The Truth Is; Sex Does Sell
About a year ago when I was beginning to play around with affiliate marketing and running some PPC campaigns, I decided to try WordTracker for some “long tail” keywords. Out of curiosity, I thought I’d check some of the popular searches to see what people were really looking for on the web. That’s when I learned the shocking truth….sex really does sell!
I’m not sure why I was so surprised. I consider myself a pretty “seasoned” web surfer and I’ve seen a lot of stuff in my day, but I guess I wasn’t really prepared to see how often people search for some of these sexual related terms? I suppose I’m a little naive and old fashioned. I used to shrug off comments about the “moral decay of society”, but I think I’m beginning to understand? This isn’t a few hundred searches here and there. This is millions and millions of searches by millions and millions of people, for things that would make a lot of us turn red with embarrassment! It’s no wonder that porn sites are so prevalent across the web. It’s the simple law of supply and demand. People are looking for it, so there those that are going to supply it for a price. I’m sure there are quite a few people that have become internet millionaires through their porn sites.
I don’t advocate censorship of the web or censorship in general. I think you’d be wasting your energy if you tried to censor it, and quite frankly I think it would be next to impossible to do and enforce. Porn sites have simply become a part of today’s internet as far as I’m concerned, and the best we can do is to try and avoid them, (if that’s what you want).
My concern is my kids being exposed to certain things when they start using the internet. I think the web can be a fabulous learning tool….it’s just that there are far too many things I “don’t” want my kids learning from it. That’s an issue that most every parent is facing these days.
Got a thought or opinion? Let’s hear it….
Have a good day!
Chris
