Adult Themes
Sites that are adult in nature and are not defined in other rating categories. Note: This category should only be turned on if you want to be very restrictive on your network.
Advertising
Sites that serve advertising. This category is specifically aimed at identifying ad servers. Note: not available as a filter at this time.
Adware
Sites that distribute applications which display advertisements without user's knowledge or choice. Does NOT include sites which serve advertising.
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Alcohol
Sites about alcohol use, commercial and otherwise.
Auctions
Sites for buying and selling via auction.
Blogs
Sites that are personal or group journals, diaries or publications.
Business Services
Sites for corporations and businesses of all sizes, especially company websites.
Chat
Sites where you can chat in real-time with groups of people. Includes IRC.
Classifieds
Sites for buying and selling (or bartering) goods and services.
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Dating
Sites for meeting other people.
Drugs
Sites about illegal or recreational drug use.
Ecommerce/Shopping
Sites that are online stores for products and services.
Educational Institutions
Sites for schools, covering all age levels and types.
File storage
Sites that offer space for hosting, sharing and backup of digital files.
Financial institutions
Sites for banks, brokerages, trusts and other financial organizations.
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Gambling
Sites that offer gambling or information about gambling.
Games
Sites that offer game play and information about games (news, tips, cheat codes).
Government
Sites operated by government agencies, including city, state, regional, county and federal levels.
Hate/Discrimination
Sites that promote intolerance based on gender, age, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or other group identities.
Health
Sites that offer information about health care and health services.
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Humor
Sites that are intended to be funny or humorous.
Instant messaging
Sites that offer access or software to communicate in real-time with other individuals.
Jobs/Employment
Sites that offer job listings, resume services, interview coaching and similar employment-related services.
Lingerie/Bikini
Sites displaying or dedicated to lingerie/bikini that could be considered adult-only.
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Movies
Sites that promote movies or offer movie watching online.
Music
Sites about music, including news, band and fan information.
News/Media
Sites that offer news and information, including newspapers, broadcasters and other publishers.
Nudity
Sites that provide images or representations of nudity.
P2P/File sharing
Sites that facilitate the sharing of digital files between individuals, especially via peer-to-peer software, including torrent sites.
Parked Domains
Sites that are placeholders ("parked") for future use. Current uses may include single-page advertising sites.
Phishing
By enabling phishing protection, you'll protect everyone on your network from known phishing sites using the best data available.
Photo sharing
Sites for sharing photographs, as individual images, galleries and albums.
Pornography
Anything relating to pornography, including mild depiction, soft pornography or hard-core pornography.
Portals
Sites that offer gateways to the Internet as a whole, often including bundled services on their own site.
Proxy/Anonymizer
Sites providing proxy bypass information or services. Also, sites that allow the user to surf the net anonymously, including sites that allow the user to send anonymous emails.
Radio
Sites that offer online radio listening or promote radio stations.
Research/Reference
Sites such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and other research-related resources.
Search engines
Sites that offer result listings based on keywords.
Sexuality
Sites that provide information, images or implications of bondage, sadism, masochism, fetish, beating, body piercing or self-mutilation.
Social networking
Sites that promote interaction and networking between people.
Software/Technology
Sites about computing, hardware and technology, including news, information, code and vendor information.
Sports
Sites about sports of all kinds, from professional to amateur, from news to league information and schedules.
Tasteless
Sites that contain information on such subjects as mutilation, torture, horror, or the grotesque.
Television
Sites that promote television shows or offer television watching online.
Video sharing
Sites for sharing video content.
Visual search engines
Sites for searching for images based on keywords.
Weapons
Sites about weapons, commercial and otherwise.
Webmail
Sites that offer the ability to send or receive email.
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