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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Last November, the adult entertainment industry heaved a collective sigh of relief at the news that Barack Obama had been reelected. Widespread concerns that a Romney victory might usher in a new era of federal prosecutions were, in my opinion, not at all unreasonable. But now what? Is the federal ... More »

ASACP: Pedophiles as Victims — Really?

ASACP: Pedophiles as Victims — Really?
I have spent the bulk of my professional life working to protect children online. After nearly 17 years I have seen — what are for the vast majority of people — unimaginable crimes perpetrated against children. Children are the most vulnerable members of society and clearly require socie... More »

Device Proliferation Creating Headaches for Web Designers

Device Proliferation Creating Headaches for Web Designers
Modern consumer media devices come in all shapes and sizes, with differing display options, form factors and functionalities. One size no longer fits all; causing problems for those who seek to satisfy today’s audiences on the go — but fortunately a wide range of solutions exist. Here ar... More »

Margin Ads Attract Banner-Blind Consumers

Margin Ads Attract Banner-Blind Consumers
AdXpansion and other adult traffic firms are jumping on the margin ad bandwagon, garnering visitors from wide screen users and more. Today’s computer users are likely to be graced with wide screen displays capable of showcasing hi-definition videos, with often underused margins — typica... More »

Tube Sites and Traffic Generation

Tube Sites and Traffic Generation
According to a recent report by PornWatchers.com, a new search engine for adult tube videos, mankind has watched more than 1.2 million years of adult entertainment — more than the total time he has spent on earth — the surprising and unexpected result of the site’s comprehensive an... More »

Image Search Remains Viable Traffic Booster

Image Search Remains Viable Traffic Booster
When many people think of search engines, they conjure up images of text boxes and links to content of dubious quality — but modern tools for searching the vast amounts of data available online take several shapes — such as image based search and search results that are a favorite traffi... More »

Roku Is Rising

Roku Is Rising
A major player in the set-top box arena, Roku has announced a recent cash infusion to the tune of $45 million — from none other than Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, with British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), Menlo Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners — plus “an unnamed stra... More »

Africa on the Move

Africa on the Move
Boasting the world’s largest growth rate in Internet penetration between 2000-2012 — a figure exceeding 3,600 percent, according to InternetWorldStats.com — Africa is bridging the digital divide at an increasingly rapid (and mobile tech-forward) pace that can only be seen as good n... More »

Streaming: Consumers Still Seeking On-Demand Explicit Sex Scenes

Streaming: Consumers Still Seeking On-Demand Explicit Sex Scenes
Over the years, the adult entertainment industry has demonstrated its technology-savvy nature by being quick to profit from everything from VHS tapes to DVDs to dial-up Internet. Now, in 2013, the evolution of technology marches on; that includes the ways in which adult video-on-demand content is be... More »

Licensing Porn

Licensing Porn
Intellectual property is no small matter in the adult entertainment industry. Attorneys who work with adult-oriented businesses can keep themselves very busy answering questions about licensing. And when the licensing of adult content is done wisely, it can be advantageous for all parties involved. ... More »

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Singaporean Snapshot

With more than 80 percent of its five plus million residents online, Singapore is a sophisticated and vibrant Asian city-state on the cutting edge of technology; but limited in its tolerance of “objectionable”... More »

Pleasure Products 2013: Delivering the Goods

What does 2013 hold for distributors of pleasure products? Will new market trends develop or will business continue on the previous year’s trajectory? To get an overview of market outlooks we contacted... More »

Kinky Couples: Couples-friendly Retailing

Retailers have a major opportunity to engage customers in a meaningful and long-lasting way that will keep them coming back even after the spell of Christian Grey’s steely eyes wears off. XBIZ spoke... More »
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