What has happened to the Traffic Exchanges? 
Are they still delivering traffic that actually give you sign ups and sales?
Maybe, if you promote a surf for cash site but other than that.... Sad to say that the majority of TEs don't convert very well.

In general TEs turned to a money making opportunity instead of tool to get traffic to sites that make you more than a few cents. Many TE owners offer a lot of money for surfing thus attracting surfers that only surf for cash. If I would live in a country where a dollar is still a lot of money, I would probably do the same but....... I am sorry but those are not the type of surfers I want on my TE.

I really don't want surfers that surf 1000s of sites daily to earn a few cents. They burn credits from other members that get very little or nothing in return as for sign up/sales for their hard earned credits.

I would rather have 5 members surfing 50 sites every day than 1 surfing 1000.

Don't get me wrong, I am not against surf parties and small cash rewards to keep it fun and Surf-Bar-Traffic will continue doing them but... in general I am more in favor of rewards in traffic. Traffic to promote opportunities and services that make you more than a few cents.

So I decided to do things a bit different.

The Ventrino Script allows to show member ads outside the exchange and that is exactly what I do now. I am showing member ads, both text ads and banner ads on this page. To have your ads shown all you need to do is ad your banners and text ads and be an active member. Active means you have to surf once a month (as a free member).

On this page we show text ads and banners in size 160x600, 468x60 and 125x125.
With a few exceptions this is the only page I am promoting now on other exchanges, mailers and traffic coops. Thus exposing our members text and banner ads to a huge audience.