Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic

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."

Comments

Re:New controversy: Google leading porn industry.

[BlueKitties]

Well, ever since I learned google images has a "find similar images" feature, I have been using it as a sort of cloud-porn-computing system. And google videos is nice too... google is my GOTO porn site these days.

Awesome.

[Jaysyn]

Awesome, that means we only have 2/3rds left to go!

Re:Correction: 37% is NUDITY

[Itninja]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Pornography is not exclusively depictions of sex. From a big-boy dictionary:

"1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement
2 : material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement"

Pornography is any iamge that is intended to arouse sexual desire in someone. Depiction of a sexual act is not required. In fact the image doesn't even need nudity. For example, a website showing pictures of little girls in their undies, published for the intention of arousing the audience, would be pornography.