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Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic

Posted by samzenpus on from the filthy-web dept.

Th'Inquisitor writes "Pornography makes up 37% of the total number of web pages online, according to a new study published by Optenet, a SaaS provider. According to the report, which looked at a representative sample of around four million extracted URLs, adult content on the Internet increased by 17% in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009."

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  1. Thats more porn... by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats more porn then you can shake a fist at...

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    1. Re:Thats more porn... by paeanblack · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure somebody has tried to get a grip on it.

    2. Re:Thats more porn... by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

      "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more porn will slip through your fingers!"

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    3. Re:Thats more porn... by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Funny

      As Michael J. Fox one said 'You can yell at it, curse it, smack it around... but that only encourages it..'

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    4. Re:Thats more porn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's time for me to take matters into my own hands.

    5. Re:Thats more porn... by quantumplacet · · Score: 4, Funny

      Regrettably, it’s true. Standards have fallen in adult entertainment. It’s video, Dude. Now that we’re competing with the amateurs, we can’t afford to invest that little extra in story, production value, feeling.

      Of course, you do get the good with the bad. The new technology permits us to do exciting things with interactive erotic software. Wave of the future, Dude. 100% electronic.

    6. Re:Thats more porn... by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm trying to think of a pun to keep this going, but it's just too hard.

    7. Re:Thats more porn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah, well, I still jerk off manually.

    8. Re:Thats more porn... by kimgkimg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, it's such a shame that the intrigue and drama in the porn plot lines have suffered so. I was always on the edge of my seat because who ever knew why the pizza delivery boy was there at the mansion? And the anguish and inner conflict experienced by the pool boy or gardener as they struggle with the business/client relationship. Should they pursue the relationship with the housewife who's there alone, but yet pays their bills?

    9. Re:Thats more porn... by Kitkoan · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm trying to think of a pun to keep this going, but it's just too hard.

      Just keep working at it, I'm sure something will come...

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    10. Re:Thats more porn... by zish · · Score: 3, Funny

      This thread is a stroke of genius!

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  2. 37%? by hoboroadie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I clearly need to spend more time surfing the web.

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  3. Re:Correction: 37% is NUDITY by Kitkoan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd estimate only about ~20% are actual porn (sex).

    You also have to remember the difference between porn and erotica, the differences being of course the lighting.

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  4. Re:That's All? by Tetsujin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was I the only one surprised at how low 37% seems?

    Lower still when you consider your mom accounts for half of that (or two-thirds by mass...)

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  5. Re:How stupid. by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    >Yes because Crocheting & Knitting RPGs would sell so well.

    There is one!!! ZOMG!!1! Gimme the link! At last I can use my +3 Knitting Needles Of Purling!

    What's the story like? I'll bet that RPG spins quite a yarn!

  6. I'm glad we have this new technology.. by greywire · · Score: 5, Funny

    FOR PORN!

    Ooops, sorry..

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    1. Re:I'm glad we have this new technology.. by BlueKitties · · Score: 2, Funny

      i can has porn? No, i cant has porn but DROID DOES.

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  7. Dr Cox quote (Scrubs) by amstrad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dr Cox: I'm fairly sure that if they took all the porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left, and it would be called bring-back-the-porn.com

  8. Re:How stupid. by bmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes because Crocheting & Knitting RPGs would sell so well.

    Bitches don't know about my cross-stitch porn.

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  9. Re:New controversy: Google leading porn industry. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ok, now I have to try that feature in Google Images.

    Strictly for scientific purposes you understand ...

  10. Re:Correction: 37% is NUDITY by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    You also have to remember the difference between porn and erotica, the differences being of course the lighting.

    I thought that porn is naked, whereas erotica is nude.

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  11. Re:Unfortunately 90% of them are TGP driver sites by ElectricTurtle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately? TGPs kick ass. How else could I quickly become acquainted enough with pornstars/producers that I like so that I can find torrents of them? Forums I suppose... but IDK... porn forums are kind of creepy. Oh LOL... I just noticed your sig.

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  12. At least it's something by minstrelmike · · Score: 2, Funny

    Therefore, only 2/3rds of the internet is a compleat waste of time.

  13. Re:How stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://radicalcrossstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_1048.jpg

  14. Re:Wait... by powerlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this count as a "porn site"?

    Not so much anymore: http://xkcd.com/751/

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  15. How would you like your official newsflash? by abbynormal+brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    World of Warcraft style?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo

    or

    Sesame Street style?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNARJPNz2CA&feature=related

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  16. Re:How stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That word "simulated". I don't think it means what you think it means,

  17. Re:no content by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty soon the only safe place to be will be /. No chance of seeing any naked women on /., but there ARE a lot of dicks!

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  18. Re:Correction: 37% is NUDITY by hedwards · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that a bit like being between a cock and a hard place?

  19. A third? A THIRD? by fyngyrz · · Score: 2, Funny

    We... we've got to make more porn! Right now, there's a 2/3 chance I won't see porn when surfing! This is CRITICAL!

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