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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!

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!

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!

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!

Just in case you were surfing and got that Site Suspended error, like I did, calm down, it is ok!

I called the Host, and they had no idea what happened, must have just been a freak thing! I guess you could call it a server burp?

Since my host offers unlimited everything, it scared the heck out of me!

I can tell you this, a long time ago, I got that same error message at Google.com! I thought that was funny, but when it happened here, and to me, as well as the other users that sent me a message, it worried me!

I have to tell you, I love my host, HostMonster.com, when this happened, I was caller number 9 on their list, in less than a minute, I was connected with the support department, and they quickly checked everything out, assuring me there was no problem.

I am sorry if this freaked anyone else out, let me know if it happens again when I am not looking, but just remember, if it does, it’s not an issue, just refresh the page and keep on surfing!

Ok, we did it! Just as I checked the stats, it passed the 100,000 mark! That was our goal for last week, and we did it with room to spare, there are still several hours of surfing left today!

Since no one sent in a screen shot, and it was a team effort, everybody wins! I am going to post the bonus credits as soon as I finish this post!

Hey, these numbers are nothing like the big guys out there, but hey, this is only after what, 20 days, I don’t count the first day, the 7th, but look at us go!

We are getting a lot of referrals, one member here probably has gotten close to 10 sign-ups! Great job!

During a spot check, I saw one that was a referral of a referral, and they were both racking up the credits! Great work everybody!

So, what is our goal for this coming week? well, since the last week we had about 20,000 pages shown, and this week will be well over 100,000, lets set a goal of another 10 good members, and shoot for 150,000 page views! that will be what, with about 30 members now, 40 members should be able to get it done!

I am giving everybody a 1,000 credit bonus now, we make the next goal, it will be even better! So, get out your referral pages, surf like maniacs, we can get all the traffic we need! As always on Friday night, the surfbar bonuses are cranked up, so let’s get surfing!!

Thanks again for all of your hard work, if there were a surf championship, I would definitely enter this team!

P.S. Anybody that sends me a screenshot of their stats, will get a surprise bonus! Make sure to save the image with your user ID number at least so I know who you are!

Hey everybody! As I am writing this, after just checking a few stats, there is one thing I can tell you, this traffic exchange has teamwork! We have many new members, which sent about 40-50,000 bonus credits, to our referring members! Not to mention the per page viewed bonuses, right now set to .2 credits for each page view! Now is the time to join other traffic exchanges, publish your referral page, and recruit some new members!   Why that, do you ask? Simple, the fewer opportunities there are to choose from, the more likely it is that you will be the one to get the referral!

Don’t forget to bring your referral page from that traffic exchange, and add it to your list, maybe you will get a referral there too?

I have my referral page out there! So far it is on about 100 exchanges, although it is still not approved on most of those, and yes, I surf those sites regularly and have for a long time, anyway, the point being, you can get in at the ground level, and later, when it is your team members, that are generating massive credits for you and each other!

On the first level, along with the 5,000 credit bonus, every time someone you refer directly, surfs 5 pages, you get a credit, that is a .2 per page view rate, as a bonus, forever!

When that referral gets a referral, first, you get 500 credits and when that new team member surfs 10 pages, you will get a credit, and when that member, refers someone you will get 250 credits and again, every time they surf 20 pages, you will get a credit, the next one, and from there on, you will get 125 credits up front and for every 20 pages a credit! So, if, during the early days of this site, you get your referral pages out first, you will get lots and lots of free credits! I’ll put the rate list below, if that was as confusing to you as it was to me! I just reread it and got dizzy!

1. Level one Referral: 5,000 credits and for the pages they view a rate of .2 or 5:1.
2. Level two Referral: 500 credits and a .1 rate or 10:1.
3. Level three Referral:250 credits and a .05 rate or 20:1.
4. Level four through ten Referral: 125 credits and the same .05 rate or 20:1.

The point of this story is that we have some great members, working hard, long and often, thanks!

Don’t forget, send me those screenshots for the last 7 days of pages viewed on monday, and every monday from now on, and the winner will get a bonus! Don’t try and cheat please, I am watching, and will verify, looks like we’ll have a tight race this week, there are a few of you kicking butt! When you send the screen-shot, title the image with your member number and user name, not your email address.

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Ok, sorry if I made somebody mad! Obviously, I screwed up! We went from hundreds of pageviews per hour to almost none! Ok, I get it, i will change the surfbar bonuses! Hey, I surf everyday, I surf hundreds of sites, the thought that I could surf one site for like 250 pageviews, and get 5,000 credits for it, well, that would rock my world! However, nobody else seems to like the idea, and everybody went away!

This calls for a change, from this point forward, till monday sometime, I am going to fix my mistake! Lets try something like 10 pageviews for 100 credits! What do you think? No, I screwed up, so I’ll set it to 10 pages, 250 credits!

Go to the complaint department, and let me know, I have started a forum with the title, “What motivates you to surf?” There you can tell me what you want, what kind of bonuses will get you to surf? Tell me and I will make it happen!

By the way, I have no idea who these people in the picture are, but that is the look I can imagine those that didn’t like my bonuses, having on their faces! Except her, she kinda looks happy about it, buzzed maybe, but she is smiling.

Anyway, It is changed, surf your brains out!

Ok, I told you it was coming, and here it is! Friday night is like my day off, I go to a buddies house, drink a couple of brews and just hang out, talking about his tie dyes, home brewing, and general B.S.

What does that mean to you? It means, if you surf, you will be rewarded! From the time this post goes up, until Monday morning, the surfbar bonus is cranked up to 5,000 credits for viewing 250 pages!

Surfing 250 pages may sound like a lot, but with the timer set to 7 seconds, it happens fast! So, watch it closely and don’t miss it!

Now is also a great time to get your referral pages out there, the bonus for a sign-up from your referral page is 5,000 credits! And, you get 10 credits for each unique visitor, per day, to your page! I know, your sites won’t get activated on the other surf sites tonight, but they will in the future and those bonuses are good for a while yet! I know, there are those that will refer themselves just to get the credits, don’t do it, that is cheating! Cheaters will be caught and you will lose those bonus credits!

All of those that sign up after I leave the house, and surf like fiends, will also get a special bonus! When I get back home tonight, I will be activating sites, as I do everyday, so that you will get plenty of hits to your sites this weekend. Just sign-up, surf and build up your credits, lets see if we can hit the 100,000 mark, we have been on our way to doing about 15,000 sites viewed per day, over 3 days that would be about 45,000, so, 100,000 hits isnt that far off!

There is another bonus offer, but will require some work on your part, other than surfing, you will need to send me a screen-shot of your “Hits earned last 7 days:” in your members area, I know, it’s a pain, but whoever does send this in to me, will get bonus credits, and the one that has the most, will get a 25,000 credit bonus! What does that mean? Even if you miss out on the surfbar bonus, and surf like crazy, you will get rewarded for your efforts! I use ScreenHunter for my screen-shot needs, it is fast easy and you can get the free version to use, just follow the link to get yours!

Ok, now you are wondering where to send the email, well, come Monday, after all the dust has settled, I will send out an email to everyone, just reply to that email and add your screen-shot, simple enough huh? All of the screen-shots will be posted here, so get busy!

I know, the weekend is when people try to drop the bad code and redirects and such, if you sind a site doing this, report it and I will take it from there. You can either hit the link to the abuse report on the surfbar, or go the the Complaint Department and post it there, you’ll see where to go and what to do.

Ok folks, let’s get busy, I will be waiting on those winning screen-shots!

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May not look like much, but this is with 28 active sites, and maybe 10 members!

I know, this is a new traffic exchange, and you want to wait until it gets established, don’t wait too long!

For a very limited time yet, we are giving away the surfers dream! I still need a couple of FREE Founding Members, a $99 a year value, once we are established!

So, what is this Founding Member thing? That is 400,000 FREE credits total for a year, that is 100,000 credits that will post automatically to your account every 90 days! That is a 1:1.5 surf ratio, when minimized, and a 1:2 surf ratio when maximized! You can also add up to 10 URLs! Do you think that will help your site?

Yes, there are rules, and Nothing in life is totally FREE, so, here is the fine print, as a Free Founding Member, you must surf, and I mean surf regularly and often! No, you don’t have to surf 24/7, but as often as you can, for as long as you want, and don’t forget the surfbar bonuses!

As a surfer myself, yes, I surf lots of sites, so, based on my experience, I have decided that one thing that bothers me on some sites, is that you don’t know when, or if, the bonus will ever appear! There has been a few times, that I have surfed into the hundreds of page views, watching, waiting, but I never saw a bonus pop up, so, that bothers me, so I won’t ever do that to anyone else!

If you will surf at least 10 pages, you may see one, sometimes it may be 25 pages, it just depends on my mood! I promise, they are there, and if you watch the numbers, page views is what you have to watch, so, when surfing maximized and you are getting that odd number, you may have to do some math, but, it will always be in multiples of 5 pageviews and the longer in between, the bigger the bonus, which will be at least a 1:10 return, so it is worth it to watch for!

I even may post a super sized bonus on there, once we do get busier, that would be like 20, 000 credits for surfing 1000 pages, or even 10,000 credits for surfing 500 pages, hmm, what about 5,000 for viewing 250 pages? Watch here TrafficComplex.com for the info, and check the TrafficComplex .com Discussion Board too, there may be a special bonus if you post a reply in the Contests and Tips forum, look for it, you’ll see what to do.

The main way to know what is going on, is to look at the post that is on the top of the Home Page, and the Events Calendar, between the two of those and the discussion Board, you will find the answers! If you have read this post I will tell you, from now until the next post, who knows when that will be,the surbar bonus is set to 25 pages and a 250 credit bonus! That means, if you are a new member, surf minimized, and you surf 100 pages, along with your initial 3000 credits, you could have 4100 credits! Here is the biggie, until the next post, the timer will also be set to seven (7) seconds!

Now is the time to get registered and start surfing, if you are a pro surfer, like me, and you are willing to help me out around here, there is a FREE Founding Member upgrade waiting on you! All you have to do is start surfing, drop me a note using the Contact Us form, and tell me you want to help! I will tell you this, if you stop helping, after getting the upgrade, you will be reduced to a Free member once again! Also, please don’t just sign up to get the Free credits, I may activate your sites, but, if you don’t surf, they will be deactivated until you do! Sorry, but that is just my way, play as a team, your team wins, play as an individual, you have no team! So, just get surfing, and good things will happen here for everybody!