These Search Engines Will Make Sure Your Kids Surf The Web Safely

Over the past few days Whatsapp mom groups everywhere have been buzzing about child friendly search engine kiddle.co. Yes, we were as intrigued as you are and yes, we also keep a close eye on what our child is searching for online. Which led us to do more research on exactly what child friendly search engines are!

With exam season upon us, we know just how much our children are dependent on the world wide web for research. But as adults we also know how one thing can lead to another on the internet if a wrong search item is keyed in.

For instance we did a search for “Dog and Girl stories” on google and on a child safe search engine and this is what the result screens looked like.

Search results on Google :

Search results on a child-friendly search engine :

Child friendly search engines are designed exclusively for children. These sites filter out explicit content  and gory, graphic images. Some of them use a larger font so children can read better. If a user types a search query for something explicit, the websites show that they are blocked. While there are plenty of  age appropriate kid-safe search engines out there, here are some of our favourites.

1. www.kiddle.co

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What makes it unique: the engine will only show results that are from kid friendly sites,search results are illustrated with big thumbnails,the information is presented in large fonts that provides better readability for kids and it does not collect any personally identifiable information, also the logs are deleted every 24 hours.

2. www.gogooligans.com

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What makes it unique: You can search in 38 different languages and it is possible to block inappropriate sites and keywords manually upon  request.

3. www.kidzsearch.com

What makes it unique: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.

4. www.kidrex.org

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What makes it unique: KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.

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