If you use a lot of traffic exchanges, you probably already heard about TrafficWitch – a brand new TE owned by Guido Nussbaum. I received newsletters from 4 traffic exchange owners eager to get referrals to this new site, and I bet I’ll get more in the future. Oh well, let’s see what the hype is all about.

TrafficWitch offers a dynamic surfing ratio both for free and upgraded members. For free ones (they’re called Witch) it ranges from 3:1 to 2:1. For upgraded ones it’s either 0.66 to 1.5 credits or 1 to 1.5 credits per click, depends which upgrade you buy. If you plan to ever upgrade here, you should check out the launch OTO (one-time-offer): they’re giving away subscriptions to Sorcerer account level for $9.97/mo, while it normally costs $15.97/mo.

Otherwise TrafficWitch is just like any other traffic exchange running on LJScripts software. It does have a few add-ons like downline builder and downline mailer, but it’s not like you will surprise anyone with these nowadays. It’s most exceptional feature is most likely the unrivaled percentage of cash omissions they offer to upgraded members. Indeed, if you will upgrade to Sorcerer, you will enjoy a respectable 75% commission on referral upgrades and 10% on their credit purchases (most TEs don’t pay anything for the latter; only a few ones like SmileyTraffic do).

I would like to share the news that BlogClicker, a quality blog-only traffic exchange from the owners of TrafficG, is back to business. So if you have a blog, go ahead: register, add, surf, and get more visitors and readers. It’s that simple – and even the blog approval is instant! (The exchange was just re-launched, so there might be bad leftover sites – but don’t worry, they are getting weeded out bit by bit).

BlogClicker making a comeback is a welcome news indeed, since there’s a lack of traffic exchanges for blogs. BlogExplosion is the only one that’s functioning and sending traffic, although no one knows where the admins are, and the site approval takes a very long time. BlogSoldiers is as good as dead for now (delivering 1 hit a week or so), and the destiny of BlogMad is unknown: it’s been in beta for a year, and doesn’t answer any support e-mails. As it is, from blog exchangs I can only recommend joining the reloaded BlogClicker, and BlogExplosion if you’re patient.

If you are a member, you probably already know that HitSafari made a switch to a traffic exchange script from LJScripts. I’ve been very impressed so far, since they managed to transfer all the websites, banners and downlines to the new database without problems. The current script of HitSafari is widely used by a big number of other traffic exchanges, so it’s a proven one; plus, it has a lot of features that the old HitSafari didn’t have.

There still are a few things that you need to do, however. First, you will need to sort out your sites: there’s a new 5 site limit imposed upon free members (you were allowed more before – I had to delete one of mine), and you will also need to set autoassign rules for each site separately. Second, the format of the referral URL has been changed from this:

http://www.hitsafari.com/newuser.php?ref=[refid]

To this:

http://www.hitsafari.com/?rid=[refid]

I’m not sure whether they will redirect old referrals URLs to new ones after they’re completely finished with the transfer. At any rate, they haven’t been working for days, so I just changed them all to the new format in order not to lose any referral credit – you should, too!

A brand new traffic exchange called TrafficGoldRush has just been launched by Paul Conway. Now is the best time to join, because for a limited time only Traffic Gold Rush will be offering a yearly upgraded membership subscription for $49/year! That’s 60% off, as it will cost $119/year in the future. Lucky of me to grab it on time, I must say :) Not only that, they are also paying a whopping $1 per each referral during the first week after launch!

As you might have guessed already, TGR uses a gold rush theme for their site. That doesn’t end with fancy graphics, however. There are also random “Gold Rush” times during the day when even free members get 1:1 surfing ratio. Upgraded members enjoy 1:1.4 which I already found out to my pleasant surprise.