Yes you will get banned from AdSense if you buy traffic. Buying traffic is good only for improving your Alexa rank. That kind of traffic won't even click your ads and will convert really awful resulting in your site being smartpriced.
Don't do it. Don't risk losing your Adsense account. Use natural free traffic generation techniques to drive traffic to your website. Write articles and submit them to high PR directories, set up Squidoo lenses based on long tail keywords, do some social bookmarking. The lazy way DOESN'T pay.
hmm... Now let's imagine that a new site needs promotion... means... more uniques, more traffic and more pageviews. Can't he buy some traffic? Isn't that a violation of his rights? Without that traffic he'll be obliged to work for years to break a deadlock. I think it's not fair. Any variants?
Actually the idea here is not to convert bought traffic into money, payed by google. Thats it. In case you buy traffic to earn "Google money", they will ban you. In other cases I don't think they will ban you...
For sure. I know dozens of webmasters, who buy and sell traffic without any doubt, because it helps their business. The effectiveness of your campaign depends on the traffic you buy. Try it, make a test campaign, then make a decision. I tried AdWords, spent 100$ in a couple of hours without any result. I wish I could spend the money to buy some traffic... Still... Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.
If you are willing to buy some traffic then buy them at reputable sites . Don't try getting them at traffic exchanges or those ptc sites. The people there aren't interested on your site.
Talking about traffic exchages I can say that some of them can bring targeted traffic of good quality to your site. But arcade webmasters should take into consideration that their (exchange) code should be in "JavaScript". And also they give bonuses for joining. Traffic quality depends on the type of the excahnge. The biggest sites use this tool to improove the quality of their traffic, just check it out www.freeonlinegames.com. I'm not trying to promote any site or exchange. Just saying that google's not against traffic exchange programs.
buying traffic is actually not so useful...as some of the taffic website seller they giving FAKE visitors while for traffic exchange most people are looking for traffic or how to make more money... just my 2 cents here
Everyone's looking for the best ways to earn money, you are right. I can compare traffic with an apple. It can look good but taste disgusting. Or it can look fine and taste fine, or even very good. The only way to check it out - to taste it.
I think free link exchanges have killed my google rating in the past. It might be considered inbound link spam. Best of luck to you.