Traffic is our master. Without it all our best laid designs and content and plans mean nothing. We must get hits to our pages. After we've completed the basics, the SEO optimization, the submitting to search directories, search engines and blog pings. What do we do? How do we get surfers to find us amongst hundred of thousands of porn sites? Adult webmasters have learned to seed traffic by trading links with bigger, busier domains.

"The practice of Link Trading has been around since almost the beginning of the adult web. Before there ware trade scripts, there was the Reciprocal Link."

The practice of Link Trading has been around since almost the beginning of the adult web. Before there ware trade scripts, there was the Reciprocal Link. The Reciprocal Link is a one-on-one agreement between say, a TGP site owner and a webmaster submitting a gallery. The submitting webmaster agrees to display a link back to the TGP owner's site on the gallery. In turn, the TGP site owner proffers their awesome traffic to the gallery submitter - if the gallery is good enough.

The Reciprocal Link is one link trade between two sites. In the end, the Reciprocal Link is just as effective as the a trade script or site submission software. This article will show you how and where to go about obtaining these all-important, singular trades.

Step One ­ Make Sure You're Ready

Avoid submitting anything under construction. That is a large mistake. Make sure you have your page built before you open any email programs or submission forms. Your own domain, your own web host, your sponsor's or your own content, your layout, your email address. (In fact, pick one domain/site right now, to be your main adult webmaster site. If you need to set up a special domain/site/host/email for it, then get to it. This is where you cultivate your personal brand.

The Link Trades and contacts you make now should last you for years. You don't want your name to disappear in the future because you decided to change niches or opened twenty new domains. Besides, the webmasters you're going to be dealing with won't do business someone that changes their contact info willy-nilly.) Once you know who you are, you can tell others.

Step Two ­ Look for These Magical Traffic Fountains

When a popular destination like Persian Kitty lists one of your free sites, you will get a lot of hits for a very reasonable amount of time. Initially, on the first day of a PK listing, you can expect somewhere near ten thousand visits. After that, traffic slacks off dramatically but as long as your URL still appears on the main page of PK, you can expect roughly 500-800 visits a day. Different sites offer different levels of traffic. PK is real big as is Green Guy. The point is these are the types of sites you need to approach as they are the most amenable to good, old-fashioned, no-fee link trades. You can find a whole bunch in our Link Sites & Directories.

Another source for no-hassle, Hard Link traffic is the adult search engine. Browse through some of the ones that interest you and read their rules for submission. If the commitment for a trade sounds like too much, don't do it. Hits from a few of these add up to a noticeable number of visitors. Try to go with Adult SEs that allow text-links. As you would with the bigger sites in the paragraph above. Find Adult Search Engines on Cozy Frog.

Top Lists. The more traffic you push to a Top List, the more it gives you in return. Once again, take caution when exploring these sites. They propagate pretty fast and fade away sometimes as quickly. A good Top List will display hits in an out at the top of the main page. They expect you to follow some rules so pay attention. You can also look for Top Lists in our Frog Listings.

At some point you're going to have to become a categorization genius or stop submitting to these Hard Link, Reciprocal-type sites. You don't want to clutter up your page. A small link grid within a table is an easy way to go. Maybe sidebar linkage. The number of traded links you post won't be as important as the traffic they send. Some links we be removed. Others will be added. You'll build trusted relationships with busy site owners. As a result, if your site is worth returning to, you'll gain your own reputation and word-of-mouth traffic.

After you submit your site for these Hard, Reciprocal Links, then you can venture off to play with trade scripts or spend cash on traffic providers. Both respected and reliable methods for gaining an Internet audience. The trick is to trade links efficiently. If you're a newbie adult webmaster, saving time is efficient. Saving money and the time it would take to figure out trade scripts is efficient.