About Us
The Problem:
Many users, and especially educators and parents, prefer not to have adult sites included in search results. Search engines, such as Google, provide a way to filter the results. In fact, Google has spent many years perfecting their filtering technology to be the best in the industry. However, because of their need to appeal to a very wide audience, the default Google search settings are "moderate" instead of the "strict" setting which is more appropriate for K-12 children. One can set Google results to be strict, but if a different browser or computer is used (student uses a computer at home), or cookies are cleared (they usually get cleared automatically over time, or you may have them turned off for privacy reasons), the results will go back to being just moderate and potentially unsafe. Further, it is difficult to even monitor if the results are in strict mode, since the body of the search results look the same as regular Google search results. Other search engines are available, but one often only wants the quality search that only Google can deliver.
The KidzSearch Solution:
KidzSearch offers a unique solution to this important
problem. When a search is done on KidzSearch.com, it can
only return Google "strict" search results and is not
dependent on any computer, cookie or browser settings. The same
trusted high-quality search results as
Google are returned, but without adult content mixed in them.
In fact, the results are actually from Google via our direct
partnership with them. We just enforce that they be fully
filtered for children.
As good as Google is at filtering, no technology is perfect.
If you find sites that contain offensive content in your
results, please contact Google's content
filtering department and they will do their best to review and fix
the problem. You can use
this form to report it.
The KidzSearch homepage is your signal that safe internet results will be returned. Further, all our search result pages have a green strip at the top as your signal that the results are filtered by Google. This allows parents and educators to more easily monitor things. We suggest always using this tool under adult supervision.
KidzSearch provides an
easy free solution for safe internet
usage when kids use their computer from any location, since
parents can be given instructions on which search engine
they should be using for their studies. You may have internet filtering software on your home
or school computer, but what happens when access is needed
on an unknown computer? We provide a free solution that can be
used from any computer in the world without requiring
software to be installed.
Who is using us?
The list of schools and companies using us grows each
day.
If you use our site we would like to
hear from you!
Hundreds of school systems use us each day. Below are just
some of our customers:
Roderick Paige Elementary, Houston, TX
TeacherWeb
Douglas County School District, Castle Rock, CO
Greece Central School District (ninth-largest district in
New York State)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
Owasso Public Schools, Oklahoma
Round Rock ISD Schools, Round Rock, TX
Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, CA
Northern York County School District, PA
St. Johns School, Quebec, Canada
Perth School District, Perth, Australia
Roomberg Institute, Cherry Hill, NJ
Fern Hill Primary School, United Kingdom
Askew Elementary School, Houston, Texas
West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA
Princess Anne Psychological Associates, Virginia Beach, VA
Please contact us for a more complete list.