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Google Calls Click Fraud A Billion-Dollar Problem
Search engine and online advertising giant Google loses about $1 billion a year to click fraud, the company announced on its AdWords blog.
2Much Calls Telus Decision a ‘Setback’
Live video software provider 2Much.net expressed "dismay and disappointment" at the decision by Canadian cellular provider Telus to drop adult content.
For A Few Dollars More
Get a group of adult webmaster affiliates together to "talk shop" and one of the subjects that is bound to come up is uncompensated affiliate program upsells, where a sponsor makes an unrelated sale to a referred surfer without paying the referring affiliate a commission on the sale.
Contest: Adult Store Owners Can Win A Personal Appearance From Jenna Jameson
In conjunction with the release of the upcoming "Janine Loves Jenna," Vivid and Club Jenna are teaming up to give adult store owners a chance to win a free personal appearance from porn superstar Jenna Jameson.
Caprica Six gets a ten
Tricia Helfer, who plays one of those new model skinjob Cylons on "Battlestar Galactica", has boldly gone where Grace Park and Katee Sackhoff should follow in disrobing for Playboy
Larry Flynt: ‘I’m Proud to Be a Pornographer’
Speaking to a packed house, adult entertainment industry legend Larry Flynt delivered the keynote speech to conclude the XBIZ Hollywood ’07 Industry Conference.
XBIZ Hollywood: Viral Marketing From A to Z
With the rise of viral marketing through social networking sites and blogs, both prime examples of Web 2.0 technology, a panel of industry experts convened at the XBIZ Hollywood ’07 Conference to the discuss the impact of these nontraditional marketing methods and how they apply to the adult entertainment industry.
A Brownback Sequel: 2
In part one, we began our look at Sen. Brownback's latest proposal. In this conclusion, we'll look at alternative tactics and the possibility of another Meese Commission.
A Brownback Sequel: 1
In October, Sen. Sam Brownback called for a new investigative government commission that would examine adult entertainment's effects on society — along the lines of the Meese Commission on Pornography.
"So you're having sex, and people find this a turn-on?"
Gardening and weaponry network G4TV's Layla Kayleigh interviewed Joanna Angel for a recent feature on the cable channel's website, The Feed
A 2257 Update
The Free Speech Coalition continues to wage its ongoing battle with the federal government over 18 U.S.C. § 2257 — the extraordinarily burdensome regulatory scheme that was finally initiated after 18 years of inactivity when the FBI began inspections in September. There have been ten inspections, and consistent with the regulations, the inspections have been conducted in a mannerly fashion — no confrontations, no arrests, just review of the records on pre-selected titles by a team of agents.
File Sharing in Italy Not a Crime if Not for Profit
Italy's top criminal court has created a bright line by ruling that downloading content and software over the Internet isn’t a crime if profit wasn’t the motivation.
New Bill Makes Viewing Porn at School a Crime
Students who view porn at school not only could be suspended or expelled, but also charged with a misdemeanor according to a new plan proposed by a local politician.
Paying A Premium
More than three years ago, I butted heads with many content providers over my first "Content Blowout" and had message boards blazing with drama for weeks on end. They thought I was crazy for pricing content packages so low, and that I was ruining the content biz – but after all of the battles and accusations, a simple truth was revealed.
A Red Rose Retrospective
A recent federal obscenity indictment handed up in Pittsburgh against Karen Fletcher, who uses the pen name Red Rose, startled many because it involves expression that consists entirely of text.
The Also-Rannys: A Time for Healing
At a small ceremony at the Valley Ball breakfast buffet this morning Gram Ponante
You deserve a FIP today
I may be dating myself (and why shouldn't I? I put out on the first date, which is a commitment to excellence I admire), but the new Adam & Eve boxes remind me of the multipocketed receptacles for McDonalds' McDLT sandwiches of yore
Video Secrets’ Playboy Mansion Party a Success
Video Secrets’ 10th Anniversary Party was a hit among the invited guests for its Dec. 16 party at the Playboy Mansion.
A Woman's World
Recently, XBIZ World Magazine caught up with some of the industry's leading ladies and asked, "What is the greatest challenge you've faced being a woman in adult?" Here's what they had to say.
Love is like a stove, oxygen
Taboo Magazine Creative Director Lee Forbes has directed Taboo: Love Hurts, partially shot in Larry Flynt's office