One of the first websites that minors learn is their search Google. Children use it Google to find everything from information about their teacher's assignments to jokes video with animals. In this article we will tell you how to configure Google search so that it does not display adult websites in the results.
Sometimes kids can take a "wrong turn" on Google and end up in a dark, age-inappropriate part of the internet. Usually children quite innocently stumble upon inappropriate content, although there are cases where the search is done on purpose by half-wits they have heard. Either way, the parents often wonder what they can do to prevent their children from searching and finding "bad sites" through Google.
Fortunately, Google has some parental control features - which parents can easily apply without much internet knowledge - which will not completely eliminate but at least significantly reduce the volume of child-restricted websites in search results.
Let's take a look at some Google parental control features you can enable to keep your children's curious eyes away from the wrong side of the web:
What is Google SafeSearch?
Google's Safe Search is one of the main parental control options Google offers to help parents in policing search results. Secure search [SafeSearch] helps by filtering abusive content from search results. It is designed to target primarily sexual material (images and videos) and not violent content.
How to enable Google SafeSearch:
To turn it on Google SafeSearch, visit the website http://www.google.com/preferences
1 On the "Search Settings" page, and in the "Search Results" submenu, check the box labeled "Filter inappropriate results".
2 To lock this setting so that your child can not change it, click the "Lock SafeSearch" link [Lock SafeSearch]. If you are not already signed in to your Google Account, you will need to do so in order to lock SafeSearch to "ON".
Note: If you have more than one Browser στο web στον υπολογιστή σας, θα χρειαστεί να εκτελέσετε τη παραπάνω διαδικασία “Κλείδωμα Ασφαλούς αναζήτησης” [Lock SafeSearch] για καθένα ένα από τα προγράμματα περιήγησης σας. Επίσης, αν έχετε περισσότερα από ένα προφίλ στον υπολογιστή σας (δηλαδή το παιδί σας έχει ένα ξεχωριστό λογαριασμό χρήστη για να συνδέεται σε έναν shared υπολογιστή), τότε θα πρέπει να κλειδώσετε το πρόγραμμα περιήγησης μέσα από το προφίλ του παιδιού σας. Τα cookies πρέπει να είναι ενεργοποιημένα για να λειτουργήσει σωστά αυτό το χαρακτηριστικό.
When you have Safe Browsing correctly set whether it is turned on or off, you will receive a confirmation message in your browser.
If you want to check the SafeSearch status to see if your child has found a way to disable it, look at the top of every Google search results page and you'll see a message at the top of the screen that says SafeSearch is locked.
There is no guarantee that SafeSearch will block all inappropriate content, but at least it's better to have it turned on than you have it at all. There is also nothing to prevent your child from using a different search engine to find inappropriate content. Other search engines like Yahoo have their own SafeSearch feature that you can also turn on. Check their support pages for information about parental control.
Enable SafeSearch for mobile devices
In addition to your computer, you'll probably want to turn on Secure Search and the mobile device that your child uses regularly, such as your smartphone, iPod touch, or tablet, since you're having fun all summer to buy one of them. For instructions on how to enable SafeSearch on a variety of mobile devices check out the Google Safe Browsing support page for mobile devices.
As we all know, children will be children and will always try to test their limits. In this article we put a limit, a roadblock to drive in a different way. It is the ongoing game of cat with the mouse and be sure there will always be some internet door that we as parents will have forgotten to lock. Let's do at least the best we can.
