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Google Safe Browsing
Safe
Search Kids provides safe browsing powered by Google.
Conducting searches from our
website ensures that Google Safe Search is always set to the highest
level of security. If you make Safe Search Kids
your home
page, then you know your kids will always be browsing the internet with
Google's
strict filtering.
This is also a benefit to schools.
Using our safe search
website ensures that every computer in your school is always set to the
most strict filtering setting. Learn how you can help us build
the world's safest
search engine.
Kids
search engines
are perfect in when it comes to internet search filtering.
Therefore, you also want to consider additional filtering
software to ensure kids
internet safety. With that said, it only
makes sense to have
Google set to the highest level of security to make the internet that
much safer for your kids.
Safe Browing FAQ
What is
Google SafeSearch?
Within the preferences of Google's search engine, you will find three
search filtering levels. The default setting is "moderate"
filtering which only filters explicit images.
Conducting searches using Google
for Kids ensures that the most strict
level of filtering is always on and filters both images and explicit
text.
If you are conducting searches on the main search page on Google, you need
to change the filtering settings in Google's preferences
to the highest
level, which also filters out text, in addition to images.
In the middle of the page you will see the option to select "strict
filtering" or to "turn off safe search". The default setting
is always moderate.
Bookmark Google
SafeSearch
for Kids on your computer to ensure safe
search
is always on.
Can I
Lock Safe Search?
Yes, you can now lock Google Safe Search on your computer, but you need
an
account with Google. This video shows you how to turn on safe search
and lock it.. This is as simple as opening any Google
account such as gmail account, Youtube, Blogger - just to name a
few.
Once you have a Google account login with password, simply log in to
your Google account. The go to
http://www.google.com/preferences.
In the middle under the
filtering options, you will now notice a Lock SafeSearch option.
Google will ask you once again to enter your password, at which point
you can select the filtering setting you desire. After you
have selected your filtering preference, simply log out of your account
and safe search is now locked.
In order to change the safe search setting, you will need to login
once again to your account.
Why
Lock Google Safe Search?
If you change the Google filtering settings on your computer without
locking safe search, anyone can turn it off to reveal search results
you may not want them to see.
It is one thing to lock safe search on 1 or 2 computers at home, as
explained above, but it is very cumbersome to do
the same procedure on hundreds of computers at school. Have
students search Google Kids
ensures strict filtering
is always on without exception.
Why Use
Safe Search Kids Instead of Google's Home Page?
When using Google's home page, and you want to employ strict filtering,
you will need to change the setting in Google's preferences (on all
installed web browsers).
Using Google Safe Search Kids
instead of Google's main page, guarantees that
safe search is set to strict filtering (both images and text) without
you having to change any settings...
See our FAQ question above on how to lock SafeSearch on your computer
when
using Google's main search page. If you are in a school
however, with too many computers to change the filtering settings on,
we recommend you bookmark this
website in your web browser as the main search engine
for your school.
As an alternative, you may also decide to use a safe browser for kids.
Does
Safe Search Kids deliver the same Search Results as Google?
Yes, Safe Search Kids is a free
internet filter powered by Google and conducting a search on
a
particular topic will deliver the same results as Google's home
page. The only thing that changes in results is determined by
the level of safe search filtering. If the preferences of
Google's home page is set to moderate search
filtering, then only explicit images are filtered from search term
results. If you
use Safe Search Kids, the default setting is strict
filtering and over rides what you may have set on Google.com.
If Google's home page is set to "strict filtering" then the results are
the same as what is delivered on our Safe Search Kids website.
Are
there More Ads on Safe Search Kids than on Google?
No. The ads delivered on Safe Search Kids search results are
the same as on Google's home page. We do however have the
option to filter out ads which may have slipped through Google's
screening
process. If you see an ad delivered for a search term that is
inappropriate for kids, please contact us and we can have it removed
within 4 hours.
All
ads featured on Google for each search term will be from companies
that are providing information about the related topic. While striving
for the ultimate in family
internet safety, Google's
screening process for online advertising is not perfect, therefore we
encourage you to notify us if you see a text advertisement that is
either not appropriate for kids, or not relevant to the search term
then are entering. Learn more about Google Ads philosophy in regards
to delivering the highest quality search results for users.
I See
an Advertisement That is Inappropriate for Kids. Can You
Remove It?
Yes. Contact Us
immediately if you see an advertisement that
is not suitable for children. Keep reading to learn how this
can even happen. While Google screens advertising in their
AdWords program, mistakes
happen. While Google does not allow explicit ads to be
placed, we
have the ability to block out certain ads that appears on
Safe Search Kids.
We currently have a number of keywords and domains entered into our own
safe search filtering to block specific themes. If you see
something that we have missed, let us know and that ad will be blocked
permanently.
Should
I Use Additional Safe Search Filtering Software?
 It is
important to
note that Google
safe search is not
perfect. We strives to provide a healthy balance between
screening out illicit material and providing quality search
results. For this reason, for ultimate security you may
want to purchase additional safe search filtering software such as BSecure.
This is difficult in a school setting, which is why Safe Search Kids is
a good step towards safer search.
When you have control over 1 or 2 computers in you home, it is a viable
option to consider filtering software as well as additional internet safety for kids.
While there is a cost
involved, it gives the user much more control over what keywords are
filtered out.
The important thing is to do your research and compare all the pros and
cons, including costs, before proceeding. Read more about software solutions for kids
internet safety.
Try Wikipedia
for Kids with Safe Search.
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