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Google: .XXX Will Be Treated Like Any Other Top-Level Domain
Dec 7 2011LOS ANGELES—A few months ago, AVN conversed with Google on the subject of how the leading search engine will treat search results for .xxx.
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Public .XXX Domain Registration Starts TodayDec 6 2011
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a .XXX domain, now is your chance. At 11am Eastern today, the ICM Registry will open registration for .XXX domains to the public.
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Should xxx be available as a domain name?Dec 6 2011
“xxx,” those three letters signifying all things pornographic and illicit, is officially up for sale as of Tuesday, CBC News reports.
Starting at 11 a.m. ET, anyone, including owners of pornographic websites and other adult entertainment businesses will be able to buy website domain names ending in .xxx.
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XXX Domains Help Users Find Porn, But Can They Also Help Block Porn?
Dec 6 2011In an audio podcast interview for CBS News and CNET, ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley, the main behind the XXX domains, acknowledged that XXX domains, along with creative searching, will help seekers of adult content find what they’re looking for.
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New .xxx top-level domains go on sale today.
Dec 6 2011
Porn kings will now have their own top-level domain to rule over.Today, .xxx sites go live at 11 a.m. EST.
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Chicago universities preemptively buying up porn domains.Dec 6 2011
Northwestern.xxx will soon be a real destination for web browsers, but it won’t be a place for peddling porn.
Northwestern University has joined other schools in registering for the adult-oriented domain extension before the names go on sale to the public Tuesday.
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XXX Domains Now Available For All Your Amateur Porn-Baron Fantasies
Dec 6 2011
The ‘sunrise‘ period is now over. You can officially buy dot-XXX domains from your favourite domain registrar, as of today. Whatever your imagination can conjure up, and no I don’t want to know thanks, can be registered as long as no-one’s shot first.
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On Tuesday, porn sites set to go .XXXDec 6 2011
It’s either a new, safer era for adult content on the Web or the first step in creating a digital porn ghetto, depending upon who you ask.
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Man behind XXX domains says they’ll help parents protect kidsDec 5 2011
After years of being debated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), .XXX was approved earlier this year and is now a reality. Approximately 100,000 XXX domains are going live on Tuesday.
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Over 100,000 XXX Domain Names Are Going Live Tomorrow At 11 EST
Dec 5 2011
The next generation of online porn launches tomorrow at 11 AM EST.
We asked the guy behind XXX domain names who stands to benefit from the changeover.
- Grooby Productions Launches Shemale.xxx
Oct 26 2011LOS ANGELES—Grooby Productions today announces the launch of its latest website, shemale.xxx, the first of a series websites that Grooby plans to release on the new .xxx TLD.
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DomainMonster.com 25,000 Pre-orders For .XXX General Availability AlreadyOct 18 2011
DomainMonster an ICANN accredited registrar in a press release today say it has already taken 25,000 pre-orders for .XXX domain names when they become available for registration to the public.
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ICM Registry Launches .XXX Adult Performer Programme
Oct 17 2011Adult Star Stormy Daniels Announces Upcoming Stormydaniels.XXX Website and Praises .XXX for Proactive Protection of Adult Performer’s Domain Names Stormy Daniels and Nina Mercedez Sign On as ICM Registry Spokes Models.
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SheMales.XXX Sells For $200,000; 3 1/2 Times More Than The .Net Sold For
Oct 17 2011Stuart Lawley the CEO of the ICM Registry just announced at the TRAFFIC conference that it has just sold the domain name SheMales.XXX for $200,000.
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ICM Registry Opposes U.K. Plan to Adopt Online Adult Opt-in Rules
Oct 11 2011LONDON — ICM Registry, the operator of .XXX, on Tuesday said that it opposes the U.K.’s plan to adopt opt-in rules to receive online adult content in the country.
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Gay.xxx domain name sells for $500,000 to porn companyOct 11 2011
The web address gay.xxx has been sold to a porn production company for half a million dollars.
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IFFOR Taps Former ICANN Exec to Lead ‘Outreach’
Oct 9 2011WASHINGTON — IFFOR said Sunday it has tapped Kieren McCarthy, former ICANN general manager of public participation, to lead the organization’s “public outreach efforts.”
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Oct 7 2011
The internet address gay.xxx has been sold for $500,000, making it the most expensive domain name sold in an extension that is not yet publicly open for registration.
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ICM Registry Announces Record-Setting Prices for New .XXX Domains
Oct 6 2011
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Oct 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — ICM Registry, the company behind the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) has sold the domain name, Gay.xxx at a record-setting price for any new domain as part of a special pre-Landrush sale, it was announced today by Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry.
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Corbin Fisher Proudly Acquires Gay.xxx
Oct 5 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Liberty Media Holdings (LMH), parent company of Corbin Fisher, has proudly announced its acquisition of the top-level domain name, gay.xxx. The company plans to make gay.xxx the premiere destination for gay adult content on the web.
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International – ‘.xxx’ overspend exaggerated, but choose your registrar wiselyOct 5 2011
This week, media reports outlined the mistakes costing trademark owners money when making an ‘.xxx’ sunrise application. In an exclusive interview with WTR, ICM Registry president Stuart Lawley says the problems are not as widespread as reported – although he admits the success rate varies from registrar to registrar. -
.XXX Racing to Make Its Maiden Voyage at Off Shore World Championships in Key West, Nov. 11-13
Oct 3 2011
ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain (TLD), announced today that it is entering world class powerboat racing with world champion driver Mike Seebold to compete at this year’s Off Shore World Championships in Key West, Florida. -
At a XXX-roads - The adult industry is seeking respectability… and profits
Oct 1 2011
BANNERS bearing lewd phrases like “Pussycash” and “Want filthy mobile dollars?” belied the unprovocative topics that quickened the conversation at a swish London hotel recently.
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Sept 30 2011
ICM Registry, the company behind the new .xxx top level domain name, is entering world class powerboat racing with world champion driver Mike Seebold to compete at this year’s Off Shore World Championships in Key West, Florida.
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Movies.xxx, Power.com, Optical.com, Sex.co, Campaigning.com and 95 other Domain Names up for Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. October 18th
Sept 28 2011
On October 18th at 2PM in Fort Lauderdale the annual T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Domain Name auction will take place. Several industry defining names will be up for grabs. -
Will New .Brand Domains Supercharge Your Search Ranking?
Sept 28 2011
There is a great deal of interest and debate surrounding the question of how the new, upcoming top-level domains (TLDs) will affect search engine optimization. With quite a lot of this debate fueled by speculation, it’s difficult to deliver a definitive answer.
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XXX hits the spot for adult industry innovator
Sept 23 2011
CALIFORNIAN JOAN Irvine is instantly likable. Outgoing, charming, immaculately dressed for business, mature – she exactly fits the professional image of what she is: the executive director of a new international organisation.
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Mike Berkens Invests in .XXX Domains
Sept 21 2011
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Frank Schilling’s 7 figure investment in .XXX domain names as part of the ICM Registry’s Founders Program. I learned that another domain investor has also made a large investment in .XXX domain names, via the Founders Program.
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Gavin McInnes Brings a Touch of Crazy to Ads for .XXX Domains
Sept 21 2011
The Fearless Group continues its unsexy approach to advertising the .xxx domain registry with a pair of clips starring ”godfather of hipsterdom” Gavin McInnes. He’s a smarmy, middle-aged doofus with a goofy beard, sophomoric sense of humor and affinity for hot chicks—a description that probably fits the majority of producers and consumers of the domain’s content.
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.xxx domain – a new way to look at pornographySept 14 2011
This month’s launch of the .xxx internet domain, a new section of the internet dedicated to pornography and erotica, is getting people hot and bothered.
For media inquiries please contact:
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