I've been joining sites left and right lately and not keeping my Links page updated. So I spent an hour today adding mini reviews and links for many of the new sites I've joined. Some of them have already paid me - AllMyMoneyForYou and OurPTR2 - while others I either haven't yet reached or requested payouts from. I typically only join sites after reading other people's reviews of them, so even if a site hasn't paid me yet I'm usually pretty certain that they will. However, as always, I will only put a site in my recommended list when I've personally received a payment from them. Until then you can find them in the bottom section of the Links page.

I try to stay up to date on any other issues a program may be having as well, and not just rely on whether or not they've paid me. Often scam sites will pay enough members to get good word of mouth going, then do a runner.

I also added a section for traffic exchanges, which I haven't discussed much on this site before. A traffic exchange is usually (though not always) a manual surfer, which I do explain pretty thorougly on the Glossary page. For every site that you surf - using the traffic exchange's surfer - you earn a certain number of credits. You can submit your own links (such as PTP link, referral links, even links to your own web site or blog) and assign the credits that you've earned to them. Then other memers of the traffic exchange can view your site/links. Some traffic exchanges only reward you in credits, and there is no monetary benefit to using their surfer. Others pay you per site surfed (upwards of $0.30 CPM - which means per thousand). Some of them accept PTP links and others don't, etc. Every traffic exchange program is a little different.

I belong to five or so traffic exchanges, but only added three to my recommended list. Those are ShareAdSpace (SAS for short), Beach Party Surf, and EasyHits4U. The first two accept almost all PTP links, but offer less than one full credit per site surfed. SAS also gives you random cash and other bonuses while you surf. The third - EasyHits4U - does not accept most PTP links, but does pay you $0.30 CPM and offers up to one credit per site surfed as a free member. Depending on what you're looking for in a traffic exchange, one of these might suit your needs. My favorite right now is SAS, since I have many PTP links and also enjoy earning a smattering of cash. They don't pay much - so far I've averaged about $0.08 CPM - but it will pay for the first level upgrade if I decide to go that route.