Search engine for kids??

Here’s a question that was recently passed on to me –

Can anyone advise me on a good, safe internet search engine for kids?

Sure! Here’s a resource written by an expert in the field. I’ve used Danny Sullivan’s work many times when trying to figure out how to get Search Engines to find the website I’m working on! I figure if he knows how to make one find something, he’ll also know the ones that won’t find the things you don’t want.

Of the group, I like the sound of this one

Looksmart's Kids Directory
http://search.netnanny.com/?pi=nnh3&ch=kids

The Kids Directory is a listing of over 20,000 kid friendly websites that were hand picked by employees of Looksmart subsidiary Net Nanny and vetted for quality. Looksmart also offers a safe search of the entire web, using Net Nanny software to filter Wisenut search results, as well as a free toolbar that uses the same service.

Also, I’d recommend using the NetNanny software as a content filter. That way your computer will constantly verify the content about to be viewed meets up with the standards you established BEFORE jr. started browsing!

There are more extreme measure of computer monitoring, but for pre-teens, this should be sufficient.