Hi,

I'm not so sure since "purchased" traffic is not specifically
mentioned in their TOS..Here's the quote from their TOS

"Traffic Sources

Google ads may not be placed on pages receiving traffic from certain sources. For example, publishers may not participate in paid-to-click programs, send unwanted emails or display ads as the result of the action of any software application. Also, publishers using online advertising must ensure that their pages comply with Google's"

Here's the link to their terms of service..

https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...GJwPwDdHyoYt-w

All the best,

If you're talking about paying people to come to your site and click on your adsense links, then yeah , LOL, it's against their TOS , obviously.

Bot traffic is what it says, basically a BOT which flicks between proxies visits your site to inflate numbers, human traffic is actually humans visiting, both can be paid for.

Paid traffic is a huge catch all, obviously not all paid traffic is against their TOS as PPC on Google itself is paid traffic and many sites run Adsense that also pay for search or content traffic to their website.

That is entirely different however from paying somebody from DP for a package of people to come and scam click adsense on your site which is presumably what they woudl do.

If its creating forced traffic to your site I do believe it is a violation of their terms. Your traffic needs to come from natural means within reason that is. If your doing TV ads or whatever then that find you paid for that traffic. If its paid per click traffic like you see on some of those crappy sites then no don't do it.

I've certainly had Adsense on Blogs where I was directing traffic to another offer, and that does not violate the TOS. If you had PPC traffic specifically to only click the Adsense ads so you could make money, that would violate the TOS.

For example, you hire a company somewhere in the world to send traffic to your site to click on your ads and that was the main job. Click and leave. That violates the TOS. If you are not doing that, you're good.

As I had seen traffic arbitrage is not permitted.

Well way back when I used ad sense and I got banned for paying for targeted traffic. it is a NO NO
-WD

Google won't know if the traffic that you're getting is
free or paid traffic, and they really don't care.

What they care about, is the quality of the traffic. I know
plenty of people that got banned from adsense because of crappy
traffic, both paid, and free.

If the traffic that you're buying is of good quality, then you shouldn't
have any problems.

From google terms of service

Google ads may not be placed on pages receiving traffic from certain sources. For example, publishers may not participate in paid-to-click programs, send unwanted emails or display ads as the result of the action of any software application. Also, publishers using online advertising must ensure that their pages comply with Google's Landing Page

Invalid click activity consists of any clicks or impressions that may artificially inflate an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings, and for which we decide not to charge the advertiser. This includes, but is not limited to, clicks or impressions generated by a publisher clicking on his own ads, a publisher encouraging clicks on his ads, automated clicking tools or traffic sources, robots, or other deceptive software.
Please note that clicks on Google ads must result from genuine user interest, and any method that artificially generates clicks or impressions is strictly prohibited

Yeah I think it is best I was nieve and bought my traffic package figuring the same thing get a jump on it. actually generated over 53 bucks then.GONE. won't do that again
-WD

I am really getting frustrated as i am not getting enough traffic. My website is bekarjobs.com which is all about posting new job information.
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Now i am considering to buy paid traffic. There are some site i came around, who wants to sell traffic with just 10$ or so.
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I have adsense ads in my site. I just want to know that whether there will be any effect on the adsense ads if i buy traffic??? Is buying traffic against TOS of adsense??

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I would say not to buy anykind of traffic if your website has adsense. Do not take that RISK.

Paid traffic (even junk traffic from paid sources) is good only for improving your Alexa rank for new sites.

Paid Traffic = Google Adsense TOS

It is against Google Adsense's TOS to buy traffic or to participate in paid-to-click programs.

"Google ads may not be placed on pages receiving traffic from certain sources. For example, publishers may not participate in paid-to-click programs, send unwanted emails or display ads as the result of the action of any software application." - Google Adsense Support



Difference Between Bot Traffic and Human Traffic

Bot Traffic is basically referred to as website visits by certain internet software applications. This kind of traffic is considered as "invalid" and "illegal"... and obviously leads to higher bounce rates.

while

Human Traffic is referred to as website visits from real people coming from different sources (search engines, referral sites, etc).

I think some people here are commenting for the sake of it and not even trying to answer the question. You may pay for traffic but you may not pay people to click on the ads. Simples.

has anyone ever NOT gotten banned for sending 10,000+ hits to a site and making $500 a day?

why would you not want to pay for seo work? and try to rank your site for some decent traffic keywords... I think that would be more bang for your buck as an investment... and bring you more traffic longer term. It may not be an overnight solution, but once you stop paying for traffic, the sales also stop...

By the way, to be 110% safe, get your paid traffic to a page that is without Adsense such as "Enter here" page. Insert adsense subsequently to all the other pages. With this, you can stop worrying about your precious little neck getting chop by Google.

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Question is really good but shall we talk about this matter as from where the traffic is coming. Many sites purchase traffic and are doing well with adsense. Thing to remember is "traffic is not bad" but traffic from bots,robots and other stuff is bad. Sites like Digg offers sponsored listings...what do you think its an example of ? clearly, it is an example of paid traffic. Any questions?

I don't think it is. It's just hard to get ahead in this game and earn a positive ROI. Even if you can get 1k impressions for $5 with banners and get a .5% CTR (that's good) and a good 5% of people click on your AdSense ad, you are still only making $5 at $.10 a click. In other words, you break even.

in my opinion you should not buy traffic if your website is new, go for generic ways and look to get the relevant traffic....

Adsense arbitrage is definitely frowned upon by Google. Whether you get banned or not is uncertain. I have heard stories from both sides.

It can also be an expensive way to earn money through the program if you don't manage your PPC campaigns properly.

It is against the TOS but they wont really be able to catch it. Just don't buy clicks

When you READ the TOS and policy it explains clearly..
If you use paid traffic you need to know what sources they are providing.
Google thrive on PAID traffic they make a great deal of money from it
what they are trying to do is make the system realistic so the whole online world does not simply spam itself to oblivion even with paid traffic...

Read the TOS

Bot traffic will get you banned.
Traffic going to a landing page that has no ads or actually has content
Think about the rest of the online world we don't all actually want to be spammed to death..
Facebook is a social media site but we have to find ways to bombard that with sales by stealth etc.

Because there are so many black hat ways it just inflate the problem and does nothing for the service..

That said..
TOS - you can get traffic to your site by legitimate natural means...
so if you buy X number of view and they all arrive at the same time - you will be noticed.
If the are from HUMAN visitors - exit traffic etc.
While they are not likely to stay on your site they still count as a hit for SEO

i think if all your traffic is all coming from Paid Traffic it is against google

You can try it and tell us how it goes