Paying for Traffic?

Is paying for traffic something to be embarassed about?

Well, I don't think so. For me, I think it's like advertising on billboards or the TV or the other media like newspapers and magazines. I mean using Google Adwords or Adbrite Network Ads is exactly just like advertising.

Waiting for people to click on links which you have exchanged is fine. I believe in that. Organic growth and all. And I also believe in submission of my urls to search engines and blog directories.

But I find that in general, incoming traffic from links to be pretty low, received traffic from blog directories to be a pittance and search engine ranking is really not an easy achievement especially when there are thousands of sites out there vying for the top location in a search based on a popular keyword.

Using Google Adwords and AdBrite's targeted sites and advertising on these sites have proven economical compared to just open advertising on networks on both Google Adwords and Abrite Network ads. I find that if I advertise on those specific targeted sites that have similar and relevant content with mine - those people visiting their sites will click on my advertisement and visit my site.

Moreover, getting your advertisement on specific sites helps you choose advertisement on high traffic sites and limit your spend. Imagine advertising on a thousand small sites with low visitors and just advertising in one site with fantastically high volume of visitors. It can mean alot of difference.

Just getting visitors may not necessarily be good because they may not like the content and you need to find common interest visitors who'll visit and keep reading your posts.

And most important of all - Keep Coming Back!