On Friday, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN] approved the creation of a new top level domain [TLD] that could only be used for two things. The web address suffix dot-xxx (instead of say, dot-com or dot-net), is c
I want proculation.xxx
Trevor might want to secure CKA.xxx right away.
Myself, I want to have xxx.xxx
I want proculation.xxx
Trevor might want to secure CKA.xxx right away.
Myself, I want to have xxx.xxx
Don't forget there's a big site who has "com.com", CNET I think
Now, they just need the search engines to go along with this so that unless you specifically add the .xxx no porn sites will show up.
I'm not anti-porn, I just don't think it's cool that seemingly harmless searches can pop up more porno than anything else related to the search.
This is something I've been advocating for for years. It's not cool when your kid wants to do a report on the Whitehouse, types the Whitehouse in the address bar and up pops a porn site. Or when my wife decides to look for more cupcake recipes on line and whoops, there's a porn site.
Now, they just need the search engines to go along with this so that unless you specifically add the .xxx no porn sites will show up.
I'm not anti-porn, I just don't think it's cool that seemingly harmless searches can pop up more porno than anything else related to the search.
It's a good idea, but ICANN (or anybody else) is not forcing existing pron sites to move to the .xxx domain, all they've done is create a new domain that future porn sites can use. I'm willing to bet that most will simply snap up the .xxx equivalent of the address they already have and use a re-direct to their existing site.