Bing has created a special domain to segregate "explicit" images and videos. This is being reported in both a bing blog and cnet. Will users use this more to include or exclude "explicit" images?

explicit.bing.net http://explicit.bing.net

blog:http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/06/12/safe-search-update.aspx
cnet: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134395

explicit.bing.net is a subdomain, not a domain. It's also useless: remove explicit from the URL and you can still see the thumbnail.

ts1.explicit.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q= – original URL
ts1.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q= – the same thumbnail

Another thing I don't like: if you enter a query that could be considered "explicit", Bing doesn't show any result (example: [sexy shoes]). To see some results, you need to disable SafeSearch and you're very likely to see explicit results. Google does a better job: the default SafeSearch setting filters explicit images and shows the other results, even if your query is [porn] or [sex].

> explicit.bing.net is a subdomain, not a domain.

Actually Ionut, technically speaking "explicit" and "bing" are both subdomains, as well as domains ("bing" is a second level domain, and the subdomain of top level domain "net", and "explicit" is a third level domain, and the subdomain of "bing"). PS: But in everyday language, we don't call the second level domain a subdomain!

Great, keeping all the porn together in one place so it's easy to find....i mean, filter.

James
This is just so that it's easier for web filters to block the cached images. There isn't a search box that just searches those files, although I expect Bing would get used more if it did ;P

Awww well that sucks.

Mrrix32:
Ask has something like this. Search for [porn] and you'll get the following message:

Alert: Filtering has occurred which reduced direct exposure to sexually explicit content. [link]View all Adult Image results.[/link]

search for porn