I am a tester…… I love checking stats and trying out different things. Today I am testing Surf4Quality traffic exchange.
By testing sites and analysing results I have learned a huge amount about what works and what doesn’t work. I also know that there is NO one ad that works on every traffic site. There are variations that exist on traffic sites making ads perform differently. Each traffic site has different members, different features, different offers, different numbers of ads, etc etc.
One of my favourite things to do is to work on a single traffic site to try and discover the ad formula that works on that site. This allows me to maximise my results from EACH traffic site I use to promote.
Below you will find information on a few of the tests I have been running on Surf4Quality…… You will also discover what I have learned from using a specific page.
Click Here To Join Surf4Quality
My first step was to earn the upgrade via the bonus cash system. This allows me to maximise the ads I have available. I have done that now (I opted for Gold Yearly upgrade earned from claiming the bonus cash loyalty rewards).
Now it is time to start looking in more detail at some of the ads I have running. Lets see what is happening with them. I have a tendancy to focus on website ads initially.
There are now 15 website ads running on my account. I will be looking at each ad in detail. I want to learn what each ad tells me about the site and its members.
Today (writing this on 14th Aug) there are almost 3000 members on site as shown on the stats page:
So what I want to do is try and discover a bit more about what makes those 3000 members tick. What are their interests? How do they behave? Ultimately I want to discover how I can maximise my results on this site.
So lets go investigating…… I have no idea what I am going to find yet. It is early days really and I need plenty of hits to run a proper test. It can still be quite useful though to see what is going on.
Ad 1 – Get Paid For Clicking Leadsleap Ads
This is a test ad page to see if I can earn some PPC commission on Leadsleap by using traffic exchanges. It doubles up as a Leadsleap referral page.
The PPC section of Leadsleap allows members to earn when others click on the ads displayed in a special widget. So I want to test if I can earn this way on Surf4Quality (as well as on other sites).
This is a great way to start building your income on Leadsleap so I want to find something that works to share with my followers!
Why I Created This Specific Page
Traffic exchange members often like to earn for ad clicks (they are well used to clicking on ads!) and this page also ties in with the bonus cash system on Surf4Quality.
So far this page has had 68 views – I like to aim for around 1000 views for each test and I allocated 1500 views.
What Does This Information Tell Me?
First of all there are not enough hits yet for me to really assess this page. Its too early for a this page works or doesn’t conclusion. It does still tell me quite a bit though:
Either there are a lot of sites in the ad rotation or there are not a lot of active members. Low speed hits on traffic exchanges are usually due to these 2 factors.
Low speed hits are not a bad thing by the way – it allows for more automation as you are not always trying to earn more ad credits. I often prefer low speed hits to be honest and I will explain more about that later in the post.
As there are currently almost 3000 active members recorded on the site statistics I am thinking probably there are quite a lot of sites in rotation. It is an older site as I can see here:
The large number of sites in rotation is a logical conclusion based on this information.
I am ALSO thinking the surf 25 pages bonus is contributing to the slower hit rate. Active members working on this bonus means they are probably logging in quite frequently (daily maybe) but not spending a lot of time surfing.
Fast Hit Rate Versus Slow Hit Rate
Sometimes people think a slow hit rate is a bad thing and a fast hit rate is good. Personally I don’t agree. Here is why:
A fast hit rate uses up all of your ad credits very quickly. That limits the number of people who actually see your ad. What you want to happen is your ad lasts longer so there is more of a spread across different days and weeks. If all of your ad credits get used in a single day it is probably because the same people are seeing your ad over and over again. You can usually check if this is happening by looking for the ‘members surfed today’ stats on the site (some have this and some don’t). There are other ways to find this out too such as using tracking software.
Fast hits can also be a sign that people are using “speed surfing” techniques or software. That is NOT good for advertisers. It means that people are far less likely to actually see your ad or pay it any attention whatsoever. As an advertiser you want people to surf more slowly so they can actually read the headline at least. I like to take my time surfing so I can absorb information better from the ads (you can learn a lot this way too).
Fast hit numbers can also be a sign there is a lot of “bot traffic” which isn’t even real people so there is no chance of getting results.
Additional Information Gathering With Leadsleap Tracking
In addition to the hit rate and general information about the site that I have gathered so far, I have extra info available because I use Leadsleap.
From this specific ad page I can see this information on Leadsleap tracker:
What does this tell me?
First of all there is a difference between the hit rate on Surf4Quality and the total hits on Leadsleap. This DOES NOT mean there is an error somewhere. It tells me that some of the members of Surf4Quality are likely surfing with multiple tabs open.
Why?
Firstly I know that is a habit that a lot of surfers have because I have spent a lot of time researching different traffic sites. I also ask people lots of questions about traffic and I watch what is happening…… Secondly the Leadsleap tracker works in a certain way and I know it only records hits when the page actually opens in the browser window. If someone is multi-tabbing extremely quickly that means hits might not be recorded on Leadsleap tracker…. it is unlikely to be any other reason.
Leadsleap tracking information also tells me a few other things:
There are no action takers yet – so no one has clicked on anything on this page. There are only 15 actual hits recorded so that is not unexpected. I can’t say yet if this page is working or not working or anthing inbetween.
There are 15 REAL hits recorded out of 18 = Very low level of ‘bot traffic’ (or people who are behaving like a bot – its not possible to distinguish between those things).
The number of unique views being the same as the number of recorded hits means the ads are not being used up by just a couple of people surfing.
Overall Opinion So Far
Personally I think Surf4Quality is a pretty decent traffic exchange site. It is a good addition to my automated traffic plan as hits last for a while, there is a good spread over multiple days or weeks so a good variety of people can see my ads, there is low bot traffic levels and there are almost 3000 active members.
I recommend adding Surf4Quality to your traffic site list because it will really help you with automation without you having to spend a lot of time surfing = Helps with SCALABILTY. You can also earn your upgrade just from surfing…..
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I can’t tell anything about response rate yet for this particular ad page so I will run some more tests and see what happens then.
I do hope you have found this blog post useful. Do let me know below…..and let me know if you have any questions too. I will be adding more posts like this one, checking what other ads tell me about this site too, so you might like to join my email list below!
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