www.trafficswarm.com is it a scam?

[admin20]

I was just looking into this website called

www.trafficswarm.com

and I have started using their services so far, so I was wondering if anyone of you can give me a 2nd opinion about what they do...I'm just starting to have this feeling that its just a scam.

I noticed that most websites being submitted there are all those make more money websites. And the categories where these sites are being submitted don't even match up. Has anyone of you used it? If so have you gotten better traffic to your site or they just browse through your site to earn credits and then proceed to the next?

Any 2nd opinion would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
admin20

[cbp]

I can not answer your question about this company - BUT:

A while back I did sign up for a couple of similiar services and did get traffic from them, but it was very poor quality traffic (ie got no sales from that traffic) - I kept a close watch for a while on where traffic came from that converted to a sale ... at the end of the day only Overture and Google's Adsense were worth it. Other paid ones and 'Free' traffic (similar to the one you are asking about) did not give me any QUALITY traffic. (It is a lot of work to monitor this sort of thing and I no longer do it)

Can I suggest you do something similar?


CBP

[christoefar]

I use them, or I used to, I don't get much traffic and I didn't get any sales from them.

[cyanide]

Ditto to above.

I wouldn't call it a scam necessarily,
but don't expect a good visitor to sales ratio.
You'll get hits, but unlikely you'll get any business from it.

[admin20]

well, wouldn't it still be called scam? because here they are promising traffic to your site but it isn't really traffic, but rather just pass through visits so as to earn credits right? Users aren't really interested in the site being shown but rather the credits they'll earn. Besides the sites shown are scams themselves, all those money making strategy craps posted.

So what happens if someone upgrades and buys from them, gets a 1000 credits and then later on decides to demote the account back to free. Will they retain their 1000 credits or loose everything?

admin20

[elearning]

I joined, and did try as they recommend - but got very little traffic from them. I've seen others recommend them highly - but I think it depends on the focus of your site. If you are a "make money quick" site - then it may do very well for you, but for my sites (health/fitness, education) they did nothing so I removed the code.

In fact, I've found *very few* "free-traffic" programs generate any real (valuable) traffic. My efforts at SEO, expert postings etc., have paid off more.

Mohammed

[missymoo143]

I didn't finish my registration and afterwards i got 534854385 emails from them saying Missy, why didnt you finish Missy, heres an offer.
So i thought it was all a scam so i wouldn't reccomend it and ive heard bad things about it like how it doesnt give you anything and it is dumb.

[richboy]

I did not like the customer service.

They began deleting websites for no reason, just because they can.

I don't like abuse of power.

At first they deleted the website(s) because it had same username; I
corrected this, and they continued with the nonsense.

I don't understand why companies hurt themselves because
they don't understand how to treat their customer(s).

I was thinking of upgrading... now I am having second thoughts

[waynesusanbell]

I can't speak for others but I have been using Traffic Swarm for years now and have gotten positve results and by that I mean sales as well as making some contacts with other marketers which has proven mutually beneficial. Remember "Content Is King" and the content of your ad will greatly influence your results.

Health, Happiness And Success
Wayne & Susan Bell

[greenleaf]

Yes I have used it for 5+ years now off and on and I do get good hits from it. Understand that lots of bad sites are linked to it. Frauds and networking crap. But I have to say its worth it some times I don't understand how it works but we get sales from it no problem. I still log in once a week and mess around with it when I'm board. Beware of the sites / promotions it promotes that's all.

[simplybookit]

There are a lot of such scam going on nowadays. I have also have my fingers bitten by some of this suppose traffic generating companies. The traffic is not targeted. Some will even promise you 500 visitors a day but none of the traffic will convert to sales

[Alex Williams]

Not worth the time. Focus on proven ways to drive traffic: article marketing, forum marketing, guest posting, paid such as banner advertising, PPC, etc. You`ll have much better results.

[zokson]

I will agree. Not worth it. Get into forum marketing, SEO, the social networking, and you will do better.