Savvy Little Searchers

Search Engine Watch has a good article, entitled Savvy Little Searchers, concerning search engines and kids. Be sure to look it over!

Summary:

Overall Rankings

The search engine sites are subjectively ranked on a 1-5 star scale, with 5 stars being the best. The categories ranked include: (1) visual appeal to a child; (2) relevance to a child, based on our chosen searches; (3) commercial vs. educational, with the educational slant creating a higher score; and (4) ease of navigation for 7-10 year olds.

	Visual Appeal to a Child	Relevance to a Child	Commercial vs. Educational	Ease of Navigation
AOL for Kids	****	***	*	**
Cybersleuth Kids	**	*	***	*
Fact Monster	*****	*****	*****	*****
Kids Click	**	**	*****	**
Lycos for Kids	*	****	*	*
Quintura Kids	*****	*****	*****	*****
Yahoo Kids	*****	*****	*	****
ZOO	**	****	***	*****
About.com	*	***	***	*
Ask.com	*****	*****	*	****
Google	***	*****	*	***
MSN	***	****	*	***
Yahoo	***	*****	*	*