August prostitution-ad revenue down slightly year-to-year

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. --- Estimated online prostitution-advertising revenue on five U.S. websites declined 2.8 percent to $2.95 million in August compared with the same month in 2011. The August total was 1.4 percent higher than July, however.

Backpage.com, which accounted for 78.8 percent of the August total, saw an 11.8 percent year-over-year increase in revenue from online escort and body-