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From Internet Annoyances

The Annoyance: I have a nine-year-old daughter, and she uses Google and Yahoo! to help her with schoolwork and, of course, just to have fun. But she accidentally came across a web page with some very objectionable content the other day. Is there a way that she can still use those search engines, but not get any results that lead to questionable sites?

The Fix: Both Google and Yahoo! offer kid-friendly filters that eliminate much of the toxic junk that you'd want to keep away from your daughter. In Google, click the Preferences link to the right of the Search button. In the SafeSearch Filtering section, select "Use strict filtering," then click the Save Preferences button. Her results will be filtered from now on.

In Yahoo!, click the Preferences link to the right of the Search button. On the page that appears, next to "SafeSearch Filter," click Strict, and then Save Preferences.

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