I read this and felt it was an important enough to add to my blog.. please be prepared to read the truth about traffic exchanges.
There are many ways to cheat traffic exchanges and generate massive numbers of hits to your website. Some are complex and some are simple. Below is a list of some of the more popular methods of cheating.
Give yourself a point for each method of cheating that you already employ and then rate yourself on our cheat-o-meter.
– Opening the same exchange in several windows to generate multiple hits at a time.
– Insert the Start URL from one exchange into the Target URL from another.
– Open multiple windows and minimise them until just the “Next Page” link is showing. Click away.
– Use a custom browser (eg ? Crazy Browser) to “auto-click” through exchange programs so it generates hits while you watch Jerry Springer.
– Use custom made software designed to get around the cheat-protection on a traffic exchange.
How did you do?
– 1pt: You are a liar and a thief
– 2pts You are a liar and a thief
– 3pts You are a liar and a thief
– 4pts You are a liar and a thief
– 5pts You are a liar and a thief
In truth, if you are a serial cheater, then you have probably stopped reading this article when you realised it wasn’t going to teach you anything you didn’t already know.
If you have played around with any of these ideas, then you might find the idea of being called a “thief” extreme. I disagree.
If you are using any of these methods, you are one step away from shoplifting sweets from the corner shop.
And this is why.
When someone creates a new traffic exchange a lot of time and money goes into the projects creation and administration. They may give away free hits as an introductory offer but, after that, hits can only be purchased or earned.
This is how the owner makes his income. This is how they see a return on their efforts.
If you earn these credits through fradulent means, this is akin to getting a friend to clock you out of work while you take the afternoon off. You are earning something you haven’t WORKED for.
I’ve heard it argued that traffic exchange owners make so much money, they barely notice the lost credits that cheaters steal.
This is the same ridiculous argument that says it is ok to steal from large department stores because “they can afford it”. At the end of the day, the losses are added to the prices that honest people choose to pay. Honest surfer’s hard earned credits are wasted by cheats.
And you are still a thief whether the individual you steal from can afford it or not.
I should also point out that the majority of traffic exchange owners are not rich. The successful ones may make a tidy income, but the majority are probably struggling to break even. Stealing credits does not help their endeavours.
If you are using, or considering, any kind of cheat method, please think twice. Think about your reputation, think about the owner you are stealing from, and think about Dylan Campbell whose credits are being frittered away on Crazy Browser enthusiasts who think they have discovered something new.
Theft isn’t new. It just keeps changing shape.
If you are interested enough which I hope you are you can read more here:
http://www.dc2net.com/trafficbuilding/1066.php
Dylan Campbell has been quietly making a living on the Internet since 2000. He has a unique, and often controversial, view of the industry.
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