Category 1: Adult Content
A Website may be classified under the Adult Content category if its content includes the description or depiction of erotic or sexual acts or sexually orientated material such as pornography. Exceptions to this are websites that contain information relating to sexuality and sexual health, which may be classified under the Health Sites Category (21). Some example sites: www.playboy.com, www.worldsex.com, www.whitehouse.com
Category 2: News
A website may be classified under the News category if its content includes information articles on recent events pertaining to topics surrounding a locality (eg a town, city or nation) or culture, including weather forecasting information. Typically this would include most real-time online news publications and technology or trade journals. This does not include financial quotes, refer to the Investment Sites category (11), or sports, refer to the Sports category (16). Some example sites: www.wsj.com, www.cnn.com, www.news.com
Category 3: Job Search
A Website may be classified under the Job Search category if its content includes facilities to search for or submit online employment applications. This also includes resume writing and posting and interviews, as well as staff recruitment and training services. Some example sites: www.spherion.com, www.monster.com, www.careerbuilder.com
Category 4: Gambling
A website may be classified under the Gambling category if its content includes advertisement or encouragement of, or facilities allowing for the partaking of any form of gambling. For money or otherwise. This includes online gaming, bookmaker adds and lottery wbsites. This does not include traditional or computer based games; refer to the Games Sites category (10). Some Example sites: www.casino.com, www.lottery.com, www.horse-races.net
Category 5: Travel/Tourism
A website may be classified under the Travel / Tourism category if its content includes information relating to travel activities including traveling for recreation and travel reservation facilities. Some Example sites: www.world-tourism.com, www.tourism.com, www.deanes.com.au
Category 6: Shopping
A website may be classified under the shopping category if its content includes any form of advertisement of goods or services to be exchanged for money, and may also include facilities to perform that transaction online. Included in this category are market promotions, catalogue selling and merchandising services. Some Example sites: www.activeplaza.com, www.buywineonline.co.uk, www.shopping.yahoo.com
Category 7: Entertainment
A website may be classified under the Entertainment category if its content includes any general form of entertainment that is not specifically covered by another category. Some examples of this are music sites, movies, hobbies, special interest and fan clubs. This category also includes personal web pages such as those provided by ISPs (Internet Service Providers). The following categories more specifically cover various entertainment content types, Pornography/Sex (1), Gambling (4), Chatrooms (8), Game Sites (10), Sports (16), Clubs and Societies (22) and Music Downloads (23). Some Example sites: www.britneyspears.com, www.eonline.com, www.flydma.com
Category 8: Chatrooms
A Website may be classified under the Chatrooms category if its content focuses on or includes real-time online interactive discussion groups. This also includes bulletin boards, message boards, online forums, discussion groups as well as URLs for downloading of software. Some Example site: www.chatroom.org, chat.yahoo.com, web.icq.com/icqchat
Category 9: Dating Services
A Website may be classified under the Dating Sites category if its content includes facilities to submit and review personal advertisements, arrange romantic meetings with other people, mail order bride / foreign spouse introductions and escort services. Some Example sites: Adultfriendfinder.com, www.lavalife.com, www.singlessites.com
Category 10: Gaming Sites
A website may be classified under the Games Sites category if its content focuses on or includes the review of games, traditional or computer based, or incorporates the facilities for downloading computer game related software, or playing or participating in online games. Some Example sites: www.ea.com, gamesspot.com, www.acecheats.com
Category 11: Investment Sites
A Website may be classified under the Investment Sites category if its content includes information, services or facilities pertaining to personal investment. URLs in this category include contents such as brokerage services, online portfolio setup, money management forums or stock quotes. This category does not include electron banking facilities; refer to the E-Banking category (12) Some Example site: www.retireinvest.com.au, www.stock-options.com, invest-faq.com
Category 12: E-Banking
A Website may be classified under the E-Banking category if its contents includes electronic banking information or services. This category does not include Investment related content; refer to the Investment Sites category (11)Some Example site: www.commbank.com.au, www.natwest.co.uk, www.cibc.ca
Category 13: Crime / Terrorism
A website may be classified under the Crime / Terrorism category if its content includes the description, promotion or instruction un, criminal or terrorist activities, cultures or opinions. An Example site: www.beatthebandit.com
Category 14: Personal Beliefs / Cults
A website may be classified under the Personal Beliefs / Cults category if its content includes the description or depiction of. Or instruction in, systems of religious beliefs and practice. Some Example sites: Ccclinolnshire.org, www.paganfed.demon.co.uk, www.cultdeadcow.com
Category 15: Politics
A website may be classified under the Politics category if its content includes information or opinions of a political nature, electoral information and including political discussion groups. Some Examples site: www.alp.org.au, dallas.logcabin.org, www.politics.com
Category 16: Sports
A website may be classified under the Sports category if its content includes information or instruction relating to recreational or professional sports, or reviews on sporting events and sports scores. Some Example site: www.sports.com, www.soccer.com, www.mtbpics.com.au
Category 17: www-Email Sites
A website may be classified under the www-Email Sites category if its content includes online, web-based email facilities. Some Example site: www.hotmail.com, mail.yahoo.com, aolmail.aol.com
Category 18: Violence / Undesirable
A Website may be classified under the Violence / Undesirable category if its contents are extremely violent or horrific in nature. This includes the promotion, description or depiction of violent acts, as well as websites that have undesirable content and may not be classified elsewhere. Some Example site: www.rotten.com, www.ratemypoo.com
Category 19: Malicious
A website may be classified under the Malicious category if its content is capable of causing damage to a computer or computer environment, including the unauthorized consumption of network bandwidth. And Example site: Astalavista.box.sk
Category 20: Search Sites
A website may be classified under the Search Sites category if its main focus is providing online Internet Search facilities. Some Example site: www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.altavista.com
Category 21: Health Sites
A website may be classified under the Health Sites category if its content includes health related information or services, including sexuality and sexual health, as well as support groups, hospital and surgical information and medical journals. Some Example sites: www.samhsa.gov, www.personalhealthzone.com, www.safemedication.com
Category 22: Clubs and Societies
A website may be classified under Clubs and Societies category if its content includes information or services relating to a club or society.This includes team or conference websites. Some Example site: www.apex.com, www.sierraclub.org, www.isoc.org
Category 23: Download Music
A website may be classified under the Download Music category if provides online music downloading, uploading and sharing facilities as well as bandwidth audio streaming. Some Example sites: www.musicmass.com, www.mp3.com, www.mp3dimension.com
Category 24: Business Oriented
A website may be classified under the Business Oriented category if its content is relevant to general day-to-day business or proper functioning of the Internet, eg Web browser updates. Access to websites in this category would in most cases not be considered unproductive or inappropriate.
Category 25: Government Blocking List
This category is populated with URLs specified by a government agency, and contains URLs that are deemed unsuitable for viewing by the general public by way of their very extreme nature. Some Examples are: Child pornography sites, Bestiality sites, Rape sites
Category 26: Educational
A website may be classified under the Educational category may belong to other categories but has content that relates to educational services or has been deemed of educational value, or to be an educational resource, by educational organisations. This category is populated by request or submission from various educational organisations. Some Example sites: www.discovery.com, highschoolhub.org, www.home-school.com
Category 27: Advertising
A website may be classified under the Advertising category if its main focus includes providing advertising related information or services. Some Example sites: www.traffimagic.com, www.ads.com, www.doubleclick.com
Category 28: Drugs / Alcohol
A website may be classified under the Drugs / Alcohol category if its content includes drug and alcohol related information or services. Some URLs under this category may also be categorised under the Health Sites (21) category. Some Example sites: www.online-cocktail-guide.com, www.jackdaniels.com, www.cultdrinks.com
Category 29: Computing / IT
A website may be classified under the Computing / IT category if its content includes computing related information or services. Some Example site: www.redhat.com, www.squid-cache.org, www.gnu.org
Category 30: Swimsuit / Lingerie / Models
A website may be classified under the Swimsuit / Lingerie / Models category if its content includes information pertaining to, or images of swimsuit, lingerie or general fashion models. Some Example sites: Ralph.nenmsn.com.au, www.victorassecret.com, sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2002/swimsuit
Category 31: Spam
A website may be classified under the Spam Sites category if it is found to be contained in bulk or spam emails. An Example site: Kaqsovdij.gjibhgk.info
Category 32: Reserved
Where a web address URL name has been reserved but is not yet functional.
Category 33: Unknown
Where the category has not yet been classified.
*Please note: some of the websites used as examples may have been reclassified, they are used for purposes of example only.