The Online Escort Industry (UK)
The online escort industry needs two vital components. Expert web technologies and human beings have allied. There is not a shortage of either in today’s world. Human beings are the most unique mammals on the planet. We are capable of the greatest innovation and we are capable of the greatest destruction. One thing that is scientifically proven is we yearn for human interaction. An online article by Drug Discovery News looks into the psychology behind this need and yearning for human interaction. We are “social creatures” and from sporting events to nightlife we can see in the UK especially that everybody benefits from socialising with work colleagues, friends, family, and loved ones. We live in an age of technological advancements not seen in the past 50 years.
AI has allowed us to do things we never dreamed about twenty years ago. The game changer in the past 30 years has been the birth of the internet. We have become heavily connected online but ironically (especially recently) very disconnected from others. At the touch of a button, we can connect with information and each other instantaneously. It has given us a newfound freedom of adventure but also misadventure. People have connected with others in the past decade through websites and “apps”. The modern dating scene was revolutionised by the “World Wide Web” with dating sites and websites like Facebook. People were reconnecting and connecting for the first time. Many new relationships and friendships have been formed at the click of a button. The online escort industry only exists due to web technologies.
With fast internet access speeds, we connect with another person within seconds. At the same time, we have seen how online web technologies have made it possible for people to mess up their lives. Infidelity and divorce rates have skyrocketed. Who remembers Ashley Madison and the scandal where their online member’s information was leaked online? (https://www.ashleymadison.com/). Whatever your opinion on that scandal, we can all agree that people yearned for human interaction. From a moral and ethical standpoint, I am sure people will agree or disagree on the nature of that website.
As a leading (English-owned) agency we recognise that people yearn for companionship. Our agency is happy to provide people the opportunity to meet others on a companionship-only basis. We operate solely as an advertising forum where our escorts work independently but under the umbrella of an escort agency. The internet provides us with a very effective medium to feature our companionship-only outcall options. Our escort agency does its best to match individuals with the companions of your dreams. As an escort service advertiser, we want to be a benefit to the online escort industry and hope to be part of its ever-changing future.
The Beginning - The Seeds Of The Online Escort Industry
Today’s society is fuelled by technology. It saw the “Big Bang” of information. The next step was for people to utilise this newfound power and medium to advertise businesses. Products and services became readily available on websites. Payment gateways enabled people to purchase goods and services. To build the trust factor review networks and websites were created so people could see, hear, or read the feedback from other customers/clients. So the framework was there for other industries to utilise that framework. There has always been a demand for escort services.
Gone of the days were escorts and agencies left business cards in phone booths. Or took out adverts in certain magazines or newspapers. In terms of cost and effectiveness, escorts can quickly create an online profile on an escort directory. They then can promote their services to specific demographics and geographical locations. Over the decades attitudes to dating, relationships and the roles of men and women have changed. People have become more comfortable meeting others after seeing their profiles on a website. It is a minefield, but with a wealth of information online people can safely navigate the online dating landscape. Again, the same has been incorporated by the online escort industry. Review websites, and message boards supporting escorts and escort clientele have given people additional information and guidance on how to navigate the online escort industry.
Online Escort Services - The Change In the Industry
Online escort services are incalls or outcalls that a person or persons can book online. For this article, we will focus on companionship-only escort services. As there is a tendency for non-companionship-only escort services to be lumbered together with companionship-only ones. An escort service can only be provided by an escort. They come hand in hand. Now escorts fall into two categories. An independent escort and an agency escort. An independent escort is an individual not promoted by an agency and does not have to pay any commission for any escort bookings to a third party.
An agency escort (basically an escort promoted by an escort agency) has to pay a commission per booking to their escort agency. Independent escorts in the early 2000s were heavily reliant on having their own escort website. A website that provide information about their personality, body characteristics, and also rates for their escort services. Their escort services were explained in detail and they would have a gallery to provide prospective and current clients with photos of themselves.
This was a time when web design technologies were limited, there were not a multitude of web builders available and they needed to find a specialist web designer to design the website. Escort directories were in existence but they were limited in number and web technologies. Many people at the time had been used to going to personal introduction agencies where people would have a paper profile and a personal introduction manager would have to search through bundles of paper profiles. The process is long and often hard to manage. Websites speeded up escorts exponentially promoting their escort services.
Now with hundreds of sophisticated escort directories escort agencies and independent escorts alike can create profiles in seconds. There are so mnay apps and software out there where people can resize their own pictures and upload them to a website or an escort directory. Escort directories are structured and enable escorts to provide extensive information about themselves and their services. Also, they can choose what geographical areas they want their escort services to be promoted in. Touring escorts can schedule their escort adverts for particular time periods they are in specific geographical regions.
Escort review websites have revolutionised the online escort market. There are many websites (Ukpunting.com and Punternet ) being the most popular today) where people can write and read reviews. It is like having a TripAdvisor or Google Reviews but for the online escort industry. We form connections every day. Some are just for a brief moment others blossom into something bigger. The online escort industry provides that platform for people seeking companionship on their terms and with an additional confidence and surety that the person they meet will not be a catfish. But again, this is down not guaranteed.
How this is combatted is to do online research and to use trusted escort websites. These are longstanding websites which have built a reputation over the years and has good reviews. Escort directories provide an extra level of peace of mind as many verify the escort before they are permitted to advertise their services on it. Escort message boards that are also long-standing and moderated by experienced escorts/escort service providers are a good resource to learn more about the online escort market.
How The Online Escort Industry Has Changed Attitudes Towards Companionship
People focus on the sexual revolution and focus on the “sex” part of it. The real revolution was how people perceived the dynamics of human interaction and the limitless options now presented. the online escort industry gave people an effective medium to explore this with relative ease. We are all about forming new connections that bring benefit to our lives. Everybody seems to have a social media account. Everybody seems to have an online work profile so companies and other businesspeople can get into contact with them (and (vice-versa). We are always making new connections the moment we step outside.
Most adults at some stage will have created an online dating profile. Apps like Tinder have seen millions of people sign up. People swipe left or right on a profile and inbuilt app technologies try their best to find people a match. It is a dependency on an algorithm and the information people have inputted. So are we simply going to become a series of letters and numbers that a software program sorts through? We are human and should never forget our humanity. We should never forget the adventure and the thrill of the uncertainty of life. Our smartphones are glued to our hands in today’s society; especially in the UK.
We spend hours trawling the internet to social media platforms. We have become a generation of voyeurs, who have lost the basic skills of connecting with people away from the digital universe. Our smartphones have become a portal into the digital world. some of us get swallowed up and some of us use it to enrich our lives. Over 90% of adults have a smartphone. Even the older generation have embraced technology.
So you will see people aged 50 and above ultilise their smartphone to book escort services online. The online escort industry has changed attitudes to companionship simply by making a wide range of companionship options more accessible. The sheer numbers of options have giving people one thing – choice. And as we know choice is one of the most powerful things in the world.
Web Technology Improvements For The Online Escort Industry
With the introduction of high-speed broadband, better escort web design technologies and smartphones, the online escort industry hit a boom. Escorts now had the ability to create their own website very easily. Web builders and Content Management Systems CMS) which became so user-friendly, gave escorts with no web design experience the ability to create their own personal websites. With the expansion of web hosting technologies adult-orientated web host providers cashed in on the increasing demand for adult website hosting services. Many escort web design companies capitalised on this by producing off-the-shelf websites for independent escorts and escort agencies.
With the improvement of camera phone technology escorts no longer needed to go to professional photographers to create pictures for their online portfolio. If they have the latest smartphone they can take high quality pictures. Then using the (CMS) Content Management System, upload their photos to their own personal online gallery. Overnight hundreds of escort websites began appearing online. Web domain prices for “.co.uk” became very affordable. So escorts could manage their own online gallery, write information about themselves, services, and escort rates, and display it on a well-designed website. Escort web design has become even more sophisticated over the years. Escort agencies especially are looking for visually appealing websites with robust website functionality. So overnight the online escort industry exploded into seeing hundreds to thousands more escorts have their personal website online.
The Quality Of Search Terms On Major Search Engines For Escort Related Keywords
There are a staggering 5.9 million web searches made per minute on Google. When it comes to escort related keywords, the online escort industry is a very diverse one. Male, female, transgender, mature, fetish, role play, dinner date, weekend, business, VIP, elite… The list is endless in regards to escort related keywords/niches. Google is the the main search engine that people turn to for online escort services. Escorts and agencies compete for keyword positions on Google. Google have peridocis algorthmic updates and a set of guidlines for websites to follow. If they adhere to this and are quality websites with quality content (with topical authority), then there is a good chance of getting ranked. However, the past two years has seen a drop in quality of escort related searches in the context a lot of low quality sites are mixed within the search results. This effects the overall quality of the niche/keywords and websites that are not relational and not quality (clearly) appear highly ranked. The effect this has for escort clientele is that if they are new to seeking escort servcies they will more than likely stumble on a low quality site. Low quality sites can be an indication of a low quality service. But in the sense of quality information which google prides itself on. In many humble SEO experts opinions the sites with the best and most accurate information regarding online escort services are not giving any prominence. This has been a talking point for the past couple of years in escort forums. Is there an active dampening of quality of keywords in the online escort industry? Well, as the saying goes ‘time will tell.