Safe To View Category Descriptions
User controllable categories
Ad Servers - Sites that are primarily used for serving of ads or
advertising material. May include bulk email servers used by legitimate businesses.
Adult - Sites that discuss adult topics, phone sex, adult chat
rooms. Nudity may be included, but not graphic sexual content. Hate, advocating
of violence, Satanism and other subversive groups are included. Domains that sell
adult novelty items (vibrators, and sex toys), or adult videos.
Alcohol and Tobacco - Sites that sell alcohol or tobacco, or discuss
how to make alcohol and mix beverages.
Alternativelifestyle - Gay, Lesbian, Nudist Colony, etc. No nudity
may be expressed on the site. Talk about these alternative lifestyles only.
Anonymizers - Sites that attempt to circumvent filters, or allow
users to redirect their traffic through them for hiding purposes.
Arts - Museums, art galleries, artist sites, photographers (artistic
/ tasteful nude allowed).
Auctions - Sites that allow auction / bidding on items from their
site.
Blogs - Sites that either offer blogging services, or personal
pages for individuals or families.
Business - Sites that are run by a business. They may or may not
be trying to sell something. If they are trying to sell something online they will
also be put in the shopping category.
Chat - Sites that contain a chat area, or who are primarily dedicated
to online chat.
Computers - Computer related sites. May discuss computer software,
programming, how to repair them, etc. Computer companies will also be listed here.
Sites that offer downloads of products will also be listed in the "Downloads" category.
Dating and Personals - Online dating guides and matchmaking services.
Download Media - Streaming video / mp3 files and other large bandwidth
users. This includes sites that provide video downloads as their primary content.
Downloads - If there is any type of application available for download
from a site it will be in this category. Sites that specialize in downloads (like
download.com) are in this category.
Education and Reference - Schools, universities, and sites that
are primarily dedicated to research for schools. Online homework help sites are
included in this category.
Entertainment - Sites that include information about the entertainment
industry, or are for personal entertainment. Movies, television, and magazines are
included here. Joke sites and other online gaming sites may be included here. Games
are also included in the "Games" category.
Error or Blank - Domains that either do not resolve to a valid
server, or are misconfigured.
Finance and Investment - Any site that offers stock trading, investment
advice, or online banking.
Free Hosting - Companies that allow free webpage hosting. If they
have a canonical name for their free hosting only that is entered. Canonical names
for domains hosted on free hosting sites may be included. Companies that allow canonical
naming from their domain, even for fee, may be included. Shared hosting providers
who provide ad based hosting are also included.
Gambling - Betting related sites, i.e online poker, sports betting,
lottery, and booking making. Resorts and hotels that allow gambling on site would
NOT be included under this category.
Games - Sites that provide information or discussions about games.
Game company and fan sites are also included in this category.
Hacking and Warez - Sites that discuss or distribute tools for
hacking, cracking, attacking, or phreaking systems. Any site that contains keys,
serial numbers, or cracked downloads for pirated programs.
Health - Health related sites that are legal in nature. Hospitals,
and medical related sites like legitimate pharmacies (Walgreens, CVS, etc). Online
pill sites are classified in the blacklist for illegal activities.
Home - Home decorating, appliances and things that are products
targeted to homes. Real estate sales and brokers for homes are also in this category.
Illegal Activities - Illegal online pharmacies (prescription free
purchasing), how to modify weapons, bomb making, phishing, credit card fraud, illegal
drugs and drug manufacturing, or recreational drug usage.
Job Search - Resume posting, and job hunting sites.
Kids and Teens - Sites appropriate for children and teens. Some
teen online help sites are included (these may include sexual related discussion
on a teen level Teen411.com).
Lingerie - Sites that sell or promote lingerie. No graphic photos
allowed.
News - Sites for news agencies and outlets. This includes press
release sites.
Parked Domains - Domains that are parked. These include companies
like Seeq.com and others who hold domains and pay people for their usage.
Recreation - Recreational activities (Canoeing, hiking, boating,
sailing, skating, weightlifting). Includes both outdoor and indoor recreation. Sports
is in a separate category.
Redirectors - Sites with the primary purpose to redirect
you to another site. This may be to hide the identity of the destination site. Tinyurl.com
is an example.
Regional - City, state, country, military, or government sites.
Religion - Religious discussion sites, and sites for churches.
No hate or pro violent religious sites allowed.
Science - Science and discussions of science related information.
Biology, DNA, and science related companies (Science labs).
Sex Education - Sexual education and addition sites. No graphic
adult material allowed. Masturbation and other sexual related topics may be included
if presented in an educational manner.
Shopping - Sites that offer something for sale on their site.
Society - Clubs, organizations for causes (non profits), social
issues like politics, government sites, political campaign sites.
Spam - Domains we have flagged from our spam traps.
Sports - College, amateur, professional, and Olympic sporting events
and activities. Sporting equipment sites are also included here. Locations that
primary offer sporting activities are included (bowling alleys, gyms, etc).
Travel - Sites that sell / book / specialize in travel (travel
agents and sales systems). This may include resorts that are travel destinations
as well.
Weapon Related - Weapon related sites for guns and knives that
are not illegal. Gun clubs, hunting, legal weapon sales, etc.
Web Mail - Sites that offer web based mail from their domain (for
public use).
World - Domains here may be in some categories above if they have
an English speaking page. No graphic sites are in this category. If a domain contains
no English it will be classified here.
XXX - Graphic adult material. Pornographic sites, and sites that
sell pornographic material.