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Custom shortened/cloaked URLs

13 Feb, 2010 in traffic exchanges by Austin Hallock

I’ve always just used bit.ly for my URL shortening and cloaking, but I figured it was time to create my own service for this.
Of course, with you all in mind, I made it where anyone can use it, and made it dead simple to install. Here’s what you do (There’s a video at the end [...]

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Personalizing a page

10 Feb, 2010 in traffic exchanges by Austin Hallock

Personalizing pages I’ve found to be very powerful. “Hey Austin!” is more effective than “Hey You!”, I think it’s just because our name naturally stands out to us.

This can be really useful in emails you mail out to your list … you can have them click a link that brings up a page customized with [...]

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Displaying an exchange’s name

7 Feb, 2010 in traffic exchanges by Austin Hallock

A great way to grab a surfer’s attention is to mention the exchange they’re surfing. Until now, there hasn’t really been an easy way for “Average Joe” to do this, so I went ahead and made some code that makes it easy for you.

The code below will determine the exchange a user is surfing, and [...]

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So you want a better splash page?

6 Feb, 2010 in traffic exchanges by Austin Hallock

If you’re advertising in traffic exchanges, you’re going to want an awesome splash page. You’ve got to realize your page will be viewed for a very short amount of time … Your goal is to grab the attention of the ’surfer’, and you do this with a splash page.
That much you probably already know. It’s [...]

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