I’ve been blogging and writing articles now for a couple of years, and I’ve noticed a clear trend – my articles about sex garner the most views and as such, money. For example my blog entitled “It is NOT the Republicans or Democrats” about the debt ceiling debacle and politics in general (which I think is really relevant and important) got only 189 views, while my blog entitled “How to Avoid the Common Mistakes Women Make in their Sex Lives” got 3,825 views. No surprise that sex sells, since companies and advertisers have been using sex to push products for decades.

In the past year or so there has been a phenomenon known as tag trading or keyword trading for profit and it has caused a big stir. Tags and keywords are simply words or phrases used to describe something that advertisers can target to make sales. The idea of tag trading on sites is that by owning some of these tags you can earn money every time advertisers link to them. However, that is just the beginning. Members can buy and sell their tags to each other for profit as well. Seems confusing but it is actually fun and a little bit addicting. One site offering tag trading is Tagvillage.

Web advertising such as banner ads are often ignored by web surfers due to ad blindness brought on by overexposure to such ads. However, banner ads are not dead like pop-up ads and can be effective if certain rules are followed.