AskforKids.com Still Gets the Job Done

Search Engine for Kids Worth Bookmarking

Ask for Kids is one of the search engines for kids which parents will want to bookmark. Providing children and students with reviewed and quality sites is one way to keep kids safe online. Search engines or directories for kids contain sites which have been reviewed by real people, not by clumsy filtering software.

Ask for Kids, formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids. is the child site of Ask.com. Both sites have one missing element. You may be asking yourself, "Where's Jeeves?"

According to the site, after 10 years of helping kids answer "why" and providing help with homework questions, Jeeves has moved on. The mission of the site remains the same, to help students with searches and homework. According to Ask.com, "The need for an ‘at-your-service' butler wasn't as important as kids came to the site to do more than just ask questions.

Unfortunately, in their attempt to be cute, Askforkids.com has come up with a number of activities Jeeves could be doing right now including world cruises, monkeying around and exploring space. Cartoon images depict Jeeves doing the above but they also show him enjoying tropical living and growing grapes, with both examples depicting cartoon bottles of alcohol.

Despite this obvious lack of judgment in depicting alcohol use to kids on the "Where's Jeeves?" page, Ask for Kids is a decent search engine for kids.

Evaluation

There are a number of factors to consider when evaluating a search engine or directory including appropriate content, usefulness, usability, linking, advertising, privacy, communication aspects and the ability to contact the search engine itself.

URL: Ask for Kids

Appropriate Content Sites included in the Askforkids.com search engine have each been selected by an editor. Editors choose only sites written for children and "G-rated" sites. In the selection process editors evaluate sites for depth of their content, quality and for safety.