Wild again

There has been an ominous sounding tab in the editor of my blog called "Monetise". First I thought it may be something about appreciating the artist Monet. But alas no. It is inviting me to plaster advertisements all over my blog to get money.

It's scary to me to a) sell out, b) be expected to shill for various products that I have no control over. For example, there could be an ad by the BNP or an arms company and I would be oblivious until after the fact. Unlikely but you get the idea.

Blogging is basically a diary, and I bet Anne Frank never sat in her little attic thinking "If only I could advertise Pepsi so future generations can read my heart rendering tale and be reminded that if they are thirsty they can always drink fizzy brown sugary water". Its intrusive. Is nothing sacred? I anticipate the following:

-Condoms with adverts printed on them.
-Nappies that reveal "CheekyBingo.com" when your infant soils them.
-Adverts printed on the side of coffins (He lived til 90, smoked 2 packs of Benson and Hedges a day He only died because he was hit by a bus).

Okay, I don't have to do it. But part of me is SO curious what ads would crop up that is targeted for my readers? I anticipate most of you are female, in your late teens to early 30s and have psychology degrees or are getting them. SPSS text books? getanewboyfriend.com? Bacardi? Topshop? (Even though I frequent the more aspirational Kew myself).

Or what if I am wrong and most of my readership is pervy old men who have a penchant for middle class psychology graduates and are just hanging around on the off chance that I may disclose what colour knickers I am wearing. If I ended up advertising the Daily Star or Bigjugs.com wouldn't that be infinitely worse?