How to Make Google Search Safe for Children and Minors
Google uses a search technique that scours the web looking for web pages that contain the words or search terms that a user has typed into the search box. Thus, sometimes it can produce search result pages that contain a bewildering, exotic, and wholly inappropriate array of web page links, images and videos. Children should be protected from such situations when they use Google. The following are steps a parent or adult can take to avoid such disconcerting situations: 1. Use Google's SafeSearch options . SafeSearch works by blocking web pages that contain explicit and sexual content from appearing in search results. To do this go to the Google home page and click on the Settings link in the bottom right-hand corner of the web page. The SafeSearch filtering option is usually the first setting on the Settings page. Check the "Turn on SafeSearch" box to activate it. According to Google, " SafeSearch can help you block inappropriate or explicit images from you