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Some webmasters claim to have had thousands of hits per day a few months after joining.
I joined, but haven't seen significant traffic yet. My advice is to try this method out and get in before we reach saturation point. Don't cheat though. Links Reciprocal links are a sturdy method of gaining extra traffic, and can benefit you in more ways than you expect. Write to as many webmasters as you can, every day, and ask them to link to you.