Just take a look at Alexa Rankings for some of popular traffic exchange sites and you will see what I mean. We know of traffic exchange sites that are in 500 range. Our own sites have jumped from in millions to one hundred thousand or less in just a few months and are still climbing as they grow. Currently showing well over a million members site a month, we are enjoying fact 30% or more of that traffic is being sent to our own sites for absolutely free.

Owning a free traffic exchange system is a very inexpensive way to increase your site rankings, receive a lot of free traffic, and get paid for doing it. We've spent a great deal of our own time researching different traffic exchange software available and have found best! If you would like to start your own free traffic exchange system visit demo we have set up for our recommended choice.

Ricky Greer is the owner of Magical Websites and has been a web developer and administrator for the past 8 years. This article may be republished on your site or in your newsletter provided this resource box is inluded.

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6. There are no lists to maintain, or spam filters to worry about with blogs. This is one reason why so many writers and publishers have turned to blogs. E-mail delivery of newsletters and e-zines has become difficult over past few years, with advent of spam filters. Blogs are not delivered, and therefore, no methods of defeating filters are needed, and no "non-deliverables" occur, which has been bane of writers and publishers prior to this.

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7. Blogs are economical. Since no lists are maintained, there are no list server costs. Blogging software and blogging services are also very reasonably priced, giving good value for money spent monthly consistently. Some blogging services charge others to "read", while others charge writers to "write", but overall monthly charges are rather minimal either way.

8. Blogs are educational. There are such a variety of informative and educational blogs available now, that a search for any subject usually turns up hundreds of offerings. Differing points of view on all subjects are offered routinely, giving a reader or poster an "insight" into hearts and minds of other bloggers.

Blogs also, to be successful, however, need to contain same elements of a popular newsletter or e-zine:

A. Compelling, well-written content. No one, either online or offline wants to read materials that are poorly written or difficult or boring to read.

B. Updated material. Just as in newsletters or e-zines, if material is not updated continually, then audience eventually dies.

C. Rousing topics. Topics of interest to a wide range of readers succeed more than topics that appeal to very few, or are rather dull topics.

D. A nice layout and visual appeal. A blog is akin to a Web site for written materials, and just like in design of a Web site, every care should be made to have blog be visually appealing and friendly to visitors.

Newsletters, e-zines and forums, of course, will remain. But as you can clearly see, blogging, bloggers, and blogs themselves, have definitely added to "online experience" and will possibly (and hopefully) be around for decades more!