India to block .XXX top-level domain - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Mefo · 03-24-2011, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Hotrocket

Patience, people patience...this is just the beginning of the natural course of events that many of us predicted.
We don't have to worry about entire countries blocking the TLD, it will happen at many different levels, ISP's , universities, businesses, hotels, wifi hubs, etc.

Indeed, this will probably have a big influence as well..... universities, hotels etc who hold a nice market share.

alias · 03-24-2011, 10:57 AM

.lol

vicki · 03-24-2011, 11:11 AM

Its going to be an interesting ride, thats for sure

sobaka · 03-24-2011, 11:27 AM

Those are good points. Imagine a business or university or hotel not blocking .xxx, they would look like clueless neanderthals. I can totally see ISPs and search engines blocking .xxx by default also and requiring individual opt-ins to see it. And every country that is officially against porn or wants to look like it is fighting porn will block it for sure. .Xxx may crash before it is even released.

Kelli58 · 03-24-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Relentless

The budget needed to persuade India to allow .xxx will be infinitely more than the amount needed to persuade ICANN. Countries blocking the entire TLD is also a good sign of the way search engines are likely to handle .xxx domains. It would not shock me at all if Google and others eventually decide to default searches without .xxx results and require users to turn them 'on' in order to see them at all.

This is actually a very very good point and one of probably the most relevant to mainstream porners. I don't care about traffic from China or India but I damn sure care about my US traffic from Google and you are right. How easy would it be for Google to do this? THAT is what scares me.

Davy · 03-24-2011, 01:08 PM

The US will not block .XXX? Are you insane? It's the main market of that TLD.

Shoplifter · 03-24-2011, 01:11 PM

The only reason .xxx has been allowed to pass is BECAUSE of the ability to block it.

Otherwise it's completely ridiculous as there is no other point to it at all.

Far-L · 03-24-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PR_Dave

India is a huge potential market for porn. I was just there and they are porn hungry and millions of Indians can afford memberships etc.

Thank you. Glad to see someone here still thinks like a business person.

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03-24-2011, 11:27 AM	#54
sobaka Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 29	Those are good points. Imagine a business or university or hotel not blocking .xxx, they would look like clueless neanderthals. I can totally see ISPs and search engines blocking .xxx by default also and requiring individual opt-ins to see it. And every country that is officially against porn or wants to look like it is fighting porn will block it for sure. .Xxx may crash before it is even released.

03-24-2011, 01:11 PM	#57
Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,699	The only reason .xxx has been allowed to pass is BECAUSE of the ability to block it. Otherwise it's completely ridiculous as there is no other point to it at all.