Where should you advertise?

I would like to discuss traffic exchanges today.  I own one but I see their shortcomings.  The original idea behind a traffic exchange was to exchange views - I will look at your site if you look at mine. 

Unfortunately the traffic exchange industry has turned into a clicking society that only cares about getting people to join other traffic exchanges or earning a few pennies per day.

It is said that if someone sees a site enough times they will eventually click on it and maybe take action such as joining a site or filling in a capture form.  I believe that the site must appeal to them in some way, must draw their attention to it.  There are so many sites out there that I think it is good for your site to be unique, eye catching, and short and to the point.  A traffic exchange shows a page for a few seconds and then it is on to the next site.  You have a few seconds to have the view read what you have to say.  Keep it simple and easy to read.  You can go in to detail in your emails if you are using a capture page.  A splash or banner can direct the user to another page or the actual affiliate link.
Again, keep the splash or capture page simple and easy to ready, you only have a few seconds to grab that viewer!

I will be adding a list of my favorite Traffic Exchanges within the next few days, please feel free to suggest others if you feel they are a good source for advertising and not for penny clicking.