TrafficComplex.com

Many of our members are hard workers and surf very regularly, that is why this traffic exchange is one of the exchanges that are growing, and not shrinking in our traffic output.

Unfortunately, there are many, that just sign up with as many traffic exchanges as they can, they get the sign-up bonus, surf the minimum, and then go away, never to return! For those that do this, we will miss you, but, unless a member is productive, in some way, either referring others, or surfing on a regular basis, it does not do the rest of us any good anyway, right?

If you received the email, with a link to this post, you still have time, just log in and surf a few sites, that will give you a fresh start, and let me know who is serious.

Everyone here that has read my posts, knows that I hate Rules, but, rules are necessary, and any rule that I have put into effect, or ever will, are simple to follow, and are to the benefit of everyone, after all, we are a team here, and a team needs a coach, right? Since I try to get input from all of you, before I make any changes, you will find a new Poll on the Sidebar, in addition to the one about the Surf Timer, you will find one about “Inactivity”, as of now, I have the Inactive list set at 6 months, I believe that if someone goes away for 6 months, odds are, they are not coming back!

Believe me, I do not want to Delete anybody! However, it is something that I have to do! I used to try and surf close to 300 different exchange sites, I was surfing like a fiend, 24  hours a day, seven days a week! Even with this effort, I was not able to surf every site as much as I needed to, so, I thinned out my list and have cut it down considerably, and with my duties here growing, I am still not as active as I use to be, so, my point is, I understand that many of our teammates also surf a lot of different sites therefore are not here as regular as those that only surf a few sites, however, most of these members are also referring tons of new members. Using myself as an example, I am more lenient than many other admins, because I do understand how it is.

Those that either surf a lot, or refer a lot, get away with more than the rest, you know who you are, and of course the upgraded members, you really have it made!

Anyway, back to the point, the new poll will tell me what you think, and I will act upon this accordingly. As I said before, any member that Does Not sign in and surf, at least once every six months, will lose their account, regardless of credits in the account! Believe me, if a member has not logged in, for 6 months, their sites have no assigned credits left! It doesn’t take but a few minutes to log in and surf a few sites, this is what I do on those sites where I still surf, some are once a week, others every two weeks, but the ones that I surf the least, I am there at least every 3 months, so, tell me what you think, post a comment here and vote in the poll, I need your input on this! Thanks!

I am sure that you all have someplace special to go celebrate, so, how about stopping by and Surfing a bit before you go? Maybe you are having a New Years Party of your own at home? That is what I will be doing, having my own party, right here with you, I will be Surfin’!

If you are going out to a party, be safe, do not drink and drive, the police will be looking for you if you do! Even if you have a designated driver or you don’t drink, there will be plenty of drunks on the road, so, be careful! That is why I will be here, New Years Eve is what I call amateur eve! Those that drink regularly and still drive have experience, but New Years brings out the rookies! Just be careful, whatever you do, but have fun!

For those that are here Surfing, the surfbar bonuses, and timer will be set to give you a lot of bonus traffic! Hey, I will be here sucking down a few brews, and the more beer I drink the crazier I get, so, the midnight hour could bring a bunch of free credits, if you watch the surfbar! Oh, midnight for the server this site is on, is actually 1am Central time, but, midnight whereever you are could bring a big bonus, so keep watching!

For those that don’t know, you have to click the link to get the credits! If you use firefox, the link is underlined, for explorer users it is not. Once you find it, it is easy, the message pops up, tells you how many and so on, the link you have to click is where it says Add them to your account! See the picture below.

Here is a little tip, if you are surfing, and the timer slows down from say 5 seconds to 10, or 15, or whatever, I am changing that timer, to allow you more time to click the link, I don’t want anybody to spill their drink trying to click it! Anyway, have fun everybody, hope to see you here!

Have you ever gotten bored, surfing? Hey, I have! I get so bored that I almost quit! I have to admit, surfing is about as boring as it gets!

During this time of year, it gets even worse, as we all try to get those last few days of sunshine before winter totally takes over, but, now is the best time to get your site and surf account established! Why? Because, once winter does get going and dominates our lives, we will all be forced indoors looking for something to do!

Ok, I am in Texas, but I have been watching for years, and once it gets cold, people stay in and surf! Yes, in Texas, winter is about two weeks long and starts in January, maybe, but everywhere else, it gets too cold to, hang out at the lake, or play in your yard, and everyone goes online and looks for ways to promote the websites that give them something to do in the winter! My point being, if you have a website, and want to get it going, now is the time to start promoting it!

Traffic increases do not show results immediately, it takes steady, consistant, and at least monthly increases to improve your status! So, get busy! Signing up here, and surfing, will get you more traffic to your site! However, signing up here, or anywhere else, and not surfing, will get you no where! I know for sure that if you sign up at TrafficComplex.com, and do not surf, your account WILL BE DELETED!

Many want to sign up and get the FREE 3000 Bonus Credits and then disappear, this will not happen here! I can assure you of this! Every new member must surf at least 100 sites, just to get their sites activated! The next step is steady regular surfing, and if you don’t surf, your sites WILL NOT BE SEEN! So, come on, if you take the time to sign up, SURF!

We have a great site going here, regular members that surf, new membersthat surf, and steady traffic to all of our sites, so, lets have a great winter, and surf!

I am sure that I am not alone in this, but I hate Rules! I am the kind of person that just tries to do what is right, without having to follow any stupid, stinkin’ rule! Unfortunately, there are those that will not do what is right, even if there is a Rule!

I am sure that you have noticed that I have been sending out a weekly email titled: New User Weekly Update (Read This)

What this is all about is pretty simple, new members not following the RULES! I hate having to send this email, it is a pain in the butt to have to be like a Daddy telling the kid what to do!

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!

That is what was written previously as the Rule about new members not surfing, but this “2 Day” requirement is too hard for me to keep up with, so, I am changing it to this. Every Tuesday I will send out the above mentioned email warning new members that they must surf the required 100 pages or their account will be DELETED in about 24 hours if they do not surf.

Hey, I am a nice guy, this site is here to help everybody, I don’t want to delete or suspend any sites or accounts, but I have to, it would be unfair to the members that do surf if I just activated everything! Most of our new members do surf at least the required 100 pages, but every week I have about 3 or 4 that don’t, and most of those register over the weekend, usually Friday night for some reason, then never come back!

I send out a welcome email, most of the time, and warn them at that point, and most do come back and surf, but, those few that don’t clutter up my control panel and make it a pain in the ass to even look at the other new sites, so, every Tuesday afternoon or night, I will be sending this “Last Chance” email, then after 10pm, central time, on Wednesday night, these “Inactive” members, will lose their account. I am sorry to have to do this, but that is the way it is, if you want to be a member here, Welcome to the Team! Just like any team, there are always those that get cut, it is not personal, it is just for the good of the team!

If you wonder what the rules are, the main rules are everywhere, like on the Registration and Login pages, but here is a link to the Blog Posts about the Rules, check it out, and if you have any suggestions or comments, write them, I value your input.

The records are being broken, this screen-shot is from a few days ago but is a good representation of what is going on here! We are staying pretty consistent, Great Job!

As I promised, I sent out a bonus to everyone for a job well done! The actual high water mark is 314,186 Sites Shown, so, where can we go from here? Well, I imagine after all of this effort dedicated to TrafficComplex, many of you may need to focus on your other traffic exchanges so we could have a bit of a slow-down, but I hope not!

The next goal is 350,000, that is an extra 35,874 or just over 5000 a day more to get there. Those of you that are super-surfers, great job, but pretty much everybody pitched in, those of you that didn’t, you know who you are. Just imagine, if ALL of us surf the way that many have, that 350K hits will be easy, so, come on everybody, log in, allocate credits, and surf! We can do it!

I noticed a few days ago that traffic has gone up, way up! Now is the time for everybody to come surf and we will hit a new milestone!

The sky is the limit, and we have set off a nuclear blast of traffic! If you are a member and have not allocated credits to your site, you are missing out!

Traffic has more than quadrupled in the last few days and if we all keep working, we will set a new record!

The picture at left should help explain it, but if you are not a member, then you are missing it! Sign-up, surf and get traffic!

For a very limited time, I am increasing the bonuses, like through the weekend, sign up, refer, and go nuts!

Yeah, I am crazy, just looked at the stats and went nuts! ALL BONUSES are up, from now until I sober up, probably Monday, new members will get a special sign up bonus, AFTER surfing 100 pages, until that, your sites will not be activated and you will not see the credits! If you surf 100 pages, you will get the regular 3000 credit bonus, BUT, if you surf 200 pages after signing up, I will slap you with 5000 credits!

NEW MEMBERS THAT DO NOT SURF, WILL NOT BEACTIVATED!

For our current Team members that get referrals during this time, that also surf, there will be a special bonus for you too! NO CHEATING, I am watching!

Now is the time, get surfin’ get referrin’ and lets all get more traffic!

Members get an e-mail, if you want to be notified with the post, just subscribe by e-mail, it isn’t as  fast, but FEEDBURNER is a lot prettier!

I am sorry, I owe everybody a huge apology! Now, at this time I am going to confess! If you are here, or anywhere else surfing, looking at sites that could never interest you with the get rich quick or other scams, you are wasting your time!

If you believe that some magic something will happen, just by investing hour upon hour surfing sites that you have absolutely no interest in, will somehow make you rich, or even an income of a buck or two, you are mistaken!

If you read through this site, you will find many posts that say the same thing, but this one is directed to the newbies! If you are a new “webmaster” and have just published your first website and are looking to get rich from the internet, it won’t happen! If you have a website and just want to get more visitors, this is the place for you!

What makes it worthwhile? Several things can make surfing a good thing for your website, if you have a ‘New’ idea, maybe someone will want to get involved, If you have that “magic” plan, maybe you will get a customer, if you are just here to harvest email addresses for some scam, maybe you will get lucky, I hope not, that is why i write this stuff!

Traffic Exchanges are a wonderful thing, just like email, but there are, and always will be those that use it for the wrong purpose! I like to think that only kids do the dirty stuff, but that is not true, it is the “pro’s’ the ones that know their way around the Internet, like me. I could be one of those snakes, but I wont! That is why I write these things to warn people, even those that are in the middle of being deceived! I hope that by offering the truth, someone will read it and not waste that “buck or two” to find out! I hope that those that have already wasted that “buck or two” and are promoting the junk I am talking about, will also post here and help me!

So, why are we surfing? To get people to look at our websites! Maybe, if you have a legit website, it will help you, and help those looking for what you offer to find you! Other than that, I hope and pray, that those with the bogus stuff, will not find a victim here! If you are new, before you sign up and surf, read and find out what this site can or cannot do for you! I also hope that those that have been,…..confused…..and sign up for that stuff, will tell others about what happened to them!

Hey, I did it, i signed up, paid, worked my butt off, for years! That is why I am running this site! I feel it my duty to help others to avoid the scams! Hey, if you got suckered, don’t be ashamed, it happens to a lot of us, otherwise that crap would go away! That is the problem with the Internet, too many people that just don’t know! Please, if you are a victim, like me, post a comment here and help someone, it really will make you feel better!

Come on, help me help others, BEFORE they get suckered!

Recently there has been a lot of new members trying to get sites with auto-play sounds approved, but, sorry, that will not happen if I can help it.

What I define as “Auto-Sound” is quite simple, it is any sound, from anything, that automatically starts when you visit the website. If the site has a “Click here to listen” option, that is ok, but not anything automatic!

First, you may wonder why these sites have sound, that is simple, it is kind of like when you are watching TV and then the commercials come on, louder than the show you were watching! It is to get your attention and make you look at the site!

Second, you ask why these sites with “Auto” sound are not allowed, this is because NOBODY wants to hear it! Most surfers are trying to surf, and don’t want to be bothered! Imagine, you are surfing at night, while sleeping, then some site pops up with a blaring announcement, or cha-ching cash register sound, or worse, and it wakes you, or your family up! I heard one on another site the other day while surfing and it was a very loud ‘HEY WAKE UP” along with some sort of sales pitch for a get rich quick site!

Most people that have ever had this happen know exactly what I mean! It is an unneccesary noise! For those of you that want to add one of these sites, there are many traffic exchanges out there that allow it, I WILL NOT! All that happens is that it makes others mad, not to mention me! If you have a traffic exchange that allows these sounds, post the info in a comment so these people can find you. Just know, that when I get slapped in the head with such noise, I stop surfing, even during the day, I don’t want to hear it and neither does anyone else!

I have never seen a site using this tactic that was worth listening to anyway, I am here to surf and get traffic, not to hear some sales pitch! So, turn the sound off, or make it an option for those that may be interested, or DO NOT SUBMIT IT HERE! If one slips through, usually by adding the sound to a site after it has been approved, please submit an abuse report, or make a note of which site it was, which browser you are using, and email me, or use the contact form, and I WILL SUSPEND THAT SITE! Sorry, don’t want to upset anybody, but that rule is not flexible!

Everyday, there are more and more newbies hitting the web, and what do they find? Well, to begin with, confusion, then awareness, then confidence, then frustration, and then, one either quits or keeps going, like I did!

When we all came to this place, the World Wide Web, we all had our own thoughts and ideas of where we were and what we would find, but, yes, there is that word, but, we soon find out that things are not what we thought they would be, they are worse! You know what I mean!

Anyone that comes to this understanding must make a decision, either quit, or get busy!

What do I mean? Think back to when you believed everything you read, like the “get rich quick”, “join this club”, “our community is better”, and nobody but me will ever know about those pics! Do you remember now? I hope so, if not, maybe you are now a newbie? Thats ok, reading this will save you some time, a lot of time in some cases.

The first thing that happens is that you learn what Google is, and you start searching, learning, and find that there is no one but you that has that idea! Then, you get a FREE website somewhere, which usually has more ads on it than a TV station, then, you make that decision, I am going to build my own site! Now what?

As soon as you register a new Domain, there is a searchbot that finds it, finds that new email address, your phone number, your home address, your kids names, how many pets you have, how often you and your ……. get the point? Believe me, I get over 10,000 SPAM emails a week! Sometimes it is more like a million! Yeah. it takes me like an hour to check my email! This happens like 3 times a day! Get my point?

How do you avoid this? You can’t, you will get SPAMMED, but, you can limit it! If you register a new domain, make sure that you check that little box to keep your info private, and NEVER EVER publish your email address!,  if you don’t, you will be like me! I had 3 or 4 domain names, all public, because I didn’t want to pay Yahoo that extra money, like a buck or two, whatever it was back then, and of course I re-registered a year later and so on! After like 5 years, it was too late! If you get to where I am, all you can do is get rid of the domain, or pay extra for SPAM protection, that doesn’t work right! Yeah, the really good stuff works! BUT! It works too good, it will make you miss that sale you have been waiting on! Imagine, everypossibleword@ your website.com, gets picked up by a SPAMBOT and that is all she wrote! Forever, you will get SPAM!

Anyone reading this that knows me, knows that I ramble a bit, I get off on these bunny trails and…………see my point, anyway, if you do read what I write, and suffer through to the end, you may learn something, I love to share.

To an Internet Newbie:

If you are brand new, like just started that Vista Machine, or that Mac that is supposed to do everything, right out of the box, you should read this! Either that or turn the thing off and NEVER turn it on again!

1. They LIED to you, all computers have one major problem, the operator! That and the other BS that convinced you to buy that particular machine, yes, it is a piece of JUNK, they all are, about 5 minutes after you buy it! Why, because the next model is already out, it is now the newest best thing, for about 5 minutes, get my point? Oh, Macs still need software to do anything but check your e-mail!
2. Now that you are surfing, you start seeing all of these special offers that are ONLY AVAILABLE TO YOU! You get that first SPAM, and no, she won’t really send you her pics! NO they can’t REALLY make it bigger, and no, you are not a winner of some contest you never enterred and you ARE NOT just some lucky person selected by some poor unfortunate millionaire in AFRICA! Here is the tip: If you get an email from anyone that isn’t replying to your email, or a friend that you are expacting an email from, maybe a business you deal with, mark it as SPAM! Trust me, it will save you time! Oh, and NEVER EVER open an attachment! I don’t care what kind of AntiVirus Program you have, if you open that attachement, you will get something that Ajax won’t wash off! Trust me!
3. The next hurdle is something that we all do to ourselves, we think we are special! All of us want to get rich and fall for the SCAMS, been there done that, like almost two decades ago, when it was new! “Just pay me a dollar and you will get Rich!” I think that was the one that got me, it wasn’t worded that way, but you get my point. If somebody tells you that they will give you a FREE website that will make you rich, don’t believe it, it CAN NOT HAPPEN! You will work your butt off and never ever sell anything, and don’t buy it yourself either, WALMART is cheaper, get my point?
4. Once you get beyond these things, there is another biggie, and I mean a BIGGIE! That first Domain is a pain! When you get it, you think that the whole world is going to come running to see it! You think that the whole world wants to buy what you have because they never ever saw it before, hmm, see the pattern?

Ok, anybody with more than a minute on the web has learned about this stuff, right? No, if you join this traffic exchange, you will find plenty of examples of what I am talking about, if you surf that is. There is so much of this kind of junk, many that want to just harvest your e-mail address, or con you out of a dollar or two, but maybe even worse! I do my best to watch this site, I surf, like everyone else, but I have the best Virus/Spyware/Adware/Pop-Up etc protection and if I get a warning, that site is gone, but, you will find links here to other traffic exchanges, many of which could possibly have an issue or two! No, it isn’t that they do it on purpose, it just haopens! Once a site is approved, the bad guys add some bad code to that site! Yes, it happens, and yes, that FREE site you have may be the one!

Why would anyone give you a share of their millions for FREE? Think about it, they want something from you, and definitely not just your friendship! When you get a FREE website, what have you done? All that you did was add a page or two to somebody elses website! If that domain name is not registerred to you, guess what, IT IS NOT YOURS!

Now that you have made the progression, have a real website, and know that the other stuff marked as FREE isn’t, welcome to this website!

The next step is to promote that new website, is it easy? NO, it is exacltly the same as any other business, you need visibility! If you open a shoe store on Main street, that is one thing, somebody will walk by, sometime, but you still need ads or no one will know it is there but you! Your website is no different, or is it?

Main street doesn’t have Google, unless they also have a website! Things have changed a lot over the years, and the biggest change is what is called Web 2.0 or, the New Internet, I have heard it called a lot of things! Many are not nice, but that is because they don’t know that Web 2.0 makes all of our lives better! Even Google!

What am I talking about? Well, do you know what an RSS Feed is? Look at the top of this age, in the address bar, see that little orange box with the funny pattern on it? If you see that, you don’t need to visit the site anymore, if you have a Feed Reader, or use Yahoo or Googles services, keep looking you will find it!

Now that you know about 2.0, how does it help you? Well, the first thing is speed, the speed at which the search engines find your website! Once Google has your site indexed, maybe a month or two, as soon as you publish a new page, it is crawled by their bots, I mean within seconds, maybe even faster! The old plain jane HTML sites, it may take 6 months for the same thing to happen!

Anyway, other than the automatic stuff, what can you do? First, be patient, sit back, drink a cold one, and start surfing!

If you join a surf-site, like this one, make sure that you do it for the right reasons, otherwise you may be wasting your time!

What can a surf-site, either auto or manual surf, do for you? Well, the first thing is to get people to look at it! That is why you will always find that “Get Rich Quick” crap on all traffic exchanges, but trust me, ALL OF IT is garbage! Why do you need visitors to your website? Simple, the more visitors, and the longer they stay, and the more pages they look at, the more important your website must be!

Yes, a traffic exchange puts you in front of new people, people like me, that have seen it all and know the truth, people like you and I both were, new, that fall for the crap, but other than that, what does it do for you? As I said above, more visitors means more important, more important to the only thing on the Internet that matters, the Search Engines!

If you have a new website, and I mean a “REAL” website, then you need to know that GOOGLE is like a god, (little g) make Google happy, and guess what, people will find your website when they do a search! Yahoo and the others, even MSN, all use Google like tactics, but Google is the best! What is the difference? Google has a three month cycle that updates monthly! Trust me, sounds funny, but it is true. The others, well, lets just say that they follow, and have their own criteria as to what is important, that is why you may get listed on one, but not the others, but remember, Google is the biggie!

Ok, all of that out of the way, there is one more thing, I saved it for last because it involves all of the above, the basics.

If you have ever done a search on Google, or anywhere else for that matter, you will notice the “Sponsored” listings, or ads, and yes, you can buy these! BUT, do not fall for the ads that try to sell you the TOP LISTING ON PAGE ONE, that is the worst SPAM of all, it attacks the more advanced webmasters! I get emails al the time with people asking me about this trash! Hey, if you want, you can pay me, and I WILL GUARANTEE a TOP SPOT ON GOOGLE! Or, you can do it yourself! Yeah, will take a little time to learn, but you can do it and not pay anybody but Google! Do Not fall for that one! They will charge you about 100 times what you can do it yourself for! But, if you really just wanna pay somebody, I’ll do it for you!

The truth of the matter is this, it is all about keywords, when you do a search, and type in website promotion, as an example, there is no telling what you will find, click that link and take a peek. What ever you sell on your site, like widgets, click that one and look, the words that describe you or your products and website are keywords, DO NOT FALL FOR THOSE ADS that want to sell you the top spots! Sign up with Google AdWords and do it yourself, it is much, much, much cheaper, and if you keep it simple, it will be simple!

Let’s just use the keywords, traffic exchange, as an example, I use FireFox 3 with adblockers, like ABP, as most experienced people do, so, if you pay Google for an ad, I will never see it, those annoying ads never even appear on my browser! Anyway, many people still use IE7 or with Vista IE8 or other browsers that these ads will stil show up on! If you want to buy an ad, it can cost you from ten cents a click and up, mostly up, and sorry, it is not worth it unless you are a major retailer, just do a little SEO and save your money, people will find you!

So, what is the moral of the story? That is simple, I can sum it up in one word, STUDY! Don’t pay anyone to do that for you, unless it’s me, just be patient, build your site, come here and get some traffic, and study! Whatever you want to learn about, type that keyword at Google.com, and read! After you have read a few hundred pages, you will see the patterns, just be careful and have fun! If you have questions, post it here in a comment, and I promise, I will tell you the truth, and, I won’t charge you for it!

The reason we are all here surfing is to increase traffic to our websites, right? There is one thing that many people may not know, but here it is.

Yes, more traffic is a good thing, but which traffic is better, fast or slow? Fast being visitors that stay on your site for only a few seconds, slow being visitors that stay longer. Which one is best?

Well, if you are looking for statistics that show a lot of visitors, then it really doesn’t matter, but, if you want Google and the other search engines to really respect you, you need both!

Quantity is important, but as usual, quality is always better. As an example, if a person visits your site 6 times, but for only 5 seconds each visit, it makes your site look less important than if that same person visited only once, but for 30 seconds or longer.

There are many hundreds of traffic exchanges out there, all with varied timers, some as fast as 3 seconds, some as slow as a minute, and then you have the manual exchanges. If you have ever surfed a manual site, which many are now “Hover” exchanges, which means you don’t have to click, just move your mouse over the image, and it restarts the timer, then you know that many times you forget and end up staying on that site for several minutes!

So, this presents a bit of a problem, we all want a lot of traffic for as little work as possible, and at the same time we want it fast! I know, I am guilty too, and more page views in the statistics looks good, but it is not as effective in the long run. When I set up this site, I had planned on keeping the timer between 10-15 seconds, but after experimenting, I found that when I moved the timer faster, more people showed up to surf, when I set it slower, people stopped surfing, so, what do we do here?

At this time, I have the timer set at 15 seconds, that will give us all better quality but less quantity. I know that will make some people unhappy, but, at this time we have many members, and if we all surf, it will improve the quality of our traffic even more, and I feel that we are ready to make this move to the benefit of us all. Besides, it will give us some incentive to surf even more when I drop the timer down a notch. However, this traffic exchange belongs to all of us that surf, so, if you want the timer to go back to 5 seconds, and you are a regular surfer, send me an email, use the contact form, or whatever, and let me know. If I get enough response, I will change it. At the same time, if you want the timer set slower, tell me that, or, if you like it set at 15 seconds, tell me that as well. Remember, it is up to you to tell me what you want, it is our traffic exchange, and those that surf and make it all work deserve to have a say in how it works! I need your input, I can’t read your minds, so take the time to drop me a quick note, let’s all work together on this!