Is it considered ok (or is it blackhat) to drive traffic to a content page with adsense ads, from traffic through backpage, craigslist and gumtree? I don't want to do it if it's blackhat! Their answer under their policies about buying traffic: (but I'm not buying traffic, I'm driving it from classified sites, I don't see anything in their policies about what I'm doing) "Can I use online advertising to promote my referral ads? No, you may not use online advertising to purchase traffic for the specific and sole purpose of generating conversions, unless you have the express permission of the advertiser and your site complies with Google's Landing Page Quality Guidelines. Please note that Google does not grant the use of online advertising for the specific and sole purpose of generating conversions for Google products and those of our Google Pack partners