http://www.xbiz.com/xml/articles/opinion.xml XBIZ - Adult Entertainment Industry News & Business Information 60 en-us Copyright 1996-2012 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBiz is a registered trademark of Adnet Media Group, Inc. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:37:14 -0800 editors@xbiz.com (Adnet Media) http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143999?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143999?ln=opinions This article was originally intended to provide a glimpse at an app or two that would allow the “up” volume control button on the side of an iPhone 3GS to fire its camera — similar to the function brought to the iPhone 4 and 4GS via the iOS5 operating system. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/144011?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/144011?ln=opinions Traffic is everything to ecommerce website operators, so it’s vital to understand how the current traffic pie is being sliced, and how adult fits in. The short course is that the once dominant American porn surfer now makes up only a minor blip in the traffic scene. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143045?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143045?ln=opinions JOPEN, the company that brought Vanity by JOPEN to the luxury pleasure products market, is set to release the long awaited Intensity by JOPEN in November. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143034?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143034?ln=opinions As the executive director of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP), one of my principal duties is to raise awareness of the association’s mission to keep children out of and away from adult entertainment. Another facet of my position is to help counter some of the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding the depiction of underage performers in adult oriented materials. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143033?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143033?ln=opinions All that talk about friends and six degrees of separation in last month’s article got me thinking how this might apply towards business models. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143030?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/143030?ln=opinions Joe, David and I were in Spain in September of 2008 when “Dubwya” officially announced the US economy was on life support and I feel like I have been in a bad mood ever since. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142779?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142779?ln=opinions This article was originally intended to provide a glimpse at an app or two that would allow the “up” volume control button on the side of an iPhone 3GS to fire its camera — similar to the function brought to the iPhone 4 and 4GS via the iOS5 operating system. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142305?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142305?ln=opinions There is no magic bullet on what will bring in a ton of traffic, but what you need to do is ensure that the traffic that does get your designs is able to view the design no matter what a device, browser or within reason, speed connection they have. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142304?ln=opinions http://www.xbiz.com/articles/142304?ln=opinions It doesn’t take much to make a website, but it takes a lot to make it come alive. But it’s important to be unique and creative. For example, at our company we want clients to have a product that stands out from the crowd while maintaining the ever so crucial factor of search engine optimization. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0800