How Do You Avoid Offensive Advertising On Search Result Windows?
When the Internet was first developed, several malicious people tried to trick the average newcomer with fake websites. One that comes to mind was a pornographic site with a similar URL to the White House web page. Now, a new crop of offensive material has popped up in advertising in search result windows. Searching for toy handcuffs for your son may come along with advertisements for local sex shops. Large search engines, such as Google, have now put options in place for users to set their browsing preferences to remove these advertisements. Log on to the Internet from your computer and visit Google.com. Look in the upper right-hand corner of the screen for blue hyperlink text which reads “Search Settings”. Click on this link. A new page will load. Scroll down the page until you find the section which reads “SafeSearch Filtering”. It is the third category on this page. Select the radio button next to the words “Use strict filtering (Filter both explicit text and explicit images)”. Scr
