Frequently Asked Questions

anyWeblink.com is a free traffic exchange platform. Instead of paying for advertising, members earn credits by viewing other members' links, then spend those credits to have their own website, video, or referral link shown to others.

We offer two ways to do that: Manual Exchange, where you actively click through and view links yourself, and AutoSurf, where links load automatically for you in the background. We also run a free Website Directory and a URL Shortener, which work separately from credits.

They're two separate tools that both trade "views" for credits, but they work differently:

• Manual Exchange (dashboard.php) — you browse a list of submitted links and open each one yourself to earn credit. It's the original, hands-on way to earn.
• AutoSurf (/autosurf) — you open one page and sites load automatically one after another on a timer, so you earn credits passively while it runs in the background.

Importantly, these two tools use entirely separate accounts and separate credit balances — see the next question for details. A link you submit on one side isn't shown on the other.

Not to get started. AutoSurf can be used entirely as a guest — you'll earn and spend credits right away, no sign-up required. Manual Exchange also lets you browse, but you'll need an account to submit your own links and build up a saved credit balance.

Registering (free, on either side) is what keeps your credits safe long-term — as a guest, your balance is tied to your browser/device and can be lost if you clear cookies or switch devices.

Yes. Earning and spending credits by viewing/surfing links is completely free. If you don't want to wait, you can optionally buy credits instead of earning them — but it's never required.

Credits are the currency of the exchange. You earn credits by viewing links other members have submitted, and you spend credits by assigning them to your own link when you submit it — each credit assigned roughly buys your link one more view from another member.

Credits have no cash value; they only exist to be exchanged for views inside the platform.

From your dashboard, open any unviewed link in the list. Once you've genuinely viewed it, you're credited automatically. Each link can only earn you credit once per account/device — reopening a link you've already viewed won't earn more.

Go to Add Link, enter your URL and title, and choose how many credits to assign from your balance — that's roughly how many views your link will receive before it stops being shown. You can optionally target it to specific countries instead of showing it to everyone.

Once all the credits you assigned to a link have been spent on views, it stops being shown to other members. You can top it up any time from My Links by assigning more credits from your balance.

Yes — if you'd rather not wait, you can purchase credits directly from Buy Credits and put them straight to work on your link.

Invite someone using your referral link, and you'll automatically earn 100% of the credits they earn on top of their own — for as long as they keep using the site. Your referral link is available from your dashboard.

AutoSurf is a "set it and forget it" way to earn credits. Open surf.php, and it automatically loads one approved website after another — you just leave the tab open. Once each site's timer finishes, you earn credit and it moves on to the next one.

Like Manual Exchange, you also spend credits by submitting your own site to be shown to other surfers.

Yes — this trips people up, so it's worth being explicit: AutoSurf runs on its own login system and its own credit balance, completely separate from your main anyWeblink.com account. Logging in on anyWeblink.com does not log you into AutoSurf, and credits never transfer between the two. If you want an AutoSurf account, register for one separately.

Yes, no account needed to start surfing or earning. As a guest you're limited to fewer submitted-website slots than a registered AutoSurf member, and your credit balance is tied to your device rather than saved to an account — registering raises your slot limit and keeps your balance safe if you switch devices or clear cookies.

Each site sits on screen for a short countdown timer before you're credited and moved to the next one. Most sites award a standard amount of credit, but a site's owner can assign it a higher reward per view — when that happens, the timer for that particular site runs a little longer to match.

This happens occasionally — usually because of a heavy website, a VPN, or a slow connection, rather than a problem with AutoSurf itself. If a page hangs, just hit Skip Site to move on without losing your place. You can also Report the site to flag it for an admin, or Block it so it never appears in your rotation again.

It's a toggle (found on the AutoSurf dashboard and on the surf page itself) that automatically skips websites our admins have flagged as known to freeze, stall, or load poorly specifically over a VPN or a slow connection. It's on by default. Turning it off just means you'll see the full, unfiltered rotation again — those sites aren't removed from AutoSurf, they're only skipped for surfers who have the filter switched on.

These three sound similar but do different things:

• Report Site — flags the site for an admin to review. It stays in rotation for everyone until an admin acts on it.
• Block Site — a personal choice, just for you. That site (or optionally everything from that member) stops appearing in your own rotation, permanently, until you unblock it from the Blocked page.
• VPN & Slow Connection Filter — a blanket, toggleable setting. When it's on, it skips every site on the admin's VPN watch-list for you; when it's off, you see all of them again. It's not tied to any one site.

It's a small compensation system for the times a site loads so slowly it has to be auto-skipped before your timer finishes. Instead of getting nothing, a fraction of a credit is added to your personal Slow Load Pot. Once the pot builds up past a threshold, it automatically pays out to your main credit balance.

Yes. When you submit a site, you can leave it set to All Countries (shown to every surfer) or target it to specific countries so it's only shown to surfers browsing from those locations.

Yes, AutoSurf has its own referral program (separate from anyWeblink.com's) that rewards you for inviting others, plus a daily bonus that both members and guests can claim once every 24 hours for a small credit top-up.

It depends on your account level:

• Guests — a small number, tracked by your browser/device rather than an account.
• Free members — a larger fixed limit.
• Pro members — a much higher limit, and you can also buy extra slot packs on top of it.

Exact numbers are shown on the URL Shortener page itself, since they can change.

No — short links don't expire on their own and redirect straight to the destination with no wait timer or interstitial page. They only stop working if you delete them yourself.

Instead of a random code like anyweblink.com/p8W2, a custom alias lets you pick your own, e.g. anyweblink.com/ThisIsMe89. It's a Pro feature — free members and guests get randomly generated codes. Aliases can only use letters, numbers, underscores and hyphens, must fall within the length range shown on the page, and can't be a word already reserved for one of the site's own pages.

A higher link limit, the ability to pick custom aliases, and priority over the free tier — billed monthly through PayPal. It auto-renews until you cancel, and cancelling keeps Pro active through the period you already paid for rather than ending it immediately.

Delete a short link you no longer need to free up a slot, buy an extra slot pack (stacks with your existing limit, no ceiling), or go Pro for a much higher base limit.

Almost — it has to be a valid, reasonably short URL, it can't point back to anyweblink.com itself, and it can't match a domain on the site's blocked list.

Yes — each short link keeps a running click count and the time it was last clicked, shown next to it on the URL Shortener page. It's just a counter; there's no click-by-click log.

No — guest links are tied to your browser/device, not an account, so they won't automatically appear under a new login. Recreate any you still need once you're signed in.

The Website Directory is a free, curated list of websites you can browse by category or search by title, description or URL. It's separate from Manual Exchange and AutoSurf — listing a site there doesn't use credits, and you don't need an account to browse or submit.

Go to Submit Website and fill in the title (up to 50 characters), your website address, a category, a short description (up to 150 characters) and your email address. Listing is free. Every submission is reviewed by our team before it goes live, and we email you the result of the review.

Submit your site's top-level domain (like yourdomain.com) — subdomains such as name.blogspot.com aren't accepted. Listings must also follow our Terms of Service:

• Family-friendly only — no adult websites and no gambling, betting or casino sites.
• No illegal content, malware, phishing, hate speech or copyright infringement.
• The link must open directly on the page you submitted — no redirects to another site and no pop-ups or prompts (like "open in app") that have to be dismissed first.
• The title and description must accurately describe the website.

Yes, to keep the review queue manageable: up to 5 websites per day from the same connection or device, with a short wait of about a minute between submissions. A website that's already listed — or already waiting for review — can't be submitted again.

New submissions stay pending until our team approves them, so they won't appear straight away. Once reviewed, you'll get an email with the result. If your site was declined or later removed, the email includes the reason. If you haven't heard anything, check your spam folder, then contact us.

Sponsoring pins your listing to the Sponsored area at the top of the directory and on the Sponsored Links page. Click Sponsor It on your listing, choose 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days at $1.00 per day, and pay securely through PayPal.

Top It pins your listing to the very top of its own category for the number of days you choose (1, 3, 7, 14 or 30), also at $1.00 per day through PayPal. Sponsoring puts you in the featured area at the top of the whole directory; Top It puts you first within your category. They're bought separately.

It activates automatically once PayPal confirms your payment, usually within a few seconds. The thank-you page refreshes on its own while it waits. If it still says it's confirming after a few minutes, contact us and include your listing number. If you buy again while a placement is still active, the new days are added after the current expiry, and each placement ends automatically when its time is up. Placements are visibility only — they don't guarantee views, clicks or a particular position — and are non-refundable once activated, as set out in our Terms of Service.

It's one approved listing featured in a banner at the top of the directory. It's picked at random from the approved listings and changes every 24 hours — it can't be bought, so every approved site has a chance to be chosen.

Each approved listing has its own dedicated page showing its details, which you can open with View SEO Page on any listing card.

Use the Report button on a listing, pick a reason (for example a broken link, adult or gambling content, a redirect or pop-up, malware, spam, or a subdomain), and add a short note if you like — a note is required if you choose "Other". Reports go to our administrators, who remove listings that break the Terms of Service. Please only report listings that are genuinely broken, misleading or against the rules.

Directory listings don't have a member login, so edits and removals are handled by our team. Contact us from the email address you submitted with, tell us which website it is, and what you'd like changed.

Because the two sides use separate accounts, use whichever reset page matches where you're trying to log in:

• anyWeblink.com (Manual Exchange) — forgot_password.php
• AutoSurf — autosurf/forgot-password.php, also linked from the AutoSurf login and register pages

You can use the same email/username on both if you like, but they're still two independent accounts under the hood — signing into one never signs you into the other, and each keeps its own password and credit balance.

We only collect what's needed to run the exchange and keep it fair. See our full Privacy Policy for details on what's collected and how it's used.

A few common reasons: it's still pending admin approval, it's run out of assigned credits, or it's targeted to countries that don't match the viewer's location. Check its status from My Links (Manual Exchange) or your AutoSurf dashboard.

Admins occasionally reject or remove links that break our Acceptable Use rules, or sites that repeatedly cause loading problems for other members. You'll see a notice with the reason, and any unused credits assigned to it are refunded to your balance automatically.

The Add Link page shows the reason. Common ones: you've reached your total link limit (delete a link to make room), you've hit the hourly submission limit for your connection or device, you don't have enough credits for the amount you assigned, or an admin has temporarily timed your account out from posting new links. A timeout shows the time it ends, and only affects submitting new links — your existing links and the rest of your account keep working. If you think it's a mistake, contact us.

In AutoSurf, use the Report Site button while it's on screen. For a website in the Directory, use the Report button on its listing. For Manual Exchange links, or anything else, reach out through our contact form.

Send us a message through the contact form, or email support@anyweblink.com directly.