Online Policy Group

Search Engine / Web Directory	Filter	Comment
AltaVista	FamilyFilter	'
AOL	Kids Only	'
eGroups	FamilyFilter	purchased by Yahoo
FindWhat.com	Filter Preference	'
Go.com	GOguardian	password protection, powered by Infoseek
Google	SafeSearch	'
Kanoodle	Filter Adult Sites	Blocks using checkbox on per-search basis
Lycos	SearchGuard	'
Raging Search	FamilyFilter	related to AltaVista
Yahoo!	Yahooligans	separate web directory designed for children

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Additional Resources

For information about blocking technology, see the Blocking Technology Analysis and Blocked Access sections. For information about issues related to search engines and web directories, see the Search Engines section. For information on commercialization of search engines, see the Online Commercialism section.

Search Engines and Web Directories List

An excellent annotated list of search engines and web directories from SearchEngineWatch.