It helps to keep things in perspective. Think about the idea of guaranteed traffic in terms of the basic economic premises.  For example, I recently saw a company offering 1 million targeted, unique visitors for just $795. Say I’m selling product ‘X’.  One million targeted visitors for such a low price might seem reasonable if it weren’t for the fact that A) I am not the only one selling product ‘X’ and B) the company from which I purchased the 1 million visitors is not the only company selling targeted traffic.  If there are just 100 other competitors selling product ‘X’ and 100 other companies selling targeted traffic then there must also be 10 billion page views and/or searches for product ‘X’ (i.e., 1 million searches/visitors x 100 competitors x 100 traffic generation companies).  There aren’t even 10 billion people in the world, let alone 10 billion internet users!

No doubt there are legitimate companies out there.  Finding them is another task.  I have not used the following service personally but there are many people who seem to endorse it; it’s a site called traffictesters.com.  Feel free to post comments about it should you decide to try it.

There are many different ways of generating traffic– interstitial ads, expired domain redirects, embedding entire websites in a host page etc.–but the most common method as far as I can tell is the use of pop-under ads.  If you ask me, someone viewing an unrequested pop-under ad impression doesn’t really qualify as a “visitor”. To me, a visitor is a web user who comes to my website through his or her own volition.

In my opinion, effective SEO is hands down the best way to get traffic. If you’re not familiar with the concept of SEO then I’d suggest reading up on it.  If you don’t feel confident in your ability to optimize your site, then I’d suggest hiring a legitimate SEO company.

No doubt,  the raison d’être of any website is that it be seen by others.  Whether for vanity, the sharing of knowledge or making money via some business venture, no website can realize its full potential without traffic. In the case of the internet marketer, whose livelihood depends on selling a particular product or service, getting website traffic is not merely a preference, it is an act of survival.  Fail at this task and it’s time to start looking for a job—a frightening thought indeed!