Blue-Surf is a manual surf traffic exchange specifically designed to help marketers market their site(s) to other like-minded individuals. By participating in Blue-Surf, you can purchase or earn credits. These credits can then be assigned to web sites or banners or text links. Once assigned, our other members will begin viewing your advertisements.[hide]
A traffic exchange is exactly that -- an exchange of traffic. You view other members sites that they are marketing (or purchase credits), in exchange for other members viewing your sites. Everybody gets traffic, and everybody wins. [hide]
Surfing is the process of viewing other members sites. You will have to view each site for a predetermined number of seconds. Then, you will be allowed to "surf" onto the next site. [hide]
Manual surfing means that you must perform an action (clicking an image) to view the next site and earn more credits. By making all users wait till the timer reaches zero and click a correct image, this ensures that real visitors are actually looking at your sites. [hide]
Absolutely. When a member first signs up for Blue-Surf their account level is free. Any user can remain a free member and continue to enjoy free benefits for a lifetime. However if you are wanting to receive maximum benefits from Blue-Surf, you should consider upgrading to a bronze or gold account. [hide]
We define cheating as any process (manual or automated) that enhances a members statistics in a way that would not have happened through using Blue-Surf as a normal user. This includes, but is not limited to, creating more than one account, creating referrals under your account, and using an automated process to surf through sites. [hide]
When a member is caught cheating, his or her account will be immediately terminated. No full or partial refunds will be given for credits, banner impressions, bronze, or gold accounts lost. We may also decide to permanently ban the offending member from using the Blue-Surf service. [hide]
Well, first we programmed everything. And we still didn't have a name for it. Then we noticed everything was blue, so we just decided to call it Blue-Surf. Interesting, eh? [hide]
Blue-Surf was built by a (then) 21 year old programmer who has a strong interest in internet marketing, and perhaps an even stronger interest in further developing his HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, & Unix system administration skills. [hide]
Your browser must be configured to accept cookies and must have javascript enabled. If you can't log in and you feel that this may be your problem, please contact your system administrator or a knowledgable computer person and ask them to configure your browser to accept cookies and enable javascript.
If you have lost your password we can generate a new one for you. Go to the lost password page. When you receive your new password you should immediately log in to Blue-Surf and change it to something you will remember. [hide]
By checking the 'Remember My Username' box, Blue-Surf will already have your username filled into the login form the next time you visit the site. For security reasons we do not offer this option for your password. [hide]
Absolutely not. Having more than one account is a direct violation of the Terms of Service and may result in account deletion and/or a permanent ban from Blue-Surf. [hide]
Credits are good for getting traffic to your sites and for getting banner impressions on the surfing page. The more credits you accumulate, the more exposure your sites, banners, & text links will get. [hide]
You earn credits by surfing other members web sites, bonus pages, and by taking special offers from Blue-Surf. The easiest way to earn credits is to surf. You can do this by logging into your account and clicking the 'Surf Now' link. [hide]
Log in to your Blue-Surf account. From the member home page click the 'My Sites' link. Once there, click the 'Assign Credits' link located directly below the URL to your site. If you have not submitted a site yet, or it has not been approved, you will not see this link. [hide]
Log in to your Blue-Surf account. From the member home page click the 'My Banners' link. Once there, you will need to click the 'Convert Credits To Banner Impressions' link. Once you have converted credits to banner impressions, you may assign impressions to your banners by clicking the 'Assign Impressions' link underneath your banner. If you haven't submitted a banner yet, or your banner has not been approved, you will not see this link. After your banner has been submitted and approved, the 'Assign Impressions' link will be located directly beneath your banner. [hide]
Yes. If you cannot find the time to earn credits, or simply want more credits, you may purchase credits from Blue-Surf. You can purchase from 1000 credits all the way up to 100,000 credits. [hide]
To add a site, you must first log in. Then click on the 'My Sites' link from the member home page. If you have not used up all of your site slots, there will be an 'Add A Site' form at the bottom of the page. Type in the full URL to the site you wish to add and click the 'Add Site' button. [hide]
If you have a site that shows up in your site list that you don't want to be marketed anymore, then you may delete it. To do so, click the red 'delete' link underneath your site URL. Your site will be immediately removed from the system. You will not lose any credits by deleting a site -- even if the site has credits assigned to it. [hide]
The status field is an indication of how the Blue-Surf staff perceived your site. Pending means the site has not been reviewed yet. Approved means the site met our criteria and will begin rotation once you assign credits to it. Rejected means that the site did not meet our criteria standards. You should remove any rejected sites from your list. [hide]
Once your site has been approved by the Blue-Surf staff, you may assign credits to it. Click on the 'Assign Credits' link underneath the URL to your site in the sites list. [hide]
At this point in time, no. However, if you delete the site.. your credits you had assigned to it will roll back onto your credit balance. If you want to add the site again, you may, but it will have to go through the approval process again. [hide]
The credits remaining for a particular site is the number of credits you assigned to it minus the views it received. The credits remaining are the number of views that particular site has left. [hide]
Your credits will not be lost. They will be added onto your current credit balance. Then you may assign them to other sites, banners, or leave them idle if you wish. [hide]
You will not see your own sites while surfing. After all, you've already seen your site. You don't want to see it while surfing and waste a credit you earned on viewing your own site. Blue-Surf was intentionally programmed not to show your own sites while surfing. [hide]
Your 'banners' are the banners that you wish to promote/market on Blue-Surf. If approved, your banners will show up on the surfbar when other users are surfing web sites. [hide]
To add a banner, you must first log in. Then click on the 'My Banners' link from the member home page. If you have not used up all of your banners slots, there will be an 'Add A Banner' form at the bottom of the page. Type in the full URL to the image, the full URL to the landing page, and the alternate text of the banner you wish to add and click the 'Add Banner' button. [hide]
If you have a banner that shows up in your banner list that you don't want to be marketed anymore, then you may delete it. To do so, click the red 'delete' link underneath the display of your banner. Your banner will be immediately removed from the system. [hide]
The status field is an indication of how the Blue-Surf staff perceived your banner. Pending means the banner has not been reviewed yet. Approved means the banner met our criteria and will begin rotation once you assign banner impressions to it. Rejected means that the banner did not meet our criteria standards. You should remove any rejected banners from your list. [hide]
Log in to Blue-Surf. You will then be on the member home page. From there, click the 'My Banners' link in the navigation bar. Once on the banners page, click the 'convert credits to banner impressions' link. [hide]
Once your banner has been approved by the Blue-Surf staff and you have banner impressions available, you may assign impressions to it. Click on the 'Assign Impressions' link underneath the display of your banner in the sites list. [hide]
At this point in time, no. However, if you delete the banner.. your impressions you had assigned to it will roll back onto your banner impressions balance. If you want to add the banner again, you may, but it will have to go through the approval process again. [hide]
The impressions remaining for a particular banner is the number of impressions you assigned to it minus the views it received. The impressions remaining are the number of views that particular banner has left. [hide]
Your banner impressions will not be lost. They will be added onto your current banner impressions balance. Then you may assign them to other banners or leave them idle if you wish. [hide]
You will not see your own banners while surfing. After all, you've already seen your banners. You don't want to see it while surfing and waste a banner impression you earned on viewing your own banner. Blue-Surf was intentionally programmed not to show your own banners while surfing. [hide]
A referral is a person who you get to sign up by clicking on one of your referral banners or your referral link. Once they sign up, they will be placed "under" you in your downline. You can then begin earning percentages of their surfing credits just for referring them! [hide]
The benefits of having a downline (direct and indirect referrals) are great. You earn a percentage of EVERY MEMBER in your downlines credits every time THEY surf. That means while you're sleeping or doing other things, you can still be earning credits by having them do the work for you. The more direct and indirect referrals you have, the more credits you will earn. More credits equals more advertising exposure! You can also earn up to 40% commissions on your referrals purchases, depending on your account type.
You may use the referral banners any where you would like! Place it in places that you think people will click on them. This can be in other traffic exchanges or on your own personal web sites. If someone clicks on your banner and signs up for Blue-Surf, they will become your direct referral.
You will get the bonus credits when your direct referral surfs the minimum amount of pages required to be activated. This is set to 100 pages. Once you have earned the bonus credits from each direct referral, this will show up in your transaction history on your member home page.
You may notice your referral count go down from time to time. This happens when one of your direct referrals deletes their account or is deleted by the Blue-Surf staff. [hide]
You will stay a bronze or gold member for the amount of time that you purchased. This comes in 1, 3, 6 and 12 month increments. If you wish to extend your bronze or gold upgrade time, you may do so buy purchasing an additional bronze or gold upgrade package. If you purchase the same package (bronze or gold), then you will not lose any time. Your time will simply be extended. [hide]
