase but by a few hundred a month I stopped using them. Too much time and energy wasted clicking and viewing websites that were of no interest to me. I have found that posting in forums that are in my niche and using my signature gets more visitors than exchange sites.

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