Welcome to the newest issue of Hit Exchange News!

I've got a question, because I'm very confused about something. I've been using hit exchanges for more than 3 years now and have racked up quite a few 'clicks' in my time. I've seen programs come and programs go. I've read all the hype, all the promises and all the 'bull' that comes with internet marketing. I keep on clicking because I love it. I get to see what's hot and what's not, and I'm receiving quality traffic to my websites.

Hit exchanges, as I've discussed before, work on an 'honor' system...You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours, you visit mine and i'll visit yours. We are all clicking for hours on end to score that almighty sale or referral, so yes, you will glady put up with another 'Get Rich Qucik Via Forced Matrix' website. It even hurts sometimes, I mean I've got the bruises to show it but we keep on clicking...

So why, I ask you the subscriber, do people have an absolute fascination with auto surf exchanges?

I receive a daily update of new exchanges that launch, and I'd say 70-80% of all new exchanges, being released, are auto-surf programs? O.k., I understand the reason people would like to sign up for these things. It's simple, start your browser, go to bed, sleep, wake up, and you've got over a thousand hits to your website...Great, I'm a traffic guru!

This is where I get confused, if you are not watching the auto surf program, why do you think someone else will be? Remember the 'I'll scratch your back' thing? So you might respond to this by saying, "who cares, at least I'm getting hits!". True, even though the quality might be extremely low you are receiving traffic. However, stop for a second and think of the bandwidth issue.

Bandwidth is what exchnage owners have to pay each month to provide you, the surfer, with traffic. So why do 95% of these auto surf programs stop working in a week? They forgot about the bandwidth! Couple this with the fact the website you are 'auto surfing' for has to pay each and everytime your site is seen by...No one...Well I think you get what I'm trying to say!

Folks, the internet is breeding 'lazy people'. These are the same folks trying to sell you a dream by magically placing you in their forced matrix downline and auto surfing until the sun comes up. Guess what? It does'nt work!

So I ask again, why are people using, promoting and using these auto-surf exchanges? It can't be for the quality of traffic, because I have'nt had my back scratched in any of those programs...

I hope you enjoy this week's issue and I thank you very much for being a subscriber! =)

• TopSurfer has re-designed their site! While this looks very impressive, one has to ask if perhaps they should work more on hit delivery than site design. With almost 1000 credits in my account, traffic 'trickles' out of Top Surfer at a snails pace. I receive about 5 hits a day from the system that trys to sell you thousands of hits with their wholesale membership. It's a shame because TopSurfer is a FUN exchange, they have great features and some of the most unique surf bars online. Let's hope with the re-design, their traffic starts to pick up as well!

• Speaking of re-designs, the net's most visited 'hit exchange', TrafficSwarm, received a face lift this past week. This should stir things up for their program and get more people signing up, however, I did prefer their previous site deisgn as it fit the whole "Bees / Swarming" concept.

• Has 123Clicks.com gone mainstream? While the majority of pro-only hit exchanges have been limited to a select group of online professionals, 123Clicks is showing some GREAT results. This program has thousands of people in it, each who have paid to be a member, and traffic is starting to fly out of this program. While most pro-only exchanges only deliver a few hits a day, 123Clicks is providing quick hit delivery and VERY high quality traffic. Great job 123Clicks, maybe now it's time for pro-only exchanges to flourish!

• TrafficGoesMLM has said they will change their ad copy! In case you are unaware, TGMLM has been the talk of many hit exchange owners over their 'advertising campaigns' directed towards hit exchange users. The ads claimed that users were wasting their time and that hit exchanges did not work at all. Read the discussion here in our forums! Let's hope this gets straightened out because TGMLM is a great concept!

• Congratulations to Dexter King! Dexter won last week's contest for simply voting for his favorite hit exchange in this month's Clicker's Choice Award! Congrats to Dexter and thanks to the dozens of people that voted, this month's Clicker's Choice is getting to be quite a tight race, who will previal this month? Vote here for your favorite exchange! This week's contest is the same as last's, vote for your favorite exchange and win $10 PLUS a banner ad in the Hit Exchange News network!

Enjoy this week's list!

1. Cash Clicking
2. Traffic Round Up
3. Webmaster Quest
4. Traffic Run
5. EasyHits4U
6. Fast Freeway
7. Hit Snapper
8. Share-Traffic
9. I Love Clicks
10. Hit Pulse

Bubbling Under

• Start Xchange
• Traffic G
• Start Blaster
• Clickin Fingers
• Click Thru

I Love Clicks had a facelift sometime ago and it's site design improved dramatically, if anyone was a member a few years ago, you'll know what I mean! =) However something never did seem to change and I'll get this out of the way right now. ILC is a great hit exchange but their referral program leaves a lot to be desired. It's very confusing to understand and even when you do understand it, you would need a downline of hundreds, clicking for hours a day to see and kind of downline benefit. I have a rather large downline in ILoveClicks but I may get 3-5 'hits' a MONTH from ILC's referral program. For people wanting to sit back and let their downline surf for them, this is not the best program to be 'lazy' with.

Now that I've got that out of the way, I Love Clicks is an active program! The membership (which is huge) is very active, they surf, they take action and you will see a large variety of websites in the ILC system. This program used to have a claim that each hit you received was someone who has'nt seen your site in 15 days. I'm pretty sure this is'nt in effect anymore but who cares, the traffic in ILC is still great!

It's a 1:1 ratio exchange, it has superb cheat prevention and you can add unlimited URL's. It's a very easy program to understand (except that referral program) and you can begin receiving traffic immediately as new websites are added to the system right away when you put them in.

Overall, I Love Clicks is one of the best online. This exchange is for people who love to click and will work for their traffic!

% Unique Traffic: 83
Results: 4.5 out of 5.0
Speed of Delivery: Above Average
Site Design: 3.5 out of 5.0
Customer Service: 4.0 out of 5.0
Ease of Use: 4.0 out of 5.0

Overall Rating: 4.0 Mouse Clicks (Rating out of 5.0)

Have A Look At ILoveClicks.com here!

• Why is "abbreviation" such a long word? Hmmm...

• soBig virus has been sending me emails for the past 48 hours, PLUS my computer may be affected AND I use Norton 2003...Glad to see their program is working! Hmmmm....

• ClickinFingers.com now offers you to sell traffic back to them via their brand new CashConverter program. I have a downline of hundreds and over 20,000 credits. Jon will be eating Lobster tonight! Hmmmm...

• This week's award winner for slowest hit delivery goes to...WebBizInsider! And to make it even stranger, you need to surf 50 sites to get your site activated. Where is that traffic going? Hmmmm...

From the same folks who brought you Hit Snapper comes a brand new hit exchange that is sure to pack some punch! FreeHitsFast was released only a day ago and is quickly becoming quite popular. It features some great cheat prevention, a design similar to Hit Snapper and a very fresh approach to surfing, try the surf bar out and you'll know what I mean! Plus as an added bonus you get a frame free rotator to use where you please. Time will tell, but this looks like another winner for the Hit Snapper family!

TrafficHunters

While not as new as FreeHitsFast, this program is quite new and seems to conquer something that most exchanges seem to look over when deisgning thir system, mastering the art of K.I.S.S.! Yes, TrafficHunters is a very easy to use and easy to understand exchange. The members area is straight forward and surfing the program is a breeze! TrafficHunters is a great exchange for 'newbies' to get a nice understanding of what a hit exchange can do.

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