the total number of Web pages online, according to a new study published by
Optenet, a pioneer and global leader of enabling SaaS offerings and delivering
“on-premise” security solutions.
The report, which includes a representative sample of approximately 4 million
extracted URLs, shows that adult content on the Internet as well as illegal
content such as child pornography and illegal drug purchase has undergone
a significant increase of 17% in the first quarter of 2010, as co mpared to the
same period in 2009.
Additionally, Websites related to the online role-playing games (RPGs), such
as World of Warcraft; Final Fantasy and Grand Theft Auto 4, have grown by
more than 212% in the first three months of 2010. Websites that contain
violence have grown by 10.8%, terrorism content by 8.5%, and illegal drugs
purchase by 6.8% are continuing to grow.
that's reporting from ping!zine magazine
