MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google will be imposing its will on the interwebz again in January, making major changes to several programs. At least two of those changes may affect some adult online businesses. First and most significant, Google insists everyone move from the HTTP...

CYBERSPACE – Evidently, Santa delivered a ton of virtual reality headsets this year. What was the first thing a whole lot of people did after opening the package? Search for virtual-reality porn, apparently. On Dec. 25 and 26, Google Trends showed a tremendous spike in searches...

NEW YORK – The Third Annual Live Cam Awards, honoring excellence in the adult live webcam industry, has opened the pre-nomination period for the 2017 awards. Industry members may register and make nominations here. Each registrant may nominate up to two individuals or companies...

CYBERSPACE – One year after its debut, the adult industry podcast Porn and Coffee has published a special holiday episode containing some of the best moments from the past as well as predictions for the future. “To help us all ring in the new year, we combed through everything to...

NORWAY – As the year winds to a close, businesses across the board begin evaluating their performance, with an eye to strengthening things that worked and jettisoning those that didn’t. With that in mind, intrepid YNOT.com staff went looking for information about trends in...

CYBERSPACE – Earlier this year, two enterprising adult entertainment companies added intriguing uses of facial-recognition technology to their websites. One app helps users find camgirls who match the user’s fantasy image. The other allows users to identify porn stars whose names...

SAN DIEGO – They may not be the noisiest bunch on the adult web, but the group behind sites including VideosZ and 18andAbused have been making money for 13 years. After consolidating a couple of older properties, the company recently launched a new one: Bang.com. “Affiliates and...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Live-cam platform Flirt4Free has developed a new way for both customers and models to benefit from pleasure. The Flirt Rewards Loyalty Program incentivizes and rewards user engagement, allowing users to earn points as they participate in activities on...

MAZATLAN, Mexico – As the adult industry embraces virtual reality porn, VR pay sites are beating the bushes for traffic that will convert into sales. A recently launched tube-style site focusing entirely on VR content hopes to become a big player in the field. To that end, it’s...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Voting has opened for AVN Media Network’s 2017 Fan Awards. Each year, adult entertainment fans around the world cast online ballots for their favorite performers (and one consumer product) in 14 categories: Favorite Female Performer, Favorite Male Performer,...