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Watermarks Offer Benefits

A popular tool for digital rights management when used to place ownership data, such as a copyright notice or URL, into objects such as photographs or video clips, digital watermarks offer a number of benefits including branding, a limited degree of basic piracy prevention and high-quality traffic generation resulting from viewers typing in a domain name used as a watermark’s text.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Castle Megastore CEO Mark Franks to Receive Retail Pioneer Recognition at 2012 XBIZ Awards

Castle Megastore CEO Mark Franks will be the recipient of the Retail Pioneer special recognition at the highly anticipated 2012 XBIZ Awards.

XBIZ LA, XBIZ Retail Mobile Show Guides Now Live

XBIZ is pleased to announce that the mobile show guides for leading digital media conference XBIZ LA and retail trade event XBIZ Retail are now live.

opinion

Cloud Storage Services

One increasingly popular application for cloud computing is personal and business data storage for archiving and backups, as well as file-serving for websites and items such as images used for message board posts or other transient purposes, and much more.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Al Bloom to Receive Executive Leadership Award at 2012 XBIZ Awards

Al Bloom, CalExotics’ director of marketing, will be honored with the prestigious Executive Leadership Award at the 10th Annual XBIZ Awards set to be held on Jan. 10 in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Director's Chair: Veteran Director Lizzy Borden

Porn star Evan Stone was locked inside a “Mork & Mindy”–like space egg for more than 20 minutes with only a few air holes that allowed him to breathe.

Bob Johnson ·
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Private Trackers Enable Limited Content Distribution

Forward looking adult webmasters are continuously seeking a competitive advantage in the ways in which they market their wares. Set against this backdrop are the challenges that impede this process — such as piracy. While the battle against piracy is ongoing and perhaps as unwinnable as the war on drugs, some ground has been gained and knowledge built upon to better understand the tools of unauthorized distribution — such as the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent file-sharing protocol.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

GTBill Named 2012 XBIZ LA Corporate Sponsor

XBIZ is pleased to announce GTBill as the Corporate Sponsor of the industry’s leading digital media conference XBIZ LA 2012.

OrbitalPay Launches New Site, Scores XBIZ Award Nom

OrbitalPay has announced the launch of its new flagship website today.

Severe Society Films Earns XBIZ Awards Nomination

Severe Society Films said it is honored to be one of five companies nominated for the 2012 XBIZ Awards in the Fetish Studio of the Year category.

Feelmore510 Snags XBIZ Awards Nomination

Feelmore510 has been nominated in the category of Retailer of the Year-Boutique at the XBIZ Awards.

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The Importance of Good Design

Good web design means different things to different people. Ask most folks about it and their responses will tend to gravitate towards matters of personal taste, as well as to the frequent usability and visual annoyances that accompany poor web page designs. Good designs are used to enhance and convey your message or offer; communicating its benefits and delivering a concise call-toaction that spurs prospects to make a positive and immediate purchase decision.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

AWEmpire to Host ‘AWE’ Reception at XBIZ LA, Signs On With Multiple Sponsorships

Adult Webmaster Empire will host a reception on Jan. 11 for XBIZ LA attendees in the relaxed atmosphere of the Stone Rose Lounge, in addition to the company’s XBIZ LA Corporate and Room Key Sponsorships and Gold Sponsorship of the 10th annual XBIZ Awards.

XBIZ Premiere Magazine Names Top 100 Newsmakers of 2011

Here is XBIZ Premiere magazine's annual list of the year's Top 100 newsmakers.

FNCash to Take New Year by Storm With Illustrious Presence at XBIZ Events

Fleshlight and its FNCash affiliate program are kicking off the New Year by making a definitive statement of its branding power at XBIZ’s trio of January events by signing on as Corporate Sponsor of XBIZ LA, Official 2012 XBIZ Awards After Party Sponsor and Platinum Sponsor of XBIZ Retail.

Hustler Toys to Showcase Multi-Line Exhibit at XBIZ Retail as Gold Sponsor

Following the theme of catering to “all things retail,” Hustler Toys has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of XBIZ Retail 2012, where the company will showcase the various sectors that the brand covers with toys, apparel, DVDs and lingerie.

MSC Innovations to Exhibit at XBIZ Retail, ANME Shows

MSC Innovations, the makers of the StreemMaster brand of hygiene products, will be exhibiting at the ANME and the XBIZ Retail show in Burbank, Calif.

XBIZ Names FSC’s Diane Duke as Woman of the Year

XBIZ, the adult entertainment industry’s leading news media organization, is pleased to announce Free Speech Coalition executive director Diane Duke as its Woman of the Year.

Gamma Makes XBIZ Top 50 Newsmakers of 2011

Gamma Entertainment and its subsidiaries were named in XBIZ World's "Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011."

opinion

New Blueprint for Adult Design

Good website design equals more traffic to a website. Sounds simple doesn’t it? But good design isn’t what it was a decade ago and webmasters that don’t adapt to new trends may well be left in the dust.

Bob Johnson ·