Safe Search Settings for Search Providers
This table provides an overview of Google, Yahoo, and
Bing’s safe search settings and our recommendations for enforcing
safe search with each provider.
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Safe search settings differ for each search provider—review the
following settings to learn more.
Search Provider | Safe Search Setting
Description |
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Google/YouTube | Offers safe search on individual computers
or network-wide through Google’s safe search virtual IP address: Safe
Search Enforcement for Google Searches on Individual Computers In
the Google Search Settings, the Filter
explicit results setting enables safe search functionality.
When enabled, the setting is stored in a browser cookie as FF= and
passed to the server each time the user performs a Google search.Appending safe=active to
a Google search query URL also enables the strictest safe search
settings.Safe Search Enforcement for Google and YouTube Searches
using a Virtual IP Address Google provides servers that Lock SafeSearch (forcesafesearch.google.com) settings
in every Google and YouTube search. By adding a DNS entry for www.google.com and www.youtube.com (and
other relevant Google and YouTube country subdomains) that includes
a CNAME record pointing to forcesafesearch.google.com to
your DNS server configuration, you can ensure that all users on
your network are using strict safe search settings every time they
perform a Google or YouTube search. Keep in mind, however, that
this solution is not compatible with Safe Search Enforcement on
the firewall. Therefore, if you are using this option to force safe
search on Google, the best practice is to block access to other
search engines on the firewall by creating custom URL categories
and adding them to the block list in the URL Filtering profile.
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Yahoo | Offers safe search on individual computers
only. The Yahoo Search Preferences includes three
SafeSearch settings: Strict , Moderate ,
or Off . When enabled, the setting is stored
in a browser cookie as vm= and passed
to the server each time the user performs a Yahoo search.Appending vm=r to
a Yahoo search query URL also enables the strictest safe search
settings.When performing a search on Yahoo Japan ( yahoo.co.jp ) while
logged into a Yahoo account, end users must also enable the SafeSearch Lock option. |
Bing | Offers safe search on individual computers
or through their Bing in the Classroom program.
The Bing Settings include three SafeSearch
settings: Strict , Moderate ,
or Off . When enabled, the setting is stored
in a browser cookie as adtl= and passed
to the server each time the user performs a Bing search.Appending adlt=strict to
a Bing search query URL also enables the strictest safe search settings.The
Bing SSL search engine does not enforce the safe search URL parameters
and you should therefore consider blocking Bing over SSL for full
safe search enforcement. |
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