"support(_at_)webmastersguide(_dot_)com"
<support(_at_)webmastersguide(_dot_)com> writes:
In the first couple years of the web, adult sites financed it's
development. In 1997 and 1998 90% of commerce on the web was adult
related.
The first few years of the web were financed by government funded
research laboratories--initially CERN in Europe starting in 1990,
followed by NCSA and others in late 1992. Commercial use didn't
become a significant factor until 1994--until then the Internet was
effectively ruled by the NSFNet backbone "no commercial use" policy.
(There was certainly lots of porn on the internet before then, but
not lots of money being made--most of the money-making porn was
still on BBSs.)
-dan