8e6 R3000 Categories

Click category for description and sample sites                                                

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 with the user’s knowledge and consent.

2. Alcohol
Sites promoting the use of alcohol, including drink recipes, home brewing methodology, advertisements, etc.

• Sites promoting the use of alcohol for consumption purposes, including pubs, bars, breweries, alcohol manufacturers
• Sites which contain drink recipes, bartenders guides, or drinking games
• Sites which advertise or contain advertisements for alcohol

Informational sites such as essays on drunk driving or court transcripts WILL NOT be saved.
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. 
Sample sites: www.petsonsale.com, www.westminsterkennelclub.org, www.2buyhorses.com

4. Art
Non-commercial websites that promote, exhibit, and/or display works of art, artists, and provide instruction on the creation of art excluding the following:

• Explicit Art
• Sites for artists, art galleries, or museums
• Sites containing art instruction, graphics tutorials, and art schools (which should also be saved in Education)

5. Bad Reputation Domains
Sites that appear on one or more security industry blacklists for repeated bad behavior, including hosting malware and phishing sites, generating spam, or hosting content linked to by spam email.

6. Banner Ads
Banner ads served from third party servers and URLs that track online analytics and/or website traffic for marketing report purpose.
Sample sites: www.coremetrics.com, www.siteminner.com, www.inelliseek.com, www.mointel.com

7. Books & Literature/ Writings
Sites that discuss and promote books, literature, and periodicals distributed with the intention of providing entertainment.

• Authors’ sites, publishers’ promotional sites (not “How To Publish” or “Let Us Publish Your Book”)
• Online books (i.e., Project Gutenberg, eBooks, etc.)
• Books on Tape
• Literary Reviews
• Fan-Fiction or other short fiction works
• Written screenplays/scripts (movies, tv, or drama)

8. Botnet  
Sites used by botnet herders for command and control of infected machines.  Sites that known malware and spyware connects to for command and control by cyber criminals.  These sites are differentiated from the Malcode category to enable reporting on potentially infected computers inside the network.

9. Business
Websites for businesses and commercial organizations where business is defined as an organization that provides goods and/or services for profit.

• Business to Business

• Instant Messaging
• Chat logs
• IRC client downloads
• IRC channel listings or channel information

Sample sites: www.chatweb.net, www.chattown.com, www.javachatrooms.net

11. Child Porn
Sites that promote, discuss or portray children in sexual acts and activity or the abuse of children.  Pornographic sites that advertise or imply the depiction of underage models and that do not have a U.S.C. 2257 declaration on their main page.

As of March 13, 2007, all sites categorized as child porn are actually saved into the URL Library in the Porn category and are automatically submitted to the Internet Watch Foundation for legal verification as child pornography (http://www.iwf.org.uk/).  If the IWF agrees that a site and/or any of its hosted pages are child pornography, they add it those URLs to their master list.  The master list is downloaded nightly and saved into the URL Library in the Child Porn category.

12. Classifieds
Sites that host classified listings.
Sample sites: classifieds.yahoo.com, www.yp.com, www.switchboard.com

13. Comics
Sites that distribute, display, discuss and promote comics, comic books, and cartoons.  These include on-line cartoons and official websites of comic strips.

• Web comics
• Flash/Online animations and cartoons
• Comic publishers (should also be saved in literature)

• I.e., YMCA, March of Dimes, Big Brothers/Sisters, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc.

• Sites which commercially sell surveillance equipment will not be saved.

Sample sites: www.illegalworld.com, www.password-crackers.com, www.spy-cam-surveillance-equipment.com

16. Domain Landing
Registered hosted pages with no significant appreciable content other than current owner info, solicitation for URL buyers, and or links to seller info.
Sample sites:

17. Drugs
Sites that promote the use or purchase of illegal drugs. These may include offering marijuana, growing methods, techniques and products for testing clean for drugs, information on acid and/or "mushrooms," and all other forms of narcotics.

• Promotes sale/use of illegal narcotics
• Instructs on making or growing illegal narcotics
• Promotes sale/use of paraphernalia for express use with illegal narcotics
• Promotes illegal sale/use of LEGAL narcotics
• Promotes techniques/products for testing clean with drug tests
• Glorifies the effect of illegal narcotics
• Promotes sale/use of questionably legal “supplements” with a narcotic effect
• Sites which deal with information about illegal substances or their effects (i.e., police department page informing parents what to look for) WILL NOT be saved.

• Warez
• Unlicensed mp3 downloads
• Radar detectors
• Street racing

19. Dynamic DNS
Domains used by Dynamic DNS service providers for IP aliasing.  Domains in this category should almost always be wildcarded, as they are typically assigned to end users with a customizable sub-domain.
Sample sites: trickip.com, chageip.com, no-ip.info

20. Edge Content Servers / Infrastructure
Sites that host images, media and static secondary content for web sites. Sites in this category represent Internet “infrastructure”; they provide web companies with high-bandwidth delivery of arbitrary content. Typically, this content is never directly accessed by the end user. The user’s web browser automatically accesses these sites based on links embedded in the page of the original web site.
Sample sites: edgefcs.net, speedera.net, akamai.net

21. Education
Websites of schools, learning centers, universities, and trade schools.  Sites that promote and discuss materials and information that aid in teaching.

• Teaching institutions/workshops/technical institutes
• Teaching aids, such as lesson planning guides
• Teacher supplies (should also be saved in shopping)
• Career development education
• .edu sites

Sample sites: www.harvard.edu, www.usc.edu, www.bryman-college.com

22. Education Cheating
Sites that offer materials which enable students to plagiarize or cheat in their academic endeavors.

• Sites that offer pre-written papers
• Sites that offer complete summaries intended for circumventing research
• Sites that offer answer keys
• Sites that give methods of academic cheating
• Sites that offer excerpts for the purpose of plagiarism

Sample sites: www.allfreeessays.com

23. Educational Games
Sites that offer games related to education such as reading, spelling, math, etc.

• Developmental games
• Games with educational value

• Resume building sites
• Cover-letter writing sites

Sample sites: www.monster.com, www.careeerbuilder.com, www.jobdirect.com

• Books & Lit
• Comics
• Movies & Television
• Music Appreciation
• Theater
• Restaurants/Clubs
• Clipart and animated .gif files
• Amusement parks
• Cell-Phone Ringtones

27. Fantasy Sports
Sites that promote, discuss, provide advice on or provide automated management of fantasy sports teams and leagues.
Sample sites: fantasybaseball.usatoday.com, sportsillustrated.cnn.com/fantasy, games.espn.go.com, myfantasyleague.com

28. Fashion
Sites promoting and discussion of models, modeling, fashion and apparel in a non-commercial manner.  May contain some R-rated material, or bikini pictures.

• Modeling portfolios
• Modeling agencies
• Modeling contests

29. Financial
Sites related to the financial trade, such as stock trading, financial news, online banking services, and trading exchanges.

• Sites for economics theory or business classes WILL NOT be saved in this category.  These types of sites should be saved in Education.

• Gyms
• Fitness equipment
• Nutrition supplements
• Diet information

Sample sites: www.weightwatchers.com, www.24hourfitness.com, www.yoga.com

31. Free Hosting
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

32. Freeware
Sites that provide repositories of shareware and freeware for download. 
Sample sites: www.tucows.com, www.freewarehome.com

33. 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

34. Games
Sites related to computer or other games, such as game download sites, online games, video, and electronic games.  Sites that advertise and host online games as well as sweepstakes and giveaways.   Sites that offer cheat codes.

• Sites about board games will also be saved in this category

• .gov

Sample sites: www.ca.gov, www.whitehouse.gov, www.europa.eu.int

36. Online Greeting Cards
Sites that offer e-greeting cards or e-postcards.
Sample sites: www.bluemountain.com, www.greetings.yahoo.com ,www.hallmark.com

37. 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.

• Password generation
• Compiled binaries
• Hacking tools
• Software piracy (game cracking)

• 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.
• Sites which discriminate or promote discrimination based on race/religion/gender/etc

Sample sites: www.k-k-k.com, www.nazi.org, www.stormfront.org

39. Health
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

40. Holistic
Sites offering information on alternative medicines and natural healing.

• Homeopathic medicine
• Acupuncture and acupressure
• Chakra alignment
• Feng Shui

• Any site containing jokes, sound files, or other material intended to be funny.

• Client-based applications for IM
• Central servers for IM applications

Sample sites: www.aim.com, www.icq.com, www.chat.msn.com
Selective IM Categories
IM clients broken out into individual categories based on client

• Selective IM – Generic
• Selective IM – Google Chat
• Selective IM – Google Talk
• Selective IM – ICQ AND AIM
• Selective IM – IRC
• Selective IM – Meebo
• Selective IM – MSN Messenger
• Selective IM – My Space IM
• Selective IM – PoPo
• Selective IM – QQ
• Selective IM – ToToMoMo
• Selective IM – Wang Wang
• Selective IM – Yahoo
  

44. Internet Radio
Sites that offer streaming radio internet programming and podcasts.

• Does not include downloadable music.

Sample sites: launch.yahoo.com/launchcast, www.live365.com, www.shoutcast.com

45. 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.

46. 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/

47. Kids - Kid Friendly Sites
Sites designed specifically for children (Does not include educational games).

48. Legal
Sites pertaining to legal services, personal legal reference and on-line legal aid.

• Law firms
• Legal reference
• Law libraries
• Legal services (notaries, etc.)

• Sites on political or religious affiliation WILL NOT be saved.

• City websites
• County websites
• Chamber of Commerce

• Also includes guestbook sites (i.e., Dreambooks)

• Veterans
• Troop Support
• Honoring military divisions

• Playlists
• Lyrics
• Legal/Licensed mp3 distribution

Sample sites: launch.yahoo.com, www.artistdirect.com, , www.vibe.com

57. News
Websites that distribute news, current events, and headlines. 
Sample sites: www.cnn.com, www.dailyregister.com, news.yahoo.comSample sites (GCD): www.xinhuanet.com, www.people.com.cn, news.google.com.tw

58. 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.

• Sites which contain or deal with medical content WILL NOT be saved.

59. 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 sites: www.ebay.com, www.splitsecondauctions.com, www.bid-alot.com

60. Online Classes
Sites that provide access to classes conducted via the Internet. 
Sample site: www.collegegrabber.net, www.courseadvisor.com, www.hpschooldesigntraining.com

61. 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.
Sample sites: www.myspace.com, www.facebook.com

62. Online Trading/Brokerage
Sites that facilitate online active trading of securities. 
Sample sites: www.etrade.com, www.tdameritrade.com

63. Opinion Social
Opinions dealing with social issues such as divorce, business ethics, abortion etc.
Social perspective, NOT political or religious in nature
Sample sites: www.now.org, www.business-ethics.com, www.childadvocacy.org

64. 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

65. Paranormal
Sites dealing with subjects of the paranormal. This includes topics such as mysticism, UFOs, Astrology, Numerology, the Occult, and conspiracy theories.

• Tarot
• Crypto-zoology

Sample sites: www.ufomind.com, www.prairieghosts.com, astrology.yahoo.com

66. Personal / Dating
Contains those websites that are related to personal ads, dating sites, dating services, relationships, introductions, etc.

• Personal ads, dating services, dating tips, “how-to find a mate” sites
• Sites which promote introductions for purposes of finding friends or other relationships
• Sites for escort services should be saved in Porn.

67. Phishing
Deceptive information pharming sites that 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.

68. Political Opinion
Opinions dealing with political concerns such as party platforms, political reform, candidate advocacy, PACs, lobbying organizations, etc.

• Campaign sites
• “the president sucks” sites
• Recall sites

• Sites that portray sexual acts or simulated sexual acts.
• Sites with explicit nudity (including see-through clothing) that reveals in whole or part, nipples, bare butts, or sexual organs
• Frontal nudity
• Sex toys
• Sites with links that lead to nude pictures
• Sexual fluids
• Explicit sex stories/writings
• Lesbian acts
• Oral activity on sexual parts
• Bestiality
• Bathroom fetishes
• Any bizarre sex acts of objects with sexual organs
• Porno videos for sale with explicit descriptions of tape and/or pictures
• Swinger sites containing sexual pictures or descriptions
• Any adult verification system sites that doesn’t have sample pictures
• Descriptions of sex sites that require credit card or payment or membership ID
• Fetishes

70. Portal Sites
Sites whose primary purpose is to offer entry point service to other Web sites via links sorted by topics and/or subjects.   
Sample sites: www.top10links.com, www.portalnet.net, www.best-top.biz

71. Real Estate
Sites pertaining to the buying, selling, renting, and leasing of properties.

• Commercial and Residential properties.
• Sites for home loans WILL NOT be saved in this category (Should be saved in financial.)

• Church sites (service times, location, church event calendars, etc.)
• Sites with religious opinion or “witnessing”
• Sites that pertain to discussion and/or advocacy of religious organizations, religious opinion and opinions formed from a religious viewpoint.
• Sites promoting cult subject matter, use of mind control, paranoia, fear, and any other type of psychological control or manipulation.
• Important distinction for GCD: Falun related sites are categorized as Religion in Taiwan.

75. Remote Access
Sites that provide information about or facilitate access to information, programs, online services or computer systems remotely. 
Sample sites: pcnow.webex.com, www.remotelyanywhere.com

76. 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

77. Reviewed/Miscellaneous
Random content that does not fall under current categories.

78. 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

79. 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

80. Self-Defense
Websites that offer information and advocacy of self-defense tools of a non-lethal nature. Techniques and products such as those designed to immobilize or harm a subject but not “intended” to cause death.

• Martial arts
• Stun guns
• Mace

81.Self Help
Sites that include information such as therapies, counseling services, motivation, conferences, articles, self-awareness, spirituality etc.

• Rape crisis centers
• Sites that contain information on emotional and/or mental wellness.
• Counseling services, conferences

82. 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

83. Sports
Sites for professional, collegiate, and other competitive baseball, basketball, hockey, football & soccer teams, sports magazines, sporting events such as winter & summer Olympics, etc.

• Also includes other competitive sports, such as NASCAR racing

• Internet Radio
• Peer-to-Peer/File Sharing

Sample sites: www.apple.com/quicktime/, windowsmedia.com, youtube.com

86. 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 which offer information, resources, hosting and guides for the creation of computer software and websites.
Sample sites: www.cnet.com, www.zdnet.com, www.slashdot.org

87. Terrorist
Sites that contain information regarding militias, anti-government groups, terrorism, anarchy, etc.

• Anti-government/Anti-establishment
• Bomb-making/usage (Should also be saved in criminal skills)

• Sites that sell cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, etc

Sites that are specifically designed to glamorize the use of tobacco related products
Sample sites: www.philipmorrisusa.com/en/home.asp

91. 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.
• Sites must be related to the travel industry; i.e., Disneyland will not be saved, but a page containing tourist travel information to Disneyland will.
• Las Vegas hotels like the Bellagio should be saved in Travel.

• Dealerships/carshows
• Car parts and accessories
• Street racing

93.Video Sharing
Sites that allow users to post, share and view videos.  Usually, these sites should also be categorized as Streaming Media, and possibly R-Rated.  The Video Sharing category gives customers the ability to selectively block only viral video sites, which tend to affect productivity.
Sample sites: www.youtube.com, www.ifilm.com, video.yahoo.com

94. Voice Over IP (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.
Sample sites: www.skype.com, www.lingo.com, www.vonage.com

95. 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

96. 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

97.Web-based Productivity Applications
Sites that host web-based applications for word processing, spreadsheets, collaboration, or project management. These sites have a potential for inadvertent data leakage, and can be an impediment to efforts to enforce corporate standards for desktop applications.
Sample sites: basecamphq.com, zoho.com, docs.google.com

98. Web E-mail
Sites that offer online web based e-mail services; this excludes ISPs, which provide standard POP or IMAP e-mail accounts.

• I.e., Hotmail, YahooMail, etc.

Sample sites: www.hotmail.com, www.email.com, mail.yahoo.com

99. Web Hosts
Sites that offer domain names and Web space for hosting fee-based Web pages.
Sample sites: www.bphosting.com, www.hoster.com, www.networksolutions.com

100. Web Logs
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

101. Web Newsgroups
Sites that offer archives of Usenet postings.
Sample sites: groups-beta.google.com

102. Web-based Proxies
Sites that offer free anonymous proxy services.
Sample sites: www.anonymizer.com, www.idmask.com, www.amegaproxy.com

103. Web Storage
Sites that offer storage for personal files on remote servers for backup or exchange purposes.

• I.e., Yahoo Briefcase, snapfish, PictureTrail, etc.

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