Comments on: Issue 231 – SWAT Traffic Re-Launches & Other Juicy Stuff

By: Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:52:11 +0000

Wow! Thanks Jon for the kind words regarding RoyalSurf! As you well know, it’s all about the members.

Like you, I’m never satisfied with the status quo. Literally, every day I’m trying to think of new ways to bring in new people, keep them active, and deliver better results.

I owe a special thanks to all those who’ve supported RoyalSurf over the years. Most especially, our loyal members, and of course you too, Jon. I really appreciate the well timed advice and support you’ve given me over the years!

Jon, I think you should have a new slogan…

“When the TE Guy Talks, Successful TE Owners Listen!”

By: The T.E. Guy

The T.E. Guy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:24:59 +0000

Rich – Stick the award up, wonderful things will happen.

That’s right, regional hits. I was thinking geo traffic was the name but regional hits was it. top surfer gave it away as a prize one year.

Hmmm – walking TE encyclopedia. You should write something sir…

By: EasyHits4U

EasyHits4U — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:38:39 +0000

Thank you Jon, we very much appreciate your support

By: Rich Morris

Rich Morris — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:27 +0000

Yeah the Geo targeting is a cool feature. Bionic Hits was the first traffic exchange to add that feature in July 2002. Regional Hits copied it 6 months later in Feb 2003 and built their exchange around it, It was built and owned by Top Surfer who couldn’t make it work and it was given away in a contest to one of it’s members and has changed hands 4 times since then. I am a walking talking Traffic Exchange fact encyclopedia. Been in this business since 1994 when the original traffic exchange launched and when it comes to the history of traffic exchanges I know it all.

I didn’t see Traffic Heroes on the Hit Exchange News Award of Excellence list. Must have been a oversight. When it comes to hit exchanges who provide members with reliable service, superior support, useful features and quality traffic Traffic Heroes should rank high on that list, putting away all feelings someone may have of the owner we strive to be the best traffic exchange.

September has been the busiest month we have ever had. While we were down for two day’s because of server problems with our host that were beyond our control and they happen to every exchange sooner or later we have already doubled surfing for any month since we have been open since Jan 2007 and it’s only the 19th of the month. Quality traffic is a understatement. On the weekends we are delivering over 50,000 hits in a single day. Support between my administrator and myself is available 24 hours per day. Sonja takes the first 12 hours and I take the second 12 hours staying up all night until Sonja comes on at 6AM. When one of us needs time off we have a part time support person that relieves us and provides support. We have unique features like our Search for Heroes game and more being added in the next few months. We change our design and keep it fresh every year and always have new fresh award winning splash pages and banners for our members. Not bad for a small exchange with just over 6500 members! If Traffic Heroes doesn’t deserve the award their is something wrong! The owner might be a jerk but the traffic exchange deserves recognition. It was also rated 4 stars out of five by the Hit Exchange News when it launched and has been on the HEN top 10 back when it was a much smaller exchange.

Jon is right about WMQ. Since being purchased years ago the new owners sent out 1 newsletter when they first took it over and none since. You very, very rarely see a advertisement for it or TrafficG. Too bad because they both could be top exchanges if they were run correctly!

To Our Success

Rich Morris

By: Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:57:18 +0000

Hey Jon
Thanks for your comment in the newsletter about
me being the lucky winner last week, and the mailing address is:
12 Cambrian Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 6JQ
United Kingdom.

PS: SuperSurf now working A-OK, and in case you get any more queries, you might ask whether they are sure that they have entered two NUMBERS and three USERNAMES!

By: The T.E. Guy

The T.E. Guy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:01 +0000

Sorry folks, never meant to say it was revolutionary and something never seen before. Just said it was a very cool new feature to Easy Hits. In fact, there was an exchange created by the owners of Top Surfer years ago, that’s entire theme was geo targeting. I think it’s called geo traffic?

By: The T.E. Guy

The T.E. Guy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:59:39 +0000

Jerry lol Oh yeah? Says something about how visible WMQ is these days. Maybe an update or two from the owner might bet me back in there…

By: Salvador Calderon

Salvador Calderon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:25:55 +0000

I implemented geotargeting at supervisitas.com since it’s beginning in 2004

By: Jerry Iannucci

Jerry Iannucci — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:08:20 +0000

Where have you been? Webmaster Quest has been doing geo targeting for years

By: Connie Motala

Connie Motala — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:39:55 +0000

Great Job Jon,
Relaunch was fantastic, Swat Room was even better. So great to see that many in the room at one time.
Can’t wait to see more new people come in. If you haven’t upgraded yet at Swat, what are you waiting for?

Good on ya Jon!
Connie
Hitlion.com