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8e6 R3000 Database
8e6 R3000 Categories
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1. Adware
Sites that promote or offer software that collects information about users to display target advertisement based on user browsing patterns and/or install advertising toolbars without the user’s knowledge and consent.
2. Alcohol
Sites promoting the use of alcohol, drink recipes, bartender guides, home brewing methodology, drinking.
Sample sites: www.budweiser.com, www.beer.com, www.jackdaniels.com
3. Animals/Pets
Sites that provide information or promote animal/pet care, breed, veterinary care, boarding, adoption, and care info.
4. Art
Non-commercial sites that promote, exhibit, and/or display works of art, artists, art galleries, museums, art instruction, graphics tutorials, and art schools.
Sample sites: www.lacma.org/, www.guggenheim.org/, www.metmuseum.org/
5. Banner Web/Ads
Banner ads served from third party servers and URLs that track online analytics and/or Web site traffic for marketing report purposes.
Sample sites: www.coremetrics.com , www.siteminner.com , www.inelliseek.com , www.mointel.com
6. Books & Literature/ Writings
Sites that discuss and promote books, literature, authors' sites, publishers' promotional sites, online books, books on tape, literary reviews, fan-fiction or other short fiction works, written screenplays/scripts (movies, TV, or drama).
Sample sites: www.bookbrowse.com/, www.openanebook.org/, www.literaryleaps.com/
7. Chat
Sites offering chat rooms and chat services as well as chat sites accessed via a browser, chat logs, IRC client downloads, IRC channel listings or channel information.
Sample sites: www.chatweb.net/, www.chattown.com/, www.javachatrooms.net/
8. Child Pornography
Sites that promote, discuss, portray or attempt to resemble the portrayl of children in acts or activities that appear sexual or are of a suggestive sexual nature.
9. Comics
Sites that distribute, display, discuss and promote comics, comics, comic books, cartoons, flash/online animations and comic publishers. These include on-line cartoons and official sites of comic strips.
Sample sites: www.dccomics.com/, www.marvel.com/, www.wildguard.com/
10. Community Organizations
Sites of non-profit, charity, and community involvement organizations such as the YMCA, March of Dimes, Big Brothers/Sisters, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc.
Sample sites: www.habitat.org/, www.pointsoflight.org/, www.national.unitedway.org
11. Criminal Skills
Sites that promote crime or illegal activity such as credit card number generation, illegal surveillance and murder.
Sample sites: www.illegalworld.com/, www.password-crackers.com/, www.spy-cam-surveillance-equipment.com/
12. Cults
Sites promoting cults and related cultic subject matter. Sites that promote non-traditional or unconventional religious activites including beliefs and practices such as great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work.
13. Dating/Personals
Sites related to personal ads, dating sites, dating services, dating tips, relationships, introductions, "how-to-find-a-mate" sites, introductions for purposes of finding friends or other relationships, etc.
Sample sites: www.friendfinder.com/, www.match.com/, www.dating.com/ , www.myspace.com, www.friendster.com
14. Domain Landings
Registered hosted pages with no significant appreciable content other than current owner info, solicitation for URL buyers, and/or links to seller info.
15. Dubious/Unsavory
Sites of a questionable legal or ethical nature. Sites which promote or distribute products, information, or devices whose use may be deemed unethical or, in some cases, illegal.
Sample sites: www.allfreeessays.com/, www.thepayback.com/, www.strangereports.com/
16. Education
Web sites of schools, learning centers, universities, teaching institutions, workshops, technical institutes and trade schools. Sites that contain information on teaching aids such as lesson planning guides, teacher supplies, career development education and .edu sites.
Sample sites: www.harvard.edu/, www.usc.edu/, www.bryman-college.com/
17. Educational Games
Sites that offer games related to education such as reading, spelling, math, developmental games and games with educational value.
Sample sites: www.aplusmath.com/, www.discoveryschools.com/, www.kidsdomain.com/
18. Employment
Sites geared toward job seekers, such as online job bulletin boards, classified ad sites, resume-listing services, head hunting firms, resume building, cover-letter writing, etc.
Sample sites: www.monster.com, www.careeerbuilder.com, www.jobdirect.com
19. Entertainment
All general entertainment sites not already classified in a specific category such as restaurants/clubs, clipart and animated .gifs, amusement parks, cell-phone ringtones, etc.
Sample sites: www.allfreeclipart.com, www.mp3.com, www.americanarestaurant.com/
20. Explicit Art
Art sites that display art works containing graphic nudity, nude photography, and disturbing images.
Sample sites: www.fineartnude.com/, www.ravengallery.com/, www.agalleryofnudes.com
21. Fashion
Sites promoting and discussing models, modeling, modeling portfolios, modeling agencies, modeling contests, fashion and apparel in a non-commercial manner. May contain some R-rated material, or bikini pictures.
Sample sites: www.fashion.net/, www.fordmodels.com/, www.ftv.com/
22. Financial Institution
Sites related to the financial news, banking services, mortgages, insurance, and management of investments.
Sample sites: www.wellsfargo.com, www.fidelitymortgage.com, www.massmutual.com
23. Fitness
Sites promoting and discussing exercise, yoga, gyms, health clubs, nutrition, nutrition supplements, fitness equipment, diet information and weight loss.
Sample sites: www.weightwatchers.com/, www.24hourfitness.com/, www.yoga.com/
24. Free Hosts
Sites hosted by consumer oriented free hosts or ISPs, including members.aol.com and Geocities.
Sample sites: www.geocities.com/, www.members.tripod.com/, www.angelfire.com/
25. Freeware/Shareware
Sites that provide repositories of shareware and freeware for download.
Sample sites: www.tucows.com/, www.freewarehome.com/
26. Gambling
Sites which encourage gambling such as betting sites, bookmaker odds, lottery, bingo, horse/dog track, online sport betting, online casinos, etc.
Sample sites: www.gambleonnet.net, www.casino.com, www.highdraw.com
27. Games
Sites related to computer or other games, such as game download sites, online games, video, board games and electronic games. Sites that advertise and host online games as well as sweepstakes & giveaways. Sites that offer cheat codes.
Sample sites: www.playstation.com, www.warcraft.org, www.planeteq.com
28. General Business
Web sites for businesses and commercial organizations where business is defined as an organization that provides goods and/or services for profit.
Sample sites: www.microsoft.com/, www.kraft.com/, www.tyco.com/
29. Government
Sites of governmental agencies at the national, state, local or international level.
Sample sites: www.ca.gov/, www.whitehouse.gov/, www.europa.eu.int/
30. Hacking
Sites discussing and/or promoting unlawful or questionable tools or information revealing the ability to gain access to software or hardware/communications equipment and/or passwords. Sites that discuss password generation, compiled binaries, hacking tools, software piracy (game cracking).
Sample sites: www.happyhacker.org/, www.phreak.com/
31. Hate & Discrimination
Sites that contain material related to the discrimination of any group of people based on race, religion, gender, nationality, etc. Sites which concentrate on violence or the destruction of human life, including a single person or an entire race/religion/gender/etc. Sites focused on the superiority of one race/religion/gender/etc., while degrading others with use of propaganda or violent action.
Sample sites: www.k-k-k.com, www.nazi.org, www.stormfront.org
32. Health/Medical
Sites of medical practices, hospitals, health insurance providers, nursing homes, and care centers. Sites that promote and provide information on prescription medicines and over the counter treatments. Sites offering information and references on health, medicine, preventative health care and other health-related topics.
Sample sites: www.webmd.com/, www.bluecross.com/, www.stjude.org/
33. Holistic
Sites offering information on alternative medicines and natural healing, homeopathic medicine, acupuncture and acupressure, chakra alignment, Feng Shui.
Sample sites: www.holisticmed.com/, www.findhealer.com/, www.holistic.com/ .
34. Humor
Sites whose primary purpose is for comedy, jokes, sound files, or other material intended to be funny.
Sample sites: www.aaajokes.com, www.jokesandhumor.com, www.funny.com
35. Illegal Drugs
Sites that promote the sale/use of illegal drugs and narcotics, paraphernalia for express use with illegal narcotics, questionably legal “supplements” with a narcotic effect or sites that glorify the effect of illegal narcotics. Sites that offer techniques and products for testing clean for drugs as well as information on other forms of narcotics.
Sample sites: www.hightimes.com/, www.homegrownfantasy.com/, www.erowid.org/
36. Image Servers/Image Search Engines
Web servers and search engines whose primary function is to deliver images, artwork, personal photos, photo galleries, and free images/pictures for commercial use (Does not include adult content categorized elsewhere).
37. Information Technology
Sites containing reviews, discussions, distribution, and promotion of computer programs, software, systems and hardware. Sites that contain discussion, reviews, news, and advocacy on computers, technological devices, and general technology. Sites that offer information, resources, hosting and guides for creating computer software and sites.
Sample sites: www.cnet.com/, www.zdnet.com/, www.slashdot.org/
38. Instant Messaging (IM)
Sites that offer and enable Instant Messaging, central servers for IM applications, Client-based applications for IM (prevents the use of IM clients).
Sample sites: www.aim.com/, www.icq.com/, www.chat.msn.com/
39. Internet Radio
Sites that offer streaming radio Internet programming (does not include downloadable music).
Sample sites: launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/, www.live365.com/, www.shoutcast.com/
40. Internet Service Providers
Sites and guides to services that offer access to the Internet.
Sample sites: www.aol.com/, www.earthlink.com/, www.netzero.net/
41. Intranet/Internal Servers
User-defined category is provided for customer site additions. E.G. User Intranet site, Internal database, Web page, Web based application, CRM, accounting packages, ERP systems, document repository, Internal file share, FTP sites, etc.
42. Invalid Web Pages
URLs with no content or serve up a “loading error” page. Pages may at one time be valid but currently do not contain content.
43. Kids
Sites designed specifically for children.Does not includ educational games.
44. Legal
Sites pertaining to legal services, personal legal reference, on-line legal aid, law firms, legal reference, law libraries, legal services (notaries, etc.)
Sample sites: www.lawyers.com/, www.lawreview.org/, www.worldlawdirect.com/
45. Lifestyle
Sites that contain material relative to an individual's personal life choices. This includes sexual preference, cultural identity, or organization/club affiliations.
Sample sites: www.qrd.org, www.gaywired.com, www.polyorlando.org
46. Local Community
Sites of community governmental agencies and sites that promote and announce community events and community involvement such as City sites and Chamber of Commerce.
Sample sites: www.toronto.com/section/community/ , www.albanycounty.com , www.sanpedro.com/spcom/spcomm.htm
47. Malicious Code/Virus
Sites that promote, demonstrate and/or carry malicious executable, virus or worm code that intentionally causes harm by modifying or destroying computer systems often without the user’s knowledge.
48. Message Boards
Sites that offer message boards, bulletin boards, and forums. Sites which offer visitors the ability to discuss topics with one another via Internet message board software. Sites that provide downloads and customization of message board software.
Sample sites: www.ezboard.com/, www.messages.yahoo.com/, www.boards.fool.com/
49. Military Appreciation
Sites that pertain to individual appreciation, remembrance or dedication to military units and organizations such as veterans, troop support, honoring military divisions, etc.
Sample sites: www.nmam.org/, www.uso.org/, www.oldglorytraditions.com/
50. Military - Official
Official sites of government backed military organizations.
Sample sites: www.navy.mil/, www.army.mil/, www.usmc.mil/
51. Movies & Television
Sites that discuss and promote film and television. This includes official sites of movies and television programs as well as those of film and television celebrities. Also included are personal fan sites of the aforementioned.
Sample sites: www.movies.yahoo.com/, www.tvguide.com/, www.moviefone.com/
52. Music Appreciation
Sites that discuss and promote music, musicians, and the methods in which they are distributed. These sites include official sites of musicians as well as fan sites that promote musical subjects and artists, playlists, lyrics, legal/licensed and mp3 distribution.
Sample sites: launch.yahoo.com/, www.artistdirect.com/, , www.vibe.com/
53. News
Web sites that distribute news, current events, and headlines.
Sample sites: www.cnn.com, www.dailyregister.com, news.yahoo.com
54. Obscene/Tasteless
Sites that contain explicit graphical or text depictions of such things as mutilation, murder, bodily functions, horror, death, rude behavior, executions, violence, and obscenities etc.
Sample sites: www.celebritymorgue.com, www.rotten.com, www.gruesome.com
55. Online Auction
Sites that offer access to online auctions where visitors can bid on various items. Since online auctions are rarely monitored, they may expose users to materials that would otherwise be filtered under categories such as Adult Content, Illegal/Questionable, etc. (Does not include classified
advertisements, which is categorized under shopping or news)
Sample site: www.ebay.com
56. Online Communities
Sites that promote online social networking. The content of such sites is mostly comprised of personal pages linked together in a social network that can be based on any criteria, such as schools, universities, business, or friendship.
Example: http://www.myspace.com, http://www.facebook.com
57. Online Classes
Sites that provide access to classes conducted via the Internet.
58. Online Greeting Cards
Sites that offer e-greeting cards or e-postcards.
Sample sites: www.bluemountain.com/, www.greetings.yahoo.com/ ,www.hallmark.com/
59. Online Trading/Brokerage
Sites that facilitate online active trading of securities.
60. Outdoor Recreation
Sites pertaining to outdoor activities and non-competitive athletic activities, such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, rock climbing.
Sample sites:www.epiccam.com/, www.thebackpacker.com/, www.snowmobilefanatics.com/
61. Paranormal
Sites dealing with subjects of the paranormal. This includes topics such as mysticism, UFOs, astrology, numerology, the occult, tarot, crypto-zoology and conspiracy theories.
Sample sites: www.ufomind.com/, www.prairieghosts.com/, astrology.yahoo.com/
62. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing
Sites that offer peer-to-peer file sharing software and transfers.
Sample sites: www.kazaa.com/, www.bearshare.com/, www.limewire.com/
63. Phishing
Deceptive information pharming sites that are used to acquire personal information for fraud or theft. Typically found in hoax e-mail, these sites falsely represent themselves as legitimate Web sites to trick recipients into divulging user account information, credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, social security numbers, etc. Pharming, or crimeware misdirects users to fraudulent sites or proxy servers, typically through DNS hijacking or poisoning.
64. Political Opinion
Opinions dealing with political concerns such as party platforms, political reform, candidate advocacy, PACs, lobbying organizations, campaign sites, "the president sucks" sites, recall sites, etc.
Sample sites: www.rnc.org/, www.democrats.org/, www.nra.org/
65. Pornography/Adult Content
Sites that contain images and/or content containing sexual acts, activity, nudity, toys, stories/writings, bestiality, fetishes, videos, etc.
Sample sites: www.playboy.com
66. Portals
Sites whose primary purpose is to offer entry point service to other Web sites via links sorted by topics and/or subjects.
67. Real Estate
Sites pertaining to the buying, selling, renting, and leasing of properties (Commercial and Residential).
Sample sites: www.realestate.yahoo.com/, www.homestore.com/, www.realtor.com/
68. Recreation
Sites that pertain to hobbies, collecting, clubs and social organizations, recipes, horticulture, gardening, yard maintenance, decorating and crafting.
Sample sites: crochet.about.com/, www.gardenweb.com/, www.treasureclub.net/
69. Reference
Reference collections including encyclopedias, atlases, historical data, biographies, how-to, language tools and references such as dictionaries, thesaurus and translators, information resources on scientific subjects.
Sample sites: dictionary.reference.com/, encarta.msn.com/, yp.yahoo.com/
70. Religion
Sites that pertain to mainstream religious institutions such as churches, temples, mosques, church sites, service times, location, church event calendars, etc.
Sample sites: www.zencenter.org/, www.olacathedral.org/, www.tbala.org/
71. Religious Opinion
Sites that pertain to mainstream religious institutions such as churches, temples, mosques, church sites, service times, location, church event calendars, etc.
Sample sites: www.zencenter.org/, www.olacathedral.org/, www.tbala.org/
72. Remote Access
Sites that provide information about or facilitate access to information, programs, online services or computer systems remotely.
73. Restaurant/Dining
Sites that provide information, promote, list, review, or advertise dining, catering services, restaurants, cafes, eateries, take-outs and fast food.
Sample sites:www.mcdonalds.com, www.blackangus.com
74. Reviewed/Miscellaneous
Random content that does not fall under current categories.
75. R-rated
Services pertaining to anything that involves 18 and over material such as lingerie and swimsuits, revealing pictures. Sites that are adult in nature without being explicitly pornographic.
Sample sites: fine-lingerie.com/, www.maximonline.com/, www.bikini.com/
76. School Cheating
Sites that offer materials that enable students to plagiarize or cheat in their academic endeavors, including pre-written papers, answer keys, cheating methods or complete summaries intended to help students circumvent research.
Sample sites: www.allfreeessays.com
77. Search Engines
Major portal sites that either search the Internet or have a directory-based database of sites. Includes all sub-URLs under the main site.
Sample sites: www.yahoo.com/, www.google.com/, www.msn.com/
78. Self-Defense
Web sites that offer information and advocacy of self-defense tools of a non-lethal nature. Includes techniques and products such as those designed to immobilize or harm a subject but not "intended" to cause death (i.e. martial arts, stun guns, mace, etc.)
Sample sites: www.americanselfdefense.com/, www.safetyforwomen.com/, www.selfdefenseproducts.com/
79. Shopping
Sites that contain consumer oriented online shopping, online malls, classifieds, and online trading/auction services.
Sample sites: www.ebay.com, shopping.yahoo.com, www.nordstrom.com
80. Social Opinion
Opinions dealing with social issues such as divorce, business ethics, abortion etc.
Sample sites: www.now.org/, www.business-ethics.com/, www.childadvocacy.org/
81. Sports
Sites for professional, collegiate, and other competitive sports such as baseball, basketball, hockey, football & soccer teams. Sites that offer information on sports magazines and sporting events such as the winter and summer Olympics, etc.
Sample sites: espn.go.com, www.nba.com, sportsillustrated.cnn.com
82. Spyware
Sites that promote, offer or secretively install software to monitor user behavior, track personal information, record keystrokes, and/or change user computer configuration without the user's knowledge and consent for malicious or advertising purposes. Includes sites with software that can connect to "phone home" for transferring user information.
Sample sites: www.win-spy.com, www.gator.com
83. Streaming Media
Sites that offer "Internet TV" programming, streaming video and other streaming media.
Sample sites: www.apple.com/quicktime/, windowsmedia.com/, launch.yahoo.com/ .
84. Terrorist/Militant/Extremist
Sites that contain information regarding militias, anti-government/anti-establishment groups, terrorism, bomb-making/usage, anarchy, etc.
Sample sites: www.michiganmilitia.com/, www.militiaofmontana.com/, www.ncmilitia.org/
85. Theater
Sites that promote and discuss live dramatic productions.
Sample sites: www.ticketmaster.com, www.movietickets.com, www.sportstickets.net
86. Tickets
Sites that offer ticket sales for entertainment: concerts, sporting events, races, expos, etc.
Sample sites: www.ticketmaster.com, www.movietickets.com, www.sportstickets.net
87. Tobacco
Sites that sell, promote or glamorize the use of tobacco related products, including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco.
Sample sites: www.philipmorrisusa.com/en/home.asp
88. Travel
Sites that offer travel tickets and reservations, travel clubs, travelogues, visitor information bureaus, travel promotions, etc. Sites relating to traveling, such as travel agencies, cruise lines, airfare, etc.
Sample sites: www.expedia.com, www.travel.com, www.travelocity.com
89. Vehicles
Sites that discuss, promote, and offer information on cars, trucks, motorcycles, watercraft, aircraft and other forms of transportation.
Sample sites: www.ford.com/, www.harley-davidson.com/, www.cessna.com/
90. VoIP
Sites that provide information and/or products to facilitate telephone calls using the Internet. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) refers to a category of hardware and software that uses the Internet as a transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.
91. Weapons
Sites that provide information and promote the collecting, maintenance, advocacy and sales of legal firearms, knives, swords and related items.
Sample sites: www.remington.com/, www.buckknives.com/, www.swords.com/
92. Weather/Traffic
Web sites that offer weather forecasts, weather updates and traffic conditions/reports.
Sample sites: www.weather.com/, www.traffic.com/, weather.yahoo.com/
93. Web-based E-mail
Sites that offer free Web-based e-mail services.
Sample sites: www.hotmail.com, www.email.com, mail.yahoo.com
94. Web-based Newsgroups
Sites that offer archives of Usenet postings.
Sample sites: groups-beta.google.com
95. Web-based Proxies/Anonymizers
Sites that offer free anonymous proxy services.
Sample sites: www.anonymizer.com, www.idmask.com, www.amegaproxy.com
96. Web-based Storage
Sites that offer storage for personal files on remote servers for backup or exchange purposes.
Sample sites: www.filesanywhere.com/, briefcase.yahoo.com/, www.gotomypc.com/
97. Web Hosts
Sites that offer domain names and Web spaces for hosting fee-based Web pages.
98. Web Logs/Personal Pages
Web sites from personal or non-commercial sources which feature commentary and articles written in a log or journal format (Blogs).
Sample sites: www.livejournal.com/, www.blogger.com/, www.xanga.com/ , www.myspace.com, www.friendster.com
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