PHP Auto-surf Websites
Starting a website is just the beginning of making it
successful. If your site doesn't get any hits, there are no
repeat visitors. Regardless of whether or not your website is
focused around online sales, your website simply needs
visitors to grow. "Auto-surf" and "manual-surf" websites
help in this area because they are a cheap, most of the time
free, way to improve your Alexa ranking. A majority
of the major search engines, including google, factor in your
Alexa ranking - which could get you more visitors by improving
your ranking.
Since over 70% of web servers run off Apache, it only makes
sense to use PHP to serve dynamic web pages. Auto-surf
websites are nearly 100% made from PHP. From the simple login authenticity page
to viewing real-time account statistics, PHP is
working behind the scenes to serve pages specifically for the
visitor.
In order to keep traffic of client information, either a test file or database solution will be used. For the most
part, Auto-surf websites use MySQL databases to store client
information such as username, password, email, etc. and
statistical information like number of sites visited, credits
available, credits used, etc.
PHP works to credit a users account when the browser refreshes
to display the next Auto-surf member's website by incrementing
the sites visited and credits available, by a value determined
by the Auto-surf owner. PHP also removes a credit from the
member's account that it just displayed the website of. Both
adding and subtracting credits in this manner is very simple,
taking just a few lines of code.
When enough users are surfing each others' websites, the
Auto-surf owner can begin selling credits to its members, or at
online auction sites. By making money in this manner,
the owner can pay the cost of the hosting of his Auto-surf site,
as bandwidth is relatively expensive.
Using a PHP admin area, the owner can add, edit, delete and view
member accounts at the click of a button. For adding, PHP may be
used to retrieve a list of required fields, or to make sure all
fields are filled in. PHP can also validate email addresses.
Just as simple as it is to add credits to a members account, new accounts can be added to the
database.
To view account information, PHP retrieves it all from the
database. The same goes with editing and deleting. Some
Auto-surf websites also allow the owner to change the default
ratio for credits. This is a very good feature to have, as it
makes special sign-up offers a
breeze to get going.
If you're looking to make some cash on the side and decide an
Auto-surf is the way to go, PHP is definitely what you want to
use.