About Google Kids and the Little Kids SafeSearch Engine that Could!

Using Safe Search for Kids ensures that safe search is always activated on every computer in your school or at home.  You do not need a special search engine to implement safe search for children using their main domain at Google.com, but in that case you do need to change the filtering settings within Google Preferences. 

Kid Clicks was created so that you do not have to change anything on each individual computer.  

Google for Kids with Kid Clicks overrides your computer's SafeSearch settings.  As long as searches are conducted from Kid Clicks - safe search is always on and locked.  The Google preferences are automatically set to "strict" filtering from within the website itself.  

With Kid Clicks you can rest assured that Google for Kids strict filtering is always being utilized because the Kid Clicks logo appears at the top of all search results. 

The foundation of Google Kids is a safe internet experience.  It starts with safe search filtering that grows with kids of all ages, which is why we are continually improving our search engine when you submit issues through our contact page.

Google for Kids is designed to work in conjunction with adult supervision for increased security online.

How to Turn on Safe Search - To Automatically Lock Safe Search, Use Safe Search Kids

These instructions are provided for those who want to turn on safe search apart from using one of the designated SafeSearch Engine.  Without doing anything, the default setting for most computers is the mid level security setting which only filters out inappropriate images from search term results.

For parents who want to engage a stricter filtering system for kids, you simply need to go to the Google preferences page and select the highest level of security. This setting filters out both illicit text, as well as images.

Using the search box above overrides all computer settings to ensure that any search done on this page utilizes Google's highest level of security: Strict Filtering (Filtering both explicit text and explicit images). However, when you do not use this site to conduct your Google searches, you will need to increase the level of search filtering to activate the highest level of "strict filtering".  

The main problem with the safe search setting has been that it can be turned off easily by anyone. However, there is now a way to LOCK your safe search settings using your free Google account. If you have gmail or are signed up with any other Google program, such as Blogger or iGoogle, then you already have an account. If not, go to Google.com and look in the top right corner of their main site. Click "Sign In"... at which point you will see a link to create a new account.

For step by step instructions on how to LOCK Google SafeSearch using your account, watch the video below. Once you have locked safe search to the highest level of security, simply sign out of your account and no one can deactivate it unless they also log into your account. Remember not to allow your browser to 'remember' your password, otherwise anyone will be able to log into your account and turn the safe search settings off.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Using Safe Search Kids ensures that Google Safe Search is set on the highest level of security to filter both inappropriate text results and images. Locking SafeSearch is needed if members of your family conduct searches on Google main website.  SafeSearch for Kids overrides your computer settings to ensure that strict filtering is always working to bring you safe search results from Google. Using this website at home and in your school means safe search is always active.

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