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}}'''KidRex.org''' is a child-safe [[search engine]] powered by [[Google Co-op#Custom Search Engine|Google Custom Search]]. The site utilizes Google [[SafeSearch]] and maintains its own database of inappropriate websites and keywords.<ref name="Lifehacker">{{Cite news |title = KidRex Provides Hassle-Free Web Search Filtering for Kids |url = http://lifehacker.com/5142346/kidrex-provides-hassle+free-web-search-filtering-for-kids |publisher=[[Lifehacker]] |date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="PC World">{{Cite news |title = Use KidRex to Protect Your Children Online |url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/165163/improve_pc_speed_and_security.html |publisher=[[PC World (magazine)|PC World]] |date=2009-05-24}}</ref> The site has a colorful hand-drawn crayon and colored marker design. [[Time (magazine)|Time'' magazine]] put KidRex on its list of the top 50 websites of 2013 and compared it to Google. <ref name="Time">{{cite web|url=http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/kidrex/ |title=50 Best Websites 2013 |last=Rochman |first=Bonnie |work=[[Time (magazine)|TIME.com]] |date=May 1, 2013 |accessdate=May 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511122550/http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/kidrex/ |archivedate=May 11, 2013 }}</ref> |
}}'''KidRex.org''' is a visual child-safe [[search engine]] powered by [[Google Co-op#Custom Search Engine|Google Custom Search]]. The site utilizes Google [[SafeSearch]] and maintains its own database of inappropriate websites and keywords.<ref name="Lifehacker">{{Cite news |title = KidRex Provides Hassle-Free Web Search Filtering for Kids |url = http://lifehacker.com/5142346/kidrex-provides-hassle+free-web-search-filtering-for-kids |publisher=[[Lifehacker]] |date=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref name="PC World">{{Cite news |title = Use KidRex to Protect Your Children Online |url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/165163/improve_pc_speed_and_security.html |publisher=[[PC World (magazine)|PC World]] |date=2009-05-24}}</ref> The site has a colorful hand-drawn crayon and colored marker design. [[Time (magazine)|Time'' magazine]] put KidRex on its list of the top 50 websites of 2013 and compared it to Google. <ref name="Time">{{cite web|url=http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/kidrex/ |title=50 Best Websites 2013 |last=Rochman |first=Bonnie |work=[[Time (magazine)|TIME.com]] |date=May 1, 2013 |accessdate=May 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511122550/http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/kidrex/ |archivedate=May 11, 2013 }}</ref> |
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Type of site | Subsidiary |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | www |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | December 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
KidRex.org is a visual child-safe search engine powered by Google Custom Search. The site utilizes Google SafeSearch and maintains its own database of inappropriate websites and keywords.[1][2] The site has a colorful hand-drawn crayon and colored marker design. Time magazine put KidRex on its list of the top 50 websites of 2013 and compared it to Google. [3]
Format
Kidrex search results are both colorful and visual, designed for desktop use. The site is not mobile friendly. A blocked search term will result in a 404 crayon-stylized error page, and will ask the user to "try again."
You can say hi to the dinosaur, and it will respond.
Social Media websites are strictly blocked by KidRex.[4]
History
KidRex.org was launched in December 2008, and was acquired by alarms.org a decade later in 2018 for an undisclosed sum of money. Alarms.org removed the ads on the bottom of the screen that same year. [5] Kidrex Pro is a premium version of the website with more features. Kidrex Pro Is currently being shut down for maintenance and re-imagined into a brand new service. [6][7]
Controversy
In 2018, doubt was cast over KidRex's "safe" claims, when a security researcher was able to use the search engine to return adult-orientated content search results.[8] KidRex has blocked LGBT words and has been criticized by the public. [9]
See also
References
- ^ "KidRex Provides Hassle-Free Web Search Filtering for Kids". Lifehacker. 2009-02-01.
- ^ "Use KidRex to Protect Your Children Online". PC World. 2009-05-24.
- ^ Rochman, Bonnie (May 1, 2013). "50 Best Websites 2013". TIME.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ "KidRex and DinoSearch - Safe Search engines for kids". www.dinosearch.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Welcome Kidrex! | National Council For Home Safety and Security". Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Welcome Kidrex! | National Council For Home Safety and Security". Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "KidRex Pro - Web Filtering". www.alarms.org. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "KidRex: The "safe search engine for kids"… offering sex tips and working from home for Bitcoins". isecguy.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "gay - KidRex". www.alarms.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
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