KidRex
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Type of site | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| 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 Programmable Search Engine. The website utilizes Google SafeSearch and maintains its own database of inappropriate websites and keywords.[1][2] The site theme is stylized with colorful hand-drawn crayon and colored marker. 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. 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 LGBTQIA+ keywords 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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