Abortion | Abortion topic and positions for or against |
Ads/Analytics | Ad networks and analytics services |
Adult/Mature | Adult themes not in another more specific category. Not kid-friendly. Related categories: Sex Education, Pornography, Nudity |
AI/ML Applications | Generative apps that take user input |
Alcohol | Promotes alcoholic consumptions |
Alternative Currency | Related to cryptocurrency, game tokens or other exchangeable digital goods that are not government issued legal tender |
Alternative Ideology | Belief systems and practices not included in "Religion" category, including occult, paranormal, folklore, etc. |
Anonymizers | Provides ability to bypass web filtering controls by loading sites via intermediate service. |
Arts/Culture | Fine arts and museums |
Auctions/Classifieds | Product or service listings from individuals |
Audio | Live streams or downloaded audio clips |
Brokerage/Trading | Stock trading and information |
Business/Economy | General business, for businesses that don't fit into a more specific category |
Chat/IM/SMS | Short message clients and services |
Child Pornography/Abuse | Sexual exploitation/abuse of a minor |
Content Servers | Hosting of files for accelerating web sites and services |
Dating/Personals | Dating, romance, matchmaking |
Digital Postcards | Greeting cards |
Drugs/Controlled Substances | Information or promotion of illegal drugs |
Dynamic DNS | Services that offer unique hosts on previously registered domains for personal use, and may regularly change IPs |
Education | Educational instututions, training courses and tools, and learning topics |
Email services | |
Entertainment | All forms of entertainment not included in a more specific category. Related: Arts/Culture, Sports, Games, Humor/Comics |
Extreme/Gruesome | Gory, perverse, gross or horrific content |
File Sharing/Storage | Storage and sharing of files and other data |
Finance | Financial institutions (banking, insurance) or related financial topics |
For Kids | Family-safe sites designed for kids (only used as a secondary category) |
Forums | Newsgroups, forums or bulletin boards that have many topics and not a specific topic that would fit another specific category. |
Gambling | Services or information related to gambling |
Games | Game playing, downloading or discussion. |
Government/Legal | Government agencies and information. Also, businesses that deal with law (lawyers). |
Hacking | Information or tools for unauthorized access to computer systems. |
Hate/Discrimination | Promotes or supports hostility toward a grouping of individuals |
Health | Health and wellness, including medical personnel, facilities and medicines, and fitness-related. |
Hobbies/Recreation | Hobbies and recreational activities, including collecting, gardening, hunting/fishing, etc. |
Hosting | Hosting of web sites for organizations and individuals |
Humor/Comics | Comedy, jokes, fun |
Information Technology | Computing, electronics and general technology that doesn't fit into a more specific category. |
Information/Computer Security | Information or tools for computer security |
Infrastructure/IOT | Internet infrastructure and devices |
Job Search | Job search |
Lingerie/Swimsuit | Intimate apparel, swimsuits, and suggestive clothing. |
Login/Challenge | Homepage that is a generic login page or challenge (e.g. CAPTCHA), with no indication of what’s behind |
Malicious | Malcious intent to harm users or steal intellectual property. Includes malicious software and associated sites. Related: Phishing, Suspicious, Potentially Unwanted Software |
Marijuana | Promotion of marijuana/cannibis and paraphernalia |
Marketing/Merchandising | Direct marketing services |
Media Sharing | Allow users to upload, search for, and share media files |
Military | Armed forces |
Mixed Content/Potentially Adult | General image/video sites that may return adult content along with non-offensive content. |
Newly Registered | Domain registered in last 30 days |
News | General news sources |
Non-Profit/Advocacy | Charitable and non-profit organizations promoting and supporting a cause. |
Nudity | Nude or seminude representations of the human body, including art, nudist or naturist. |
Parked Site | Parked, for monetized placeholders or no meaningful content. |
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) | Peer to peer/torrent clients and network for sharing files. |
Personal Sites/Blogs | Personal sites that are not focused on a specific topic that has another specific category. |
Phishing | Counterfeit web pages that duplicate legitimate business web pages to steal private information from users. |
Piracy/Plagiarism | Illegal sharing of copyrighted media (software, music, etc.) and school cheating information |
Politics/Opinion | Political parties, groups or individuals promoting a point of view on a topic or issue. |
Pornography | Sexually explicit material |
Potentially Unwanted Programs | User tracking or annoying software programs |
Productivity Applications | Business-related web applications |
Promotional Compensation | Promise a potential reward for user input or activity |
Real Estate | Real estate (buildings, homes, apartments) and related topics |
Reference | General information for topics that don't have a specific category. |
Religion | Organized, traditional beliefs and practices, including major global religions. |
Remote Access | Remote access to another computer |
Restaurants/Food | Restaurants and food-related topics |
Scam/Illegal/Unethical | Fraudulent sites or information promoting breaking the law. |
Search Engines/Portals | General Internet search or general directories of the Internet |
Sex Education | Non-pornographic information on reproduction, sex practices, sexually transmitted diseases, sexuality, abstinence, birth control, etc.. |
Shopping | Stores for product or services that don't fit into a more specific category. |
Social Networking | Social communities |
Society/Lifestyle | Daily life, beauty & fashion, home & garden, pets |
Software Downloads | Software and app downloads |
Spam | Associated with email spam campaigns |
Sports | Sports news and information |
Suspicious | Elevated, but unconfirmed security risk |
Telephony | Person-to-person VOIP or digital calling services |
Tobacco | Promotes use of tobacco |
Translation | Allows translation of a web site or text to another language |
Travel | Travel and related topics (vacation transportation, lodging, activities) |
Unrated | Unknown categorization |
URL Redirect | Doesn't provide content, only redirects to another location |
Vehicles | Vehicles, including autos, boats, motorcycles, etc. |
Video/Multimedia | Live streams or downloaded video clips |
Violence | Encourages, glorifies or displays graphic violence against others or self (suicide). Related categories: Hate/Discrimination |
Virtual Meetings | Multi-person virtual meeting services. |
Weapons | Sales, reviews, or descriptions of weapons and modifications |
a9 Web Protection categories (alphabetical) Print
Modified on: Wed, 27 Sep, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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