By Sasha R. Lahijanian
Kindernet- Need a safe place for your kids to search the internet? Then Kindernet is the place for you. Kindernet insures that the safest and most useful results are found for you and your children. For example, typing in Britney Spears brings up news about her fan page and mild websites which are useful and appropriate for children.
I can assure you they will not stumble upon pages which reveal the true side of Miss Spears. Besides the smart searching filters. Kindernet also allows for faster searching by making the keyword entry process easy. If you want to search for two words, just type in “and” between your two key terms. If you wish to exclude a word, just add a minus sign in front of it.
Quintura Kids- Quintura Kids is one of the most useful search engines for kids. Quintura Kids caters its famous “cloud search” specifically to the children, allowing them to search through various subjects with ease. It provides the users with categories or “tags” for their keywords. This allows kids to get very specific with their search and get accurate results just like the big-boys who use quotation marks, addition signs, and secret symbols in Google.
GoGooligans – This is basically Google for kids. It has safety filters which prevent vulgar material from leaking out from the unsanitary cables and pipes known as the internet. GoGooligans also offers many search options, allowing kids to search through specific websites such as PBS, Britannica, Merriam Webster, About, etc. Also, once the search term is entered, users can then choose more specific results for their keywords, such as, Geography, History, Facts, Definition, and much more.
Ask Kids- The younger sibling of the infamous Ask.com. The people at Ask know a few things about internet search, and now they have passed on their wisdom to Ask Kids. This search engine is a easy to navigate and offers features which make searching less of an ordeal. Enter your keyword and you are presented with numerous different facts along with your search result. This allows the children to not get lost in the all the links, and it helps them to get their information quickly.
Famhoo – Lastly, we have Famhoo. It doesn’t come with all the bells and whistles of the other kid search engines. However, it instead provides a clean and simple layout that is usable by even the youngest internet users. Famhoo is a family search engine with top notch filters. For example, say a child heard the name Pamela Anderson from somewhere and decided to type it into a search engine. Well have no fear! Because Famhoo brings safe and informative information, and for all the child knows, Miss Anderson is nothing but an avid PETA member.

















October 13th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
[...] rated one of the “Top 5 Search Engines for Kids” by [...]
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
I tried FamHoo. The search was “heart and ciculation.” The first hit was blocked by our Internet filtering service. The third was to a vet site. My thoughts are that these are not going to come up in an order for standards linked topics.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:21 am
I like KidRex.org the best.