Question : Buying Traffic

Hi,

Can anyone give some feedback on buying traffic.
Is it a good idea and are there any particularly good or bad companies to look out for.

Thanks

Answer : Buying Traffic

The key for buying traffic is to understand how traffic is generated by the companies who deliver traffic to your site.  The traffic service companies usually explain this in their FAQ pages.  You should never trust a company who doesn't explain how the traffic is generated.  There're 4 types of website traffic services as far as I'm aware of:

1) use popup or popunder;
2) abanded domain - the traffic service company bought a bounch of expired domains which still get some visitors from search engines, links or bookmarks.  This type of service, in my opinion, generate better visitors than other traffic services if targeted visitors match your needs.
3) traffic exchange - if you visit two site (setting your browser homepage to service company's homepage), you get one visitor;
4) the traffic service comapny creates free adult sites to attract visitors, and use popups or even hidden windows to deliver useless hits (not even visitors) to your site. This is definitely something everyone should avoid.

In general, visitors from traffic services have lower quality compared with other traffic generation approaches.