| Adult |
Abortion |
Sites that promote, encourage, or discuss abortion, including sites that cover
moral or political views on abortion
|
| Adult |
Adult/Mature Content |
Sites with profane or vulgar content generally considered inappropriate for
minors; includes sites that offer erotic content or ads for sexual services, but
excludes sites with sexually explicit images
|
| Adult |
Alcohol/Tobacco |
Sites that promote, sell, or provide information about alcohol or tobacco
products
|
| Adult |
Gambling |
Sites that promote or provide information on gambling, including online gambling
sites
|
| Adult |
Illegal Drugs |
Sites that promote, glamorize, supply, sell, or explain how to use illicit or
illegal intoxicants
|
| Adult |
Illegal/Questionable |
Sites that promote and discuss how to perpetrate nonviolent crimes, including
burglary, fraud, intellectual property theft, and plagiarism; includes sites that
sell
plagiarized or stolen materials
|
| Adult |
Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit |
Sites that sell swimsuits or intimate apparel with models wearing them |
| Adult |
Marijuana |
Sites that discuss the cultivation, use, or preparation of marijuana, or sell
related paraphernalia
|
| Adult |
Nudity |
Sites showing nude or partially nude images that are generally considered
artistic, not vulgar or pornographic
|
| Adult |
Pornography |
Sites with sexually explicit imagery designed for sexual arousal, including sites
that offer sexual services
|
| Adult |
Sex Education |
Sites with or without explicit images that discuss reproduction, sexuality, birth
control, sexually transmitted disease, safe sex, or coping with sexual trauma
|
| Adult |
Tasteless |
Sites with content that is gratuitously offensive and shocking; includes sites
that show extreme forms of body modification or mutilation and animal cruelty
|
| Adult |
Violence/Hate/Racism |
Sites that promote hate and violence; includes sites that espouse prejudice
against a social group, extremely violent and dangerous activities, mutilation and
gore, or the creation of destructive devices
|
| Adult |
Weapons |
Sites about weapons, including their accessories and use; excludes sites about
military institutions or sites that discuss weapons as sporting or recreational
equipment
|
| Business |
Auctions |
Sites that serve as venues for selling or buying goods through bidding, including
business sites that are being auctioned
|
| Business |
Brokerage/Trading |
Sites about investments in stocks or bonds, including online trading sites;
includes sites about vehicle insurance
|
| Business |
Business/Economy |
Sites about business and the economy, including entrepreneurship and marketing;
includes corporate sites that do not fall under other categories
|
| Business |
Financial Services |
Sites that provide information about or offer basic financial services, including
sites owned by businesses in the financial industry
|
| Business |
Job Search/Careers |
Sites about finding employment or employment services |
| Business |
Real Estate |
Sites about real estate, including those that provide assistance selling,
leasing, purchasing, or renting property
|
| Business |
Shopping |
Sites that sell goods or support the sales of goods that do not fall under other
categories; excludes online auction or bidding sites
|
| Communications and Search |
Blogs/Web Communications |
Blog sites or forums on varying topics or topics not covered by other categories;
sites that offer multiple types of web-based communication, such as e-mail or instant
messaging
|
| Communications and Search |
Chat/Instant Messaging |
Sites that provide web-based services or downloadable software for text-based
instant messaging or chat
|
| Communications and Search |
Email |
Sites that provide email services, including portals used by companies for
web-based email
|
| Communications and Search |
Internet Infrastructure |
Content servers, image servers, or sites used to gather, process, and present
data and data analysis, including web-based analytic tools and network
monitors
|
| Communications and Search |
Internet Telephony |
Sites that provide web services or downloadable software for Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) calls
|
| Communications and Search |
Newsgroups |
Sites that offer access to Usenet or provide other newsgroup, forum, or bulletin
board services
|
| Communications and Search |
Search Engines/Portals |
Search engine sites or portals that provide directories, indexes, or other
retrieval systems for the web
|
| Communications and Search |
Social Networking |
Sites devoted to personal expression or communication, linking people with
similar interests
|
| Communications and Search |
Web Hosting |
Sites of organizations that provide top-level domains or web hosting
services
|
| General |
Computers/Internet |
Sites about endpoints, the Internet, or related technology, including sites that
sell or provide reviews of electronic devices
|
| General |
Education |
School sites, distance learning sites, and other education-related sites |
| General |
Government/Legal |
Sites about the government, including laws or policies; excludes government
military or health sites
|
| General |
Health |
Sites about health, fitness, or well-being |
| General |
Military |
Sites about military institutions or armed forces; excludes sites that discuss or
sell weapons or military equipment
|
| General |
News/Media |
Sites about the news, current events, contemporary issues, or the weather;
includes online magazines whose topics do not fall under other categories
|
| General |
Politics |
Sites that discuss or are sponsored by political parties, interest groups, or
similar organizations involved in public policy issues; includes non-hate sites that
discuss conspiracy theories or alternative views on government
|
| General |
Reference |
General and specialized reference sites, including map, encyclopedia, dictionary,
weather, how-to, and conversion sites
|
| General |
Translators/Cached Pages |
Online page translators or cached Web pages (used by search engines), which can
be used to circumvent proxy servers and Web filtering systems
|
| General |
Untested |
Sites that have not been classified under a category |
| General |
Vehicles |
Sites about motorized transport, including customization, procurement of parts
and actual vehicles, or repair services; excludes sites about military
vehicles
|
| Internet Security |
Made for AdSense sites (MFA) |
Sites that use scraped or copied content to pollute search engines with redundant
and generally unwanted results
|
| Internet Security |
Potentially Malicious Software |
Sites that contain potentially harmful downloads |
| Internet Security |
Proxy Avoidance |
Sites about bypassing proxy servers or web filtering systems, including sites
that provide tools for that purpose
|
| Internet Security |
Web Advertisement |
Sites dedicated to displaying advertisements, including sites used to display
banner or pop-up ads
|
| Lifestyle |
Activist Groups |
Sites that promote change in public policy, public opinion, social practice,
economic activities, or economic relationships; includes sites controlled by service,
philanthropic, professional, or labor organizations
|
| Lifestyle |
Alternative Journals |
Online equivalents of supermarket tabloids and other fringe publications |
| Lifestyle |
Arts |
Sites about visual arts, such as painting and sculpture. |
| Lifestyle |
Cult/Occult |
Sites about alternative religions, beliefs, and religious practices, including
those considered cult or occult
|
| Lifestyle |
Cultural Institutions |
Sites controlled by organizations that seek to preserve cultural heritage, such
as libraries or museums; also covers sites owned by the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts,
Rotary International, and similar organizations
|
| Lifestyle |
Entertainment |
Sites that promote or provide information about movies, music, non-news radio and
television, books, humor, or magazines
|
| Lifestyle |
For Kids |
Sites designed for children |
| Lifestyle |
Games |
Sites about board games, card games, console games, or endpoint games; includes
sites that sell games or related merchandise
|
| Lifestyle |
Gay/Lesbian |
Sites about gay, lesbian, transgender, or bisexual lifestyles |
| Lifestyle |
Gun Clubs/Hunting |
Sites about gun clubs or similar groups; includes sites about hunting, war
gaming, or paintball facilities
|
| Lifestyle |
Humor |
Sites intended for humor. |
| Lifestyle |
Personal Sites |
Sites maintained by individuals about themselves or their interests; excludes
personal pages in social networking sites, blog sites, or similar services
|
| Lifestyle |
Personals/Dating |
Sites that help visitors establish relationships, including sites that provide
singles listings, matchmaking, or dating services
|
| Lifestyle |
Recreation/Hobbies |
Sites about recreational activities and hobbies, such as collecting, gardening,
outdoor activities, traditional (non-video) games, and crafts; includes sites about
pets, recreational facilities, or recreational organizations
|
| Lifestyle |
Religion |
Sites about popular religions, their practices, or their places of
worship
|
| Lifestyle |
Restaurants/Food |
Sites that list, review, discuss, advertise, or promote food, catering, dining
services, cooking, or recipes
|
| Lifestyle |
Society/Lifestyle |
Sites that provide information about life or daily matters; excludes sites about
entertainment, hobbies, sex, or sports, but includes sites about cosmetics or
fashion
|
| Lifestyle |
Sports |
Sites about sports or other competitive physical activities; includes fan sites
or sites that sell sports merchandise
|
| Lifestyle |
Travel |
Sites about traveling or travel destinations; includes travel booking and
planning sites
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Internet Radio and TV |
Sites that primarily provide streaming radio or TV programming; excludes sites
that provide other kinds of streaming content
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Pay to Surf |
Sites that compensate users who view certain websites, email messages, or
advertisements or users who click links or respond to surveys
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Peer-to-Peer |
Sites that provide information about or software for sharing and transferring
files within a peer-to-peer (P2P) network
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Personal Network Storage/File Download Servers |
Sites that provide personal online storage, backup, or hosting space, including
those that provide encryption or other security services
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Photo Searches |
Sites that primarily host images, allowing users to share, organize, store, or
search for photos or other images
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Ringtones/Mobile Phone Downloads |
Sites that provide content for mobile devices, including ringtones, games, or
videos
|
| Network Bandwidth |
Software Downloads |
Sites dedicated to providing free, trial, or paid software downloads |
| Network Bandwidth |
Streaming Media/MP3 |
Sites that offer streaming video or audio content without radio or TV
programming; sites that provide music or video downloads, such as MP3 or AVI
files
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