XTube, which promotes itself with the tagline "the greatest thing since the
orgasm", was first registered as a site in November 2004. Like its much
better-known and family-friendly rival, XTube allows users to upload their own
video content, and claims that it will remove any copyrighted content from
commercial adult movies on receipt of an official complaint.
Unlike YouTube, it doesn't care how many people appear naked in those videos,
though it does bar illegal content such as child pornography and extreme
violence.
That approach appears to be slowly paying dividends. "Early March we broke the
2 million member mark," it announced in its site newsletter earlier this week.
That still makes it a minnow next to YouTube, which has more than 130 million
visitors each month.
Future expansion plans for XTube include a "sex wiki" with contributions from
its user community, and XTube Local, a directory service for adult stores and
clubs.
A recent study by TopTenReviews estimated that the online porn industry is
worth more than $US4.9 billion, with Internet porn sites attracting 72 million
visitors a month. However, many online businesses resist involvement with adult
content to avoid legal problems and community criticism.
