Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed browsing refers to use of internet browsers which allow multiple tabs to be opened, each showing different pages. The use of tabbed browsing while surfing traffic exchanges has bee somewhat of a controversy over the last few years. The reason is that it allows people to surf multiple exchanges at the same time and could arguably ignore the member’s ad pages altogether. I however, do not believe that they are a detriment to the traffic exchange community and actually encourage their use.

Firefox is an excellent browser for this use. Although internet explorer does now offer tabbed browsing, I have found firefox to be faster, more reliable, and more secure.

Advantages to tabbed browsing:

• Faster credit accrual. You can earn credits in multiple exchanges at the same time. The average surfer can earn about 600 pageviews per day surfing only 5 exchanges for 1 hour.
• No waiting for loading pages or timers. You can quickly look at an offer, and if you don’t like it, move on.
• Some exchanges have promotions such as Super Surf, which gives you 10% more credits for surfing five exchanges at the same time.

Rules for tabbed surfing:

• While the actual accepted number of exchanges to surf at a time isn’t set in stone. The general consensus is that five is a generally acceptable number. More than that and it starts to seem a bit like cheating.
• Actually look at the websites that are being displayed. Otherwise it defeats the purpose. I’m not asking that you sign up for every one of them, but that you actually look at them with more than a passing glance.

Now, I mentioned earlier that the average surfer could earn 600 visits every day for just 1 hours worth of work. It’s totally true and here’s how I arrived at this conclusion:
pages surfed = (timer length)/3600 (which is the number of seconds in an hour)
Visitors = (pages surfed)*(exchange ratio)*(number of exchanges surfed at a time)
The average timer is 15 seconds and the average exchange ratio is 2:1 or 0.5. When you do the math, that comes out to 600 visitors for just one hours worth of work. Now, in reality, your results will vary, but the math is sound. Imagine if you did this every day for 30 days. That’s 18,000 visitors a month!

The strategy has real potential if you don’t abuse it. Remember, if you abuse it, the traffic exchange owners will become wise to the abuse and will ban you from their sites. They may also reprogram their exchanges so that they do not allow tabbed browsing.

Use tabbed browsing responsibly and keep up that surfing.