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Webmaster Access Europe Attracts Heavyweights of the Adult World
Another Webmaster Access show has come to a close after three days of networking events, seminars and the kind of sightseeing one can only do in the Netherlands.
Generational Challenges for Adult
If anyone doubts that Generation X is growing older, consider the following: 2008 is the first year in which people who were born in the 1990s are becoming old enough to vote.
Affiliate Program Challenges
XBIZ World Magazine asked several adult industry players "What is the biggest challenge being faced by affiliate program operators today?"
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
Both Sides of the Fence
News of performer / director Kurt Lockwood's first bisexual scene, shot as web content for online production company Hancock Studios, set the industry gossip wheels turning in February.
Sexalicious David Dakota
You know what they say about Southern California, right? You shake a palm tree and a beautiful blond falls out. That sun-kissed ideal is exemplified by sexalicious newcomer David Dakota, who looks as if he could have stepped off the set of a 1982 beach blanket romp directed by William Higgins.
Anilos Launches Exclusive Mature Site
Adult webmaster affiliate program Aniloscash.com has announced the release of its flagship mature-niche website, Anilos.com.
Common SEO Mistakes
Continuing our series of SEO and website optimization tips, we'll take a look at some of the most common mistakes that influence the success or failure of an SEO campaign.
New Twist in Distro Wars
The DVD vs. online wars in gay adult took an intriguing turn when popular performer Jesse Santana announced he was signing as a “web-only” exclusive paysite CockyBoys.com, thereby abandoning the DVD market.
Banking on Affiliates
Tough times call for tough measures — retail is being hit hard by the ever-changing economy. Brick-and-mortar stores are suffering from low sales, high rent and issues with zoning laws. This is causing many chains and boutique stores to close.
PageRank Bleeders Target AARP Website
The recently reported hack of the AARP.org website demonstrates an increasingly sophisticated approach to traffic manipulation and malicious user-system compromises — and once again, Internet porn takes the blame.
Mainstream Eyes Novelty
You may have seen mainstream intimacy product manufacturer K-Y’s sexy new Yours + Mine lubricant advertising campaign that’s been airing on national television spots. Perhaps you’ve walked into a CVS and noticed Trojan’s vibrating ring condom or Durex’s line of Play vibes and lubes.
What's a Store to Do?
DVD sales are a touchy topic in the adult industry these days. When asked for thoughts on the issue, one exasperated salesperson pleaded that the reports of dwindling DVD sales stop. “It’s not helping that retailers keep hearing that DVD is dying,” she said. “I think its just hurting things more.”
The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up
The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.
The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch
A handful of fun new iPhone applications highlight this week's Tech Watch, which also includes an advance look at the new Google phone.
Blue Money: Behind Every Director Is a Hard-on
Just what is it that porn directors do, anyway? It could be fairly said about some directors that you still wouldn't know what they do even if you spent a day on their sets.
Keeping With the Times
If you’re not online, you’re not in business. As we head into 2008, it’s almost impossible to run a successful business without having a website. Here, three retail store industry experts explain the importance of search engines, the advantages to offering your inventory online and the effectiveness of affiliate programs.
Behind Every Director Is A Hard-on
Just what is it that porn directors do, anyway? It could be fairly said about some directors that you still wouldn't know what they do even if you spent a day on their sets.
Giving Aid, Content to Our Enemies
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but people who hate all our guts are stealing our intellectual property and trying to destroy us with it. Worse yet, as an industry, we’re not doing shit about it when we so easily could. Unlike the much larger and more daunting problem of piracy, the thievery involved here is fairly petty and it would be both good business and good message making to take the few necessary steps that could put a stop to it.
The Powers That Be
Jim Powers, closing in on two decades in the porn business, has not seen anything quite like the last two or three years.