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Monday, 18th April 2011, 15:17:31
.xxx suffixes go live on the internet having been added to root servers
Domain name addresses featuring .xxx suffixes went live for the first time last Friday (April 15th) after being added to the internet's root servers.
Only a handful of addresses are currently online with the domain name suffix, but this is expected to increase in domain name registrations as previous adult domains have been sold for large amounts of money.
In February, sex.com was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most expensive domain name having sold for £8.2 million in 2010.
Speaking about the introduction of .xxx domain names in a blog post for the Wall Street Journal, Ben Rooney said that there are still questions as to whether anyone will use the new extension.
"After what appears to have been a lifetime of talking, the move for an internet 'red light district' has actually happened. The question now is will anyone use it? And if so, who?" he said.
Posted by Henry Thomas
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