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A variety of surfing browser styles
are used by the growing population of Traffic Exchanges appearing online
and, although this may sound unimportant it can prove worthwhile
identifying the surf browser that best suits your personal taste.
One of the best known traffic
exchanges is
Traffic Swarm which utilizes a boxed table incorporating eight
separate text ads for members to select an ad to display. Members do not
know how many credits they will receive when clicking on a text ad which
is usually between 1 to 5 but occasionally can be as many as 50 and I've
even come across the odd 250 credits ad!
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| Following a similar theme is
HitMagik which these days seems to offer much the same as
Traffic Swarm except for a higher yield of credits. In other words you
are more likely to discover a link giving you 50 credits at
Hit
Magik. |
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A good aspect of this surf browser script is that it
requires the individual who creates the ad to dream up something catchy
in order for it to attract your attention. Discovering this style of
writing isn't easy makes you appreciate the skill acquired by more
experienced advertisers. However don't be put off as these traffic
exchanges attract huge numbers of visitors. Initially simply explain
what you are advertising as clearly as possible - there are a limited
number of characters that you may use but the more often you write the
better you will become. |
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Another common variety of surfing browser script uses
the 'match the shape' as shown below. Used by a vast number of Traffic
Exchanges, the concept is fairly simple whilst subtly disguising the
need for human interaction rather than an electronic one in order to
avoid cheating. However, that's not to say that someone somewhere hasn't
figured out how to cheat a manual surfing exchange! |

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The
Dragon Surf example above uses a three framed approach with the
centre frame displaying the ad while the top and bottom frames display
the surfers statistics or the shapes to match and, of course a 468x60
banner advertisement. Matching identical shapes is often colour coded
thereby reducing the chances of clicking the wrong shape. However, if
like me you're human, then accidentally clicking the wrong shape can and
does happen, if you do you will not receive a credit. If you were to
keep clicking the wrong shape apart from wasting time and effort you
will probably trigger a safety mechanism within the system that will
eventually kick you off altogether. |
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The surf browser displayed above
contains two separate frames one that requires surfers to select the
highest number of four whilst the other displays an ad. This is the
New Way Surf website. The owners of this site have cleverly made
a competition for surfers to throw themselves into immediately they join
by indicating a ranking which surfers can gradually ascend by surfing
more than anyone else. Watching your ranking rise is certain to capture
many peoples competitive streak. Great site with quality displays. |
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| One of my favourite surfing browsers has been around
for a very long time and is found at
Bionic Hits. The reason I like this particular site is because
it utilises a simple strategy, there's nothing to match, you simply have
a timer count down 15 seconds and press the button that says click. The
next ad is then displayed . However the clever bit is that after 100
clicks you are rewarded with an opportunity of displaying the link of
your choice using a text ad on the surfing page for everyone surfing at
the time to see and, click on if they think it sufficiently interesting.
This most definitely provides results! |
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