Paying $ to get hits

has anyone paid $ to get thousands of hits to their website

[funguru]

hi..
just a simple search for 'cheap hits' will give so many website willing to send thousands of visitors to your website for really cheap. has anyone ever tried any such service. I am very keen to try one but evethough its only $10, i want to do some research before i go ahead with it.. any comments?

[sem4u]

I would be very surprised if you made any sales from these 'visitors'.

[encyclo]

They are almost exclusively scams - the traffic you'd get would be worthless. What's more, if you get into that game, you're getting into stuff like doorway pages which could get you banned from major search engines. You should run a mile from anything like this. I'd use the $10 for a few well-targeted Adwords any day.

[funguru]

yes, i think i should stay away from them.. but sometimes it is so tempting ;) ..

[martinibuster]

Adwords.
Five cents per click.
Cheap.
Adwords Contextual matching=cheap branding (from Zero cents per impression).
Reciprocal links=good
tell-a-friend=gooderer