Web rings are more of a long term community building tool than one weird trick to boost traffic. A thriving online community does bring organic traffic, but it

Web rings are more of a long term community building tool than one weird trick to boost traffic. A thriving online community does bring organic traffic, but it takes a long time to build. Also really doubtful the people who leave using the webring were going to stay around anyway. It's probably better to work on building a compelling website than to turn it into a maze with no exits. Making people feel trapped is not going to make them want to come back.