The Hit Exchange Report for September 16, 2008 is posted. Subscribers may now login and view most current and full Hit Exchange Report.
Statistics this week cover August 4 to September 14, 2008. The Hit Exchange Report is updated every Tuesday. Next update: September 23, 2008.
The Top 20 is a ranking of overall performance for the most recent six-week testing period. We use the data we collect to determine a composite score when determining our Top 20 each week.
Delivery + Unique + Sitting Balance + Bounce Rate + New Visitors + Actual Results = Overall Ranking.
No one component is all-important in and of itself.
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What is a hit exchange? (aka traffic exchange, manual hit exchange, start exchange)
A hit exchange is a traffic exchange.
A traffic exchange is a type of website program/resource which provides a service for webmasters (also affiliates, bloggers, anyone with a website wanting traffic) in exchange for traffic.
Specifically, as it relates to the HitExchangeReport.com and related businesses, we are about “MANUAL” hit exchanges and/or services only.
A traffic exchange website receives website submissions from webmasters that join traffic exchange networks. The person who submitted the website then has to browse other member sites on the exchange program to earn credits, which enable their sites to be viewed by other members through the surf system. This increases the number of visitors to all the sites involved.
Exchanges enforce a certain credit ratio, which illustrates the amount of websites the surfer must view in order to receive one hit through the program for their promoted website. Many sites offer the ability to upgrade one’s membership level for a more equal credit ratio.
As the viewers are all website owners or affiliates, it is possible that some might find certain member sites interesting and thus make note of them on their own sites, sending more traffic their way. Most traffic programs also impose a time limit when members are browsing, ranging from 10 seconds to 60 seconds. Some incorporate the use of captcha to ensure user interaction.
Almost all traffic exchange programs are free, although many of them offer special features to paid members and offer credits for purchase. Almost all traffic exchange programs encourage users to build their own referral networks, which in turn increases the referrers’ amount of credits.
The traffic generated in a traffic exchange can be leveraged by using a downline builder to assist the user in building a referral network in the many different traffic exchanges.
In practice, traffic exchange programs are generally used by small business owners or marketers who either want free advertising or use the exchange programs for low-budget advertisement campaigns.
