Triple-X domains to get their own search engine. PORN ALL THE WAY TO THE HORIZON

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Triple-X domains to get their own search engine. PORN ALL THE WAY TO THE HORIZON

With the launch of .xxx top level domains, it may become easier than ever to search for quality pornography. And the search engine, at search.xxx will be started by, of all people, the ICM Registry, the board that approved the .xxx domain in the process. They hope it will provide people a safe way to find quality porn without malware or viruses. No really, that’s what they said. Who says bureaucracy sucks?

ICM Registry, which operates the 9-month-old .xxx TLD, is scheduled to launch Search.xxx on Thursday, said Stuart Lawley, ICM’s CEO. The new search engine will give users a more streamlined searching process, help protect them from viruses and malware and help guard their privacy, he said.

The search engine has cataloged 21 million webpages from .xxx sites, he said. “It’s porn, only porn, all porn,” he said. “There’s as much porn there as anyone would need, I’d imagine.”

Lawley touted Search.xxx because the .xxx TLD scans each website there for viruses and malware every day using McAfee security products. Some porn websites on other TLDs have been notorious for infecting users’ computers with malware.

In addition, Google, in recent algorithm changes to its search engine, has ranked many porn sites lower, with some porn sites falling off the first page of results in favor of pages with definitions of sex terms or news articles, Lawley said. “Google, in their wisdom, has decided that’s more relevant to what their customers are looking for,” he said. “The adult industry is feeling a little bit deranked by the major search engines.”

The search engine may also protect users’ privacy, he said. Some Web browsers, including Chrome and Safari, are integrating search into the address bar field, and autocompleting the results based on a user’s past browsing history. That could be a problem for a porn fan when someone is looking over his shoulder, Lawley said.

“Porn is very personal,” he said. “You may have been looking for Brazilian midget transsexuals, and you’re sitting there at home with your kid or your wife saying, ‘Let’s go on a holiday to Brazil,’ and the next thing, it’s suggesting Brazilian midget transsexuals from your previous Google search history.”

ICM’s goal is to provide a clean and quick search experience, he added. One group of free porn video sites on .com offer “an absolute assault on your senses,” he said, with pop-under webcam services, large ads on the main page, multiple videos running, and sometimes, chat services starting up.

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