Traffic Complex is having a SURF PARTY! You are all invited!

traffic Traffic Complex is having a SURF PARTY! You are all invited!What is a SURF PARTY? Well, just like any party, it is a gathering of friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and even strangers, all with one goal, have a good time!

So, if you combine that with a traffic exchange, you get a gathering of people having a good time while exchanging traffic! That is why we are all here, right?

I know that now you are wondering how we can have a “good time” while surfing? With each of us in our own little world, busy multitasking or whatever they call it these days, some of you may be thinking, “we don’t all know each other”, “Oh, help me, I might have to make a friend or something”, or even worse, come on, get over it, LETS PARTY!

Here is what we are going to do, it’s easy. Starting tonight, Thursday, all the way through Monday, the surfbar bonuses are going to be set at changing intervals, with a variety of bonus credit amounts, this will keep you on your toes! However, if you pay attention, you could get a biggie!

Why am I doing this? Well, there are a few of us that already know each other, and we all work hard to surf regularly, and I even heard that some have had personal contests to see who could surf the most! Now that is what I am talking about! Since friends hang out anyway, and I want everyone here to be friends, and to help each other improve the status of their websites. I thought, “why not have a party”?

This is why we have a Discussion Board and Complaint Department, not to mention the Quick Chat section of the site, so, let’s use them! Most, if not all of you, have an Instant Messenger of some sort, so you can contact your friends, and get them to meet here, and if they are not members, they can sign up, and EVERYBODY SURFS!

Since I am almost always on-line, all-night, anyway, regardless of what time you come by, I will probably be here, except for FRIDAY NIGHT from about 4pm until about 10pm CST, that is my weekly party with a buddy, but when I leave there, I will be here, to continue the party will everybody here!

Here is where it gets good, while I am gone, the surfbar bonuses will remain steady, but when I get back, they will start changing! How will you know what is going on? Meet me at the CHAT! I will even have the CHAT page in rotation so that you can see whats going on, so keep your eyes open!

Here is a tip, when you go to the CHAT you don’t have to register, and it will automatically assign you a user number, but, you can change it if you will simply type /nick yourusernameandnumber, into the message box, then hit the send button, it will change it to whatever you put there, so, be creative, but use your member number from the surf, so that I know who you are! Here is an example, 61ButtHead, is who you want to be, so you type /nick 61ButtHead, get it? Oh,user #61 is me, so I am not calling anyone a name!

I hope to see everybody come by this weekend, and if you find no one there, just change your username, and type a simple hello, when I see that you have been there, I will add some credits to your account, just to thank you for participating!

Oh, almost forgot, I have gotten a couple of emails that the surf rotation is stopping on you, let me help you out a bit.

First off, if you have a bad Antivirus/Spyware/Adware program, you may have a bug! I use the FREE program, Spybot Search and Destroy, to check my machine every few days! When you follow this link, you will see a request for donations, just scroll down, but if you can, DONATE! Yes, I have made a donation, probably two or three times, these guys ROCK! This program even has caught things that Norton missed! If you do have something, and the Spybot finds it but can’t get rid of it, their website is full of tips! I’ll put it this way, saved my machine twice! Once, after paying a PRO to fix it but he couldn’t, I found the answer on their site!

If you ever get to looking for a new Antivirus program, this is a great one, a little more expensive maybe, but it is worth it, I got a free year through my ISP, but will soon be paying like 3 bucks a month for it.

If you are an experienced surfer, you may already know this, but maybe this will help. You need to delete your Cache, or Temp files,along with the other junk that builds up from surfing, Cache/Temp, Cookies, History. However, DO NOT DELETE your Form Data or Passwords! You may want to save your cookies too, but I delete all of that other junk every time I re-start my computer, and I do that several times a day as well! (Go to your Internet Options to do this) Why?

Every time you visit a web page, your computer basically takes a picture of it, so that the next time you visit that site again, it will load faster.What happens is, that stuff builds up and makes your computer go slower because it is busy looking to see if it already has a cache/temp file of that site, if it has a cookie from that site, and when was the last time you were there! That is a lot of extra effort, and since auto-surfing is looking at hundreds of pages, over and over, it causes a problem and brakes the rotation by taking too long to reply to the server and drops the connection to your machine! Happens to me with dial up sometimes because the dialup is slow, but I can see that happening.

You may have gotten an email from an admin at another exchange telling you that it is because of sites with zero credits, and they may be right, but I have tested TrafficComplex by creating 3 test users, adding a bunch of sites, you may notice which ones, some with credits, some without, and surfing on my regular account, just to see what happens, watching for bad sites, and so on, I can surf non-stop for hours, either with Satellite or Dial-up, so, I see no problem with zero balance sites. I can tell you this though, we can get all the credits we need here, to keep a healthy amount of credits allocated to our sites, so, zero balance shouldn’t be a problem. I hope this helps! Discuss this here!

It is Friday Night! Ok, so it is really Saturday, I just wanna say Hi!

opinionated bird It is Friday Night! Ok, so it is really Saturday, I just wanna say Hi!Ok, anybody that has read almost anything I have ever written, knows that my day off consists of a period starting about 4pm Friday until about midnight, before and after, I am here, online, doing something. Yes, during this time, I drink beer with a buddy, who makes tie dye T-shirts, and just vent about and try to forget this online world! See the picture? That is me on Friday! I try to bury my head in beer, so to speak, but………….

What usually happens is, I write and share my opinions, and believe me, I have plenty!

This is the time that I take to just kick back and do nothing, but, it almost always leads to an extended tour of duty here, telling everyone, everything I never had time to say before! So, that out of the way, here goes…..

First off, I just set the surfbar bonus to something ridiculous, like 5,000 credits every 20 pages! Who wants to bet that NO ONE but me ever even sees this? Thats ok, those that surf late, may start looking here on Friday nights, just to see if I have set up some crazy bonus! How long will I leave it? Until I wake up! If you are reading this, and you missed out, well, sorry, maybe next Friday?

The time of this post is early Saturday, so you do still have time!

If you think that I am crazy, maybe just an opinionated jerk, check out my other site, OpinionHead.com, there you will see what I really think about things!

Now that you know me a little bit better, post a comment, tell me about you! Tell me about your website, why you use a TrafficExchange, how can I help you promote your site and what TrafficComplex.com can do better! Or, to brag that you clicked that surfbar bonus and how many times!

TrafficComplex: We are growing steady, and traffic is great! Thanks Team!

trafficcomplex stats 07 17 23 TrafficComplex: We are growing steady, and traffic is great! Thanks Team!Here we go again, another week gone by and our stats are getting better! We are now up to almost 60 members and the referrals are coming in!

Yes, as is with all traffic exchanges, we have those that sign up yet do not surf. Why do they sign up? This I can’t say, but even with those members that don’t get involved, things are moving steadily forward and we have some great members on our team!

We still haven’t hit that 150K mark, but look at how close we are! 148023 sites shown! With our membership at about sixty, that comes out to around 2500 per member, per seven days! That is about 350 pageviews per member, per day! Which, with 169 sites, is just over 2 visits per site per member!

Keep up the good work team, if we keep up at this rate, we could bust that 150K mark with little trouble, again, thanks for surfing!

TrafficComplex is back, but the mystery continues!

what happened TrafficComplex is back, but the mystery continues!Many of you may have noticed that the traffic exchange was down for about 24 hours, maybe you are as curious as I am as to why this happened, and what actually happened. I have no idea!

Let me tell you what I do know. There are many scripts available out there that do many different things and most of them get encrypted so that their code can’t be copied or resold, and IonCube is one of the tools that is used to do this. Once the code has been encrypted, you have to have what is called a loader, sorta like a magic decoder ring, that enables this code to be read by the server. Now, with this explained, here is what happened.

For some reason, the server could not read the code, even though the loader was there! This site is exactly like it was before, all I did was upload the code and the same loaders back to the server, and deleted and recreated the same file that tells the server to look for this loader, but it is exactly the same as it was, so you tell me what happened!

Anyhow, with all of that out of the way, many of you have come back and surfed already, but not everybody. we of course had no traffic during that 24 hours, so our stats went to heck, but that is ok, it will get back to normal soon.

Since I am writing this now, there won’t be a Friday post, this is it, so read carefully. The timer has been turned down, but the surfbar bonuses are still the same, this seems to be working out for everyone, so watch that surfbar for bonuses and build up some credits!

New Rules: TrafficComplex is having some growing pains!

new rules New Rules: TrafficComplex is having some growing pains!This isn’t a normal Friday post, there is are a few things that I need to address now, before it gets out of hand.

As the site grows, and more new members sign up, as with any traffic exchange, there are those that register just for the bonus credits, but that does not happen here! So, if that is your intention, don’t even bother to register!

It is becoming clear that there are some rules that I need to make clear, so I am doing that now! I am an easy going kind of guy, and a fellow surfer, so I will not impose any restrictions on anyone else that I won’t follow myself, it is quite simple really, follow these rules and you won’t get bothered!

  1. Suspended sites will be deleted! Getting your site suspended is not the end of the world, but all sites that are suspended, from Monday through Friday, will be deleted over the weekend! Many times there are credits allocated to these sites, and if you don’t go to the Allocate Credits section and deduct them yourself, they will be lost! So, if you see that a site has been suspended, do this by Saturday at 01:00 Central time, that is when they will be deleted! Starting tonight!
  2. New Members Must Surf! This is a biggie, when a new member registers, they are required to view at least 100 pages to get their sites activated, but, from now on, there is a time limit! New members must surf those 100 pages within 2 days! That is more than ample time, it only takes less than an hour, so get surfing, those members that haven’t surfed the required amount, within that time limit will be deleted!
  3. All Sites Must Have Credits! This one is the easiest to follow, with the surfbar bonuses, and the way that I hand out credits, no one should ever have a problem keeping plenty of credits allocated to their sites. From now on, sites with zero (0) credits will be suspended! (See Rule #1) Being the nice guy that I am, I may add credits to a members site, if we have had a busy night or something, but sites that have no credits for a day or two, will get suspended. You can avoid this, by simply clicking the black arrow to the right of your site and placing it “On Hold”, I will not delete it.
  4. Sites that are not Allowed: If I approve a site, that later changes, and becomes a problem, or any site that violates the rules, (PTP, PTC, ADULT, NOISE, Etc.) will have a bounty on it! Yes, we need active surfers, and if you don’t feel that your site breaks the rules, submit it, if it is only marginally a violator, I will approve it, but, if it gets reported by 3 members as a problem, it will get suspended, (See Rule #1), no, this doesn’t mean that I want everybody reporting every site they see, just those that are a problem. After a site has been reported by 3 members, I will look at it, if it is a violator, I will issue bonus credits to those that reported it!
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The goal here is to have a clean, safe, and friendly site, where people new to surfing don’t have to worry about problems, I know, many of you have sites in rotation now that are “marginal violators”, if you are an active surfer, and maybe the site is legit, I will leave it up to my fellow surfers to decide. This traffic exchange is for everybody, and can be a great community if we all work together, but, it is not entirely a democracy, I have the final say, but everyones input is very important to me, and shapes my decisions, so if you have any issues with these rules, questions, comments or suggestions, please reply to this post below by leaving a comment. This post is going to be referred to elsewhere to help everyone understand and participate. Thanks for being a Team Player, that is what this site is all about, so, participate!

Why am I surfing? What can a traffic exchange do for me?

signsjpeg4 Why am I surfing? What can a traffic exchange do for me?Why are we surfing? This is a great question, that I am sure everyone has thought about at some time, or at least should think about, because dedicating your time to surfing is a serious commitment.

For many surfers, the reason is simple, to get people to see your site. Ok, this is true, people do see your site, but what if you have a business that has a website, but does not recruit or sell products online? What could this do for you? How can someone, in another country, do your website any good?

To begin with, many people have this “Get Rich Quick” mentality when it comes to the Internet, but, I am sorry, it won’t happen! Yes, they sign up for affiliate sites, all promising riches, pay in the 10 bucks or whatever, work like fiends promoting the site, but nothing happens, why?

If someone walked up and told you, the same line as these sites, or that the SPAMMERS do in an email, with some lawyer in a country not known for being wealthy, needing help to send money? Come on, wire transfers work anywhere that they have banks! If they were really legit, wouldn’t everyone already be rich? Most of this stuff is so obvious, but why do they do it? What does this have to do with surfing?

Ok, I will tie this all together. That group, looking for quick money, are like fisherman, get a line in the water and maybe something or somebody will bite! The possibility of EASY MONEY sounds great, doesn’t it? The truth is, there are a lot of suckers out there that fall for it! Just like a fish biting a fake worm! So, watch out, these sites are the biggest problem on any traffic exchange, but, they don’t realize that they have been duped until it is too late. As hard as they work, they don’t realize that if it is not your domain, registered in your name, selling a legit product and not just a fantasy, then it is somebody else that gets paid, not you!

For those looking to promote any website, traffic is the key that unlocks the potential for your site.

SEO, Search Engine Optimization, is the most important of all, and is actually a simple thing, make sure that your images have titles, and that you have original content on your website, hmm, original, what does that mean? If you have an affiliate site, that looks just like everybody else’s, it is not original content. I don’t mean the template, I mean the text, written by you on your website, that describes what your site is about, that is where the keywords come in. If you have a site that sells dog food, you don’t have a bunch of content about unrelated things, like fishing, unless the dog food is good for feeding fish or something.

Ok, I’ll stop rambling. The way that a traffic exchange helps, other than just showing your site to lots of people, is once you have your site picked up by the search engines, your keywords about dog food and fishing are plentiful, what separates your site from the others about dog food? Traffic! The more visitors to your site, the more important it is! Thus, a higher page rank, which means that someone looking for tips on using dog food to feed fish can find your site easier.

(If you find any site in the rotation that you believe are a scam, report it at the Complaint Department, My policies are clear about these sites, I will let all of you be the judge, if these sites don’t bother you, they don’t bother me, I know who they are, but if they are active surfers, that is all that matters, and if you see a post that I have written, and you don’t agree with it, post a comment and say so. This site is here for surfers and I will do my best to keep out the bad code and such, but complaining about bad sites s up to you!)

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July!Friday gets here quick, doesn’t it? Well, this is also a Holiday, that makes this Friday even more special! This weekend, we have many of our members away for the Holiday so traffic is moving a bit slow. This requires something special for the rest of us who are here!

Every new member, that surfs, will get an extra bonus, and every old member that I find surfing from now through the weekend will also get a bonus! So, get busy, the more you surf the more likelly it will be that I can find you!

Have a great weekend, and Happy Birthday America!