Ask Jeeves Service Launches Ask Jeeves For Kids

Posted on March 5, 1998

Unique search service Ask Jeeves has launched a new version this week just for kids. Called Ask Jeeves For Kids, the service expects to provide a fast, easy and safe way for children to find answers to their questions on the Internet. Ask Jeeves for Kids does more than return a "hit list" of possibly relevent sites. Instead, like its older counterpart Ask Jeeves, it actually answers the searchers question, and takes them right to the site that is most appropriate. In case Ask Jeeves for Kids can't answer your question, it then searches through a number of other search engines.

Suzanne Lanoue of Ask Jeeves noted "we share the concern that children have a safe and appropriate place to explore the Internet, so each question and answer in Ask Jeeves for Kids has been selected by a research editor for child-appropriate ("G" rated) content. We are currently developing a system where the metasearch results for Ask Jeeves for Kids will be filtered using software from Net-Nanny. This software will block access to sites that are not child-appropriate. Until this system is implemented, the metasearch will present results from Yahooligans, Yahoo's search engine for children."

The Ask Jeeves for Kids graphics and user interface are designed especially for children and each month Ask Jeeves for Kids will feature questions on a particular theme. This month Ask Jeeves for Kids features the 1998 Winter Olympics and Japanese culture. Ask Jeeves for Kids is still at the testing stage and would like help in creating a great information resource for kids. The test site is open for exploration and feedback at: http://www.ajkids.com, and the Ask Jeeves folks welcome your feedback on the service.



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