Saying No to the Culture of Death

I have been a little remiss with my blogging because I have been occupied with surfing sites on the TEs. What has changed in the past week is the number of referrals that I have received. The fun part has been that several of these referrals are direct, that is the people have clicked on the advertisements that I have circulated, and suddenly I have a downline!! On one exchange I have 6 referrals to date, and if I get 4 more then I will get a free upgrade so that I will be able to use more URL's on that exchange. Yes, I really do feel that surge of excitement. On another exchange I have 9 referrals, 8 of them are first level referrals, and the other is a second level referral. Another one has provided 2 direct referrals, and there are at least 3 other exchanges where I have referrals. Suddenly, I find that I really want to get out there and promote, and see if I can earn my way to upgrading my memberships without spending money.

This is not the only form of excitement because I feel the urge to compete in the competitions and to at least win some credits with my activity. There are some fun ways of competing, such as playing Dodgem Cars, Horse Races, Lotto, and yes even card games such as Craps. I have just been surfing on Web Biz Solutions where I can play Craps, and i had this real desire to get ahead of someone called Muriel. I see her name on another exchange and I never seem to be able to catch up, but this time, I am ahead (until she gets up in the morning I suppose).

What I have noticed is that there are a few different types of exchanges, and it all depends upon the owners as to whether or not they provide a good surfing experience. The really annoying thing about some of the exchanges is the pop ups and the frame breakers. There are also some submissions that almost break the variety of rules about pornography (I guess the singles are allowed to advertise for partners but I do find it tasteless). Some of these exchanges provide an overall good experience, but if one person has gotten by with a site that provides a frame breaker, or attempts to download what could be malicious software, then I am going to help the owners get these people banned from their sites so that everyone can enjoy the experience.

Since advertising my sites I have had a lot more in the way of interaction with other people, and it is a real surprise to see myself being mentioned as an "activist." The TE's are one way that I can let people know about what the MSM is refusing to acknowledge, and at the same time advocate to see a change in attitudes towards women in underdeveloped countries where there is Sharia rule. This means having a go at the feminists who continue to stand back and do nothing to help women in these countries, especially in the latest outrage of the teacher who had the 7 year old children in her class name a teddy bear Mohammed. The woman is to spend time in jail and then be deported from the Sudan. The case against her was trumped up because the bear was being named after a child in the class.
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I have been very busy with the traffic exchanges and I hope to be able to write up something quite substantial about my experience. I am still not convinced over the methods of Internet marketing to have confidence in the variety of schemes that are offered. It is amusing that people new to the business of Internet marketing are told to use their photographs because it is seen to give the persona a face or presence, when I find some of the photos to be quite a turnoff as far as those people are concerned. Some of the people make me feel uneasy.

I have become a member of more than 20 exchanges, but I do intend dropping most of them. I have had the most fun with Royal Surf and Medieval Hits. I have had fun with Dodgem Cars, but I find it is a real drag trying to earn traffic tokens via a dodgem race where it can yield between 2 and 10 tokens. After surfing 15 sites, a yield of 2-4 tokens is a very poor return. It is extremely difficult to win the extra dodgem points to end up in the top 25 finishers for the week in order to earn more tokens so the effort seems to be a little too much.

There are other exchanges that have been bringing better rewards, and I found one today that brings rewards in a different way because the beneficiaries of the exchange are children in Burundia. The exchange is being run by a Catholic priest!! However, Fr. Dave is making every effort to ensure that what he recommends is ethical. Perhaps following his lead is not such a bad thing.

Whilst I have been occupying myself in this way, things are finally happening with the sale of our house. At last the buyer has given the go ahead to come off the cooling off period, and settlement will be next week. After all of the carry on about getting an approval from Sydney Water for the construction of a Florida room, it turned out that the sewer is encased in concrete. The concrete platform that we have is more than adequate to have gain the necessary approval from Sydney Water. The next step is documentation being processed by the bank.  It is extremely difficult having to deal with these problems. I will be glad when settlement has taken place and the responsibility for the house shifts to another party. I have had quite enough of the tensions that it has generated within our household.

I am a blogger, and I am not one of these people who will respond to appeals to my greedy self. In the past few weeks I have joined a number of traffic exchanges and I have enjoyed the games that I have found, plus I like the idea of getting bonus points. Since I am no longer in the workforce I need some forms of distraction in order to help me not to descend into the depths of depression out of the loneliness of knowing no one in my new location.

The problem with traffic exchanges is the fact that you have to surf to get your pages seen. I started with Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Mad. I have dropped Blog Mad because of the lack of satisfaction over an issue relating to one of my blogs. In the past I had managed to verify the particular blog through Blog Mad, but in July I was notified that my blog was deactivated because of lack of activity. That, however, was not true, and I had posted to that blog within a week of the deactivation. Since I was moving I could little about the situation. I attempted to reactivate my blog but nothing worked and I kept getting a message that the code I had placed on the blog was not detected. I requested support and after 2 months I had not had the problem resolved. This particular blog is operated through Blog Spirit. I like Blog Spirit as a provider but I am only using the free features since I cannot afford the upgrades. After so little in the way of satisfaction from the support area at Blog Mad, I decided to call it quits and I deleted my account.

I prefer Blog Explosion because I find that the games are more useful than the ones I found at Blog Mad, and I did win extra credits. As far as Battle of the Blogs is concerned, I think that winning or losing boils down to the politics of the viewer as much as anything else. If I go against a blog that I find is really lousy, thinking that I will win the battle, I can still lose, because a lot depends on who votes during the contest. However, it is still fun, and I like the scratch cards as well as the Blog Rocket. All of these things create both diversion and exposure to my writing.

There are other forms of traffic exchanges where the majority are people who have their own multi-level marketing systems. Do they work? I do not know. Some offer what is known as click to pay. The payout is very small per click but it is cumulative, but one cannot expect to make a fortune from this type of activity. I do not like some of these exchanges, but I have found others that are fun. It is hard work, but I do like Royal Surf, because there is that competitive team spirit. Traffic Dodgems, Majestic Hits and Medieval hits have also been fun. The purpose of Royal Surf is to earn enough points to finish in the top teams in order to win credits. The top team is Cavelot. One needs to surf at least 600 pages per day to keep up with the Cavelot team. However, this is my first week for Royal surf and I must admit to a personal best surfing record for myself. I have made it to the top team but I suspect that I will drop back again. One of the bonuses whilst surfing is to find the next letter for the quest, so that it can be completed before the week ends. To be successful one has to surf at least 100 sites per day. This should be achievable by most people who are into surfing the sites.

There are down sides to these traffic exchanges, and I nearly fell into a trap on one of the sites. I dropped the site immediately that this happened. These traps include the pop-ups, frame breakers, and downloaders. Some of the sites have been primed with a virus. I hit a site where they wanted to download a piece of software. My system is not slow and it does not need software that comes from an undisclosed source. I had to stop the download before it could begin, because this is one sure way of ending up with a virus on one's machine. Another down side are the sites that have audio, but no means to shut them up. A good example is the bird hawking the "apple patch diet". Now if ever there was a con, then telling people that they only have to wear an apple patch is definitely "it". Yes I really am that skeptical about some of these selling techniques.

I am using the exchanges to promote my blogs. I am not interested in marketing any wares, especially get people to part with money when there are no products that are actually being sold. A lot of the sites on these traffic exchanges are aimed at people who want to be rich. I guess there are thousands who continue to be fooled by the marketing hype.