Hits Front Page of CNN.com — .XXX Poll

Possible fresh top level domain name gets even more exposure.

If you’re ICM Registry, you couldn’t ask for better publicity for the .xxx top level domain name: CNN has a poll on its home page asking people “Do you think pornographic websites ought to have their own “.xxx” domain?”

So far a whopping 272,555 have voted in the poll. 83% have answered “Yes”.

It’s an unscientific poll, and who knows the thinking behind why people are answering “yes”. But it doesn’t really matter as this means over a quarter million people have processed the idea of a .xxx domain name.

Anyone planning to launch a fresh TLD would love to get exposure like that. This is added on top of dozens of mainstream articles regarding the TLD over the past week. Sure, not all of it was favorable and much of it was inaccurate. But all press is good press.

Check back later today for a Q&A with ICM Registry’s Stuart Lawley.