Google has launched a new way to lock SafeSearch. What this accomplishes is, users will have to enter their password to change the setting, and Google Search results will be visibly different than when SafeSearch is not locked.
Google demonstrates how to to lock SafeSearch with the following short clip:
When SafeSearch is locked, there is a big image in the top right-hand corner of Google that shows colored balls. This makes it easy to tell whether or not SafeSearch is locked. "Even from across the room, the colored balls give parents and teachers a clear visual cue that SafeSearch is still locked," Google
Can Certain Words Get My Content Blocked?
People have often wondered if their content is being blocked in SafeSearch if they have certain words on an otherwise family-friendly site. In fact, Google's Matt Cutts recently addressed such concerns in a video at Google's
It stands to reason that if you are producing content that you are hoping that families and children will view, it's in your best interest to keep your language family-friendly. That's pretty much common sense, but Google has put it into a search engine visibility light as well.
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