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XBIZ Launches Touch-Optimized Mobile Show Guide for XBIZ Summit

XBIZ is pleased to announce the launch of its new mobile show guide for Chicago XBIZ Summit 2011, featuring a touch-optimized interface for optimal navigation on iPhone, Android and other touch-based devices.

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Alexander DeVoe: Devoted to Porn

You know porn is in your blood when you’re given cameras and equipment to shoot a TV show, but wind up shooting sex instead.

Bob Johnson ·
opinion

Walking On Glass

It used to be that one company endorsed a television show. “Proctor and Gamble presents,” that sort of thing. Over time, television shows elected to not have a single sponsor but to allow “spots” to be sold to multiple advertisers. Until a couple of decades ago, companies still felt a close connection with the shows with which they elected to place their ads.

Kelly Shibari ·

OrbitalPay Takes Gold, Wristband Sponsorships of XBIZ Chicago Summit

OrbitalPay has signed on for dual sponsorships of the Chicago XBIZ Summit 2011 as Gold and Wristband sponsor of the summer’s leading digital media conference.

opinion

Smartphones vs. Non-Smartphones

My name is Christian Kreul and I am managing partner of Displayboy GmbH headquartered in Germany, operating the mobile affiliate program SexGoesMobile.com. With more than six years working in the online mobile business, I’ve seen virtually the entire development process of this exciting medium, and nobody ever thought that mobile would become a serious revenue generator.

Christian Kreul ·

Yahoo’s Livestand for Tablets Aims to Get Personal

In an effort to reach today’s audience, Yahoo recently launched its latest offering, Livestand, calling it a digital newsstand that continually offers new content to consumers, based on their interests. Initially available for tablets, Livestand enables publishers and advertisers to distribute content across tablets and mobile devices in an experience that is elegant and personalized to the individual.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Chicago Summit Room Block Sold Out

The room block for attendees of XBIZ Chicago Summit 2011, the industry’s leading digital media event of the summer set for June 10-12 at the renowned Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, is now sold out.

opinion

Apple’s iAds Network Is in Decline

"The emotion of TV. The interactivity of digital. The power of mobility. With iAd, you can now reach the Apple audience in their favorite apps anytime, anywhere with unmatched impact and precision” — or so the company’s version of the story goes.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Facebook Commerce

As the quest for new traffic sources heats up, some forward-looking website operators place an increasing emphasis on garnering mainstream sources of adult website visitors.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Google Refines Its Search Engine’s Algorithm

Search giant Google recently announced substantial changes to its search engine algorithm and website ranking system in an attempt to penalize sites producing low-quality content of little value — penalties that will apply to sites representing approximately 12 percent of Google’s search volume.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Live Cams Session Announced for XBIZ Chicago Summit

A powerful line up of industry heavyweights will delve into the live cam sites marketing arena at XBIZ Summit to reveal various strategies in dealing with today’s live cam challenges.

Give New Life to Old Material

Do you have a library of SD video footage that seems hopelessly out of place in today’s HD market? Would you like to give new life to that old material, renewing and recycling it into a commercially viable product, developing “new” HD content without incurring new production costs? Of course, you do — and you are not alone, or out of luck.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ.net London Gathering Is a Resounding Success

XBIZ.net London Gathering organizers say the event was a resounding success as more than 100 industry professionals convened this week at a London location for another successful installment of the grass roots networking event.

A Look at Olympus E-5 DSLR

Photographers seeking a powerful yet inexpensive solution to capturing high quality photos and hi-definition video clips have an intriguing option in the lightweight and feature packed Olympus E-5 DSLR.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Enhancing the Porn Experience With X Scenes

Premium adult website operators seeking the next generation in video delivery and tracking have a new solution from Silicon Valley based technology firm X Scenes to consider, as it may hold the key to increasing membership retention rates in today’s ultra-competitive marketplace.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Chicago Summit’s Social Media Panel to Discuss Traffic-boosting Alternatives

The 2011 XBIZ Summit will feature a panel of the industry’s notable social media pundits discussing how to harness, filter, and ultimately profit from alternative traffic sources.

opinion

Privacy in the Cloud

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), responsible for developing standards and guidelines including minimum requirements for providing adequate information security for agency operations and governmental assets, interest in cloud computing has rapidly grown due to the advantages of greater flexibility and availability of computing resources at lower cost.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Members Area Integration Strategies

For adult webmasters seeking ways to implement a members area for use with WordPress based websites, a wide variety of free and premium options exist — some of which are more suitable to the task than are others.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

jQuery for Mobile Developers

Mobile developers seeking to unleash the full potential of the jQuery framework are a step closer to fulfillment, with the Alpha release of jQuery Mobile (www.jquerymobile.com).

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Here’s Some Join Page Tips

For operators of adult subscription-based and other premium offer websites, building or revamping a join page that garners and increases sales is among the top priorities — but is a wearisome task that is often overlooked in the quest to simply duplicate other, unrefined efforts — for example, producing countless cookiecutter websites from a barely adequate template set.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·