Prostitution on the Web?

Posted on March 13, 2008 By: Mike, VoIP Facts: The Blog email author
Filed Under Commentary

Sex is once more in the news. And why not? The prominent governor of New York, and once zealous moralizer, finds himself resigning in disgrace as his wife stands stoically by his side. Elliot Spitzer got caught booking escorts over the web, paying up to $3,600 and having them flown in to D.C. to join him on his frequent business trips to have sex.

Is anybody surprised that you can do that on the Internet? The porn industry has thrived on the new media and in fact is responsible for many of its early innovations. With streaming media and broadband connections becoming common place, those who will pay and those that are willing are bound to get together, by credit card or cash.

Today’s prostitution websites, such as the Emperors Club from the Spitzer incident, are sophisticated and fully functional, and many are applying some state of the art marketing techniques. Jason Lee Miller offers some insight about just how easy it is to get “hooked” up on the web. Prostitution websites are not shy about being found. They employ SEO, AdWords, and Web 2.0 social networking. According to Miller, even some niche players are getting into the field, offering free websites to call girls in return for who knows what.

The Internet is all about communication, whether it be voice, video, or text, and people hook up for a variety of reasons all over the world. For a website to accept payment by credit card to a bank in a country where prostitution is legal is not hard to do. On a medium where the most popular keyword searched is “sex”, what a great place for the world’s oldest profession to set up shop.

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