Re: [GEN: children's metasearch engine]

[susan andrews <susilib@USA.NET>]

The recent posting on the KidsProfusion metasearch engine intrigued me, w=
ith
its promise of being able to "safely search" the Internet, so I typed rig=
ht
over and checked it out.

Unfortunately, I must disagree with the "safe" characterization of
KidsProfusion.  I was able to access two pornography websites in less tha=
n
five minutes (one was a hard-core site, the other an ad for a porn DVD). =

Since some mischievous kids will push any filter to the max just to see w=
hat
they can get (and I believe now that I must have been very mischievous my=
self
at that age), I will reiterate my belief that nothing keeps a kid safe on=
 the
Web like education, education, education.  Further, I would hate to have
recommended this search engine to a family and have them return to me wit=
h
such questionable results.

For those who are interested, avFamilyFilter allowed both objectionable s=
ites,
and I did not review results past the first ten.

I hope this helps anyone who is looking at children's search engines, and=

invite your comments.  You will note from my signature that I am still ve=
ry
new to the library profession.

Thanks for allowing me to comment,
Susan Andrews
Palmer School/Long Island University
Westchester, NY

mms <mschimmels@KSCABLE.COM> wrote:
Someone recently posted about children's search engines, and I apologize =
for
losing that post, but please take note of this wonderful metasearch engin=
e
for children from the Profusion people
http://www.profusion.com/kidfusion.html, which they call "KidFusion". It
safely searches avFamilyFilter, Yahooligans, Magellan Greenlight,
InfoseekKids, AOLKids, and SearchOPolis in any combination of simple,
Boolean or phrase.  Profusion itself is also an excellent metasearch engi=
ne
http://www.profusion.com/.  It doesn't hurt that Profusion was developed =
at
the University of Kansas! Go Jayhawks!

Meg Schimmels, LMS
Funston Elementary
Wichita (KS) Public Schools
MSchimmels@kscable.com

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Susan Andrews
LIS Student
Palmer School/LIU
Westchester, NY

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