ICM the operator of the .XXX TLD just release stats for the first full week of operation of Search.XXX, the registry owned search engine for .XXX sites. The totals are pretty impressive: … [Read more...]
ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin & Digital Playground For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International, the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc, both of which filed suit against ICM and ICANN over the .XXX extension. ICM is asking the court to award it $120 Million dollars (treble damages), punitive damages, attorney fees and for injunctive relief. The … [Read more...]
Search.XXX On The 2nd Day: 344,000 Visitors, 2M Page Views, Since Launch: 677K Visitors, 3.6 Million Page Views
On The second day after the launch of Search.XXX according to ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX TLD, the site has logged over 344,000 unique visitors with almost 2M page views. After two days 677,000 Unique visitors and 3.6 Million Page views. Maybe the most impressive stats on the second day is how long surfers are spending on the site. As you can see from the chart below the average … [Read more...]
Search.XXX The First 100% Adult Search Engine Goes Live
ICM announced that its search engine, Search.XXX is now live. According to a Press release sent to us tonight, ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain name (TLD) for online adult entertainment, "launched a search engine dedicated to making millions of pages of adult content accessible, organized, and more enjoyable". Search.XXX bills itself as "the search engine for … [Read more...]
Manwin Owner of YouPorn.com Files Comment To ICANN Objecting To ICM’s Application for .Sex, .Porn & .Adult
Manwin owner of YouPorn.com just filed a comment with ICANN Objecting To ICM's Application to operate the new gTLD's .Sex, .Porn & .Adult. ICM is the operator of the .XXX TLD. Like the FSC yesterday, Manwin objected just to the applications filed by ICM not the application to operate .Sex filed by Internet Marketing Solutions Limited. In its comment, Manwin Licensing International … [Read more...]
ICM Sells $650,000 In .XXX Domain Names
According to a Press Release we just received, ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, today announced that is has sold 40 .XXX domain names for $650,000. All of the domain names sold today were reserved and owned by the Registry. The Buyer is IRIS SARL, "based in Luxembourg and backed by a number of investors and entrepreneurs, … [Read more...]
Court Uses Case Of CFIT Vs. Verisign To Hammer ICM’s & ICANN’s Motion To Dismiss Manwin Claims
A federal court made a ruling in the case involving Manwin, the owner of YouPorn.com, brought against ICM, the operator of the .XXX extension, and ICANN the non-profit organization which gave ICM the contract to operate the .XXX TLD ICM. The ruling involved ICM & ICANN's motion to dismiss the case. Bottom line ICM & ICANN got two of the 2 of the 6 cause of actions thrown out but the … [Read more...]