ICANN Approves Dot-XXX Domain for Porn
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ICANN Approves Dot-XXX Domain for Porn
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#2I can only imagine the kind of domain name land-grab this will invoke. Squatters will be prepping their naughty keywords database in preparation, I suspect.
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#3sex.xxx
the most expensive domain evar
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#4Complete waste of time and a boondoggle.
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#5I wish the ICANN would knock it off. TLD's are not an effective way to group websites. They are making the namespace more complex for little or no benefit. Now that the horses are effectively out of the barn, they should just make the TLD registry replace the concept of a domain. Cannon already bought .cannon right?
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#6In other news, domain registrars issued updated guidance on improved earnings...
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#7Can someone explain to me how this helps the Internet ecosystem?
If I were a porn site, why would I want this address? Filters, parental controls, etc. are most likely going to block the entire .xxx domain - this would limit page views.
History has shown that .com is the most popular TLD - how is .xxx going to help? It seems like an attempt to drum up registrar dollars.
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#8It wouldn't surprise me if the pornography industry didn't completely ignore this TLD. The nature of pornography means that it's possible to be very creative in naming your site.
If you look at Alexa's list of the top adult web sites you'd see the following names: livejasmin.com, pornhub.com, xvideos.com, youporn.com, xhamster.com, tube8.com, ...
It doesn't look to me like the .com namespace is running out of room for pornography.
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#9Can someone explain to me how this helps the Internet ecosystem? If I were a porn site, why would I want this address? Filters, parental controls, etc. are most likely going to block the entire .xxx domain - this would limit page views. History has shown that .com is the most popular TLD - how is .xxx going to help? It seems like an attempt to drum up registrar dollars.
True, it would limit page views, but don't forget that (for better or worse) there are laws about viewing pornography across most of the country and much of the world as well. At least some of that traffic is coming illegally, and it may be only a matter of time before porn peddlers are held legally liable for that traffic.
I think it makes a lot of practical business sense to be able to unequivocably categorize your business.
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#10It wouldn't surprise me if the pornography industry didn't completely ignore this TLD. The nature of pornography means that it's possible to be very creative in naming your site. If you look at Alexa's list of the top adult web sites you'd see the following names: livejasmin.com, pornhub.com, xvideos.com, youporn.com, xhamster.com, tube8.com, ... It doesn't look to me like the .com namespace is running out of room fo…
I would be surprised if every site doesn't immediately get their .xxx out of nervousness. How long until someone puts laws saying porn must be hosted on .xxx "for the children"? Sites using .com could be accused of trying to hide instead of clearly marking their dangerous content.
Idiotic, yes. So how probable?