LOS ANGELES – The adult industry’s age-verification best-practices guidelines, in unwritten, informal form, precede the U.S. federal government’s recordkeeping regulations mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 2257 and 2257A. While the industry trade association Free Speech Coalition and its...

Many factors influence search engine ranking, some direct (like links) and some indirect (like social media endorsements by celebrities). One often overlooked factor that impacts Google’s arcane algorithm is organic click-through rate. Google plays its algorithm cards close to...

CANBERRA, Australia – According to the National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Council in Australia, gay men are developing muscle dysmorphia in increasing numbers due to watching gay porn. “The more you are exposed to pornography, the more likely you are to have eating...

Inarguably, rank on search engine results pages (SERPs) can make or break a website. Equally inarguably, many of the site-design aspects that influence SERP rankings are within the control of developers. Traditionally, website developers have focused the majority of their...

RAQQA, Syria – When reading or thinking about ISIS –- what motivates its foot soldiers, the extremity of its ideology and all the varied ugliness and violence of its methods –- one of the last things on anybody’s mind is in what ways ISIS members may be like the rest of us. It’s...

If you thought Wi-Fi networks protected with the WPA2 protocol were secure, think again. Researchers have identified a flaw in the standard that can allow cybercriminals to decrypt commercial and consumer traffic. The flaw not only could allow hackers to steal passwords and...

LOS ANGELES – As I’m sure you’ve read, over the weekend Hustler founder Larry Flynt published an ad in the Washington Post offering up to $10 million for “information leading to the impeachment and removal from office of Donald J. Trump.” Naturally, the first thing that came to...

By Joey Gabra Special to YNOT Having a software application that runs automated scripts is a great time-saver when running a business online. These “bots,” which commonly are ignored by users and customers, are dismissed as just another irritant to deal with while online, joining...

LONDON – The “Internet Safety Strategy green paper” published this week by the U.K. government is unsurprisingly sprawling and ambitious. By their nature, green papers essentially are an invitation to consult, a statement of intent calling upon a wide variety of stakeholders to...

Betcha didn’t see this one coming. In a recent article for no less august a publication than AdAge, Daniel Carter, vice president and director of strategy and creative at global media network Carat USA, called online porn a better gauge of audience attention than conventional...