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Sorry if I am in the wrong place but I used my search engine to find out about THEIR techniques and up came you. Then I had to register to use the service.

I realize I can set up different accounts for people who use my network or pay to have additional services put in place with my Security provider. However, sometimes when I've tried doing this I ended up having too many complications -- like not being able to get to a charity dealing with Aids in Africa because it mentioned sex (sexually transmitted for example).

So all I want to know is can I block certain words from being used for the rare occasions when my 19-year-old son comes to visit? (Now the name comes up permanently on my autofill).

Yeah, I did tell him it's not cool to access that stuff on Mom's home computer no matter how old he is....but if that's all it took to keep guys away from porn sites - their Mom telling them off - the porn industry wouldn't exist.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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For : this is a client/browser/network filtering issue rather than an SEO/site-management one — was right to suggest moving it to the browsers/technical support area. Practical, reliable control comes from layering three things: search-engine filters, isolated user profiles, and network-level filtering.

Search-engine filters — enable and lock Google SafeSearch for the account that will be used on the machine (SafeSearch blocks many explicit results but is not perfect and applies only to Google searches). See Google SafeSearch for setup and locking: .

Profiles and accounts — avoid sharing a primary browser/login. Create a separate limited OS user or a browser Guest/secondary profile so history, autofill and signed-in settings do not mix. Use Microsoft Family Safety or Google Family Link for persistent per-user controls where available.

Network-level filtering — set the home router or each device to a family-filtering DNS resolver (for example OpenDNS FamilyShield or CleanBrowsing) to block adult-content categories across all apps and browsers. These services use category-based blocking and support whitelists, which prevents legitimate pages (such as health or charity sites) from being accidentally blocked.

Autofill/history cleanup — remove specific autocomplete entries or clear the saved search/name from the browser profile; using a separate profile will stop future mixing. Browser help pages explain single-entry removal and Guest/Incognito modes for occasional visitors: .

Caution: keyword-only blocking is brittle and often blocks legitimate content. Prefer category-based filters plus a short whitelist for trusted sites.

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Wait! Slow down there. You're a little confusing.

What do you mean you used YOUR search engine? Did you write your own search engine? Are you talking about the Google custom search engine?

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Yes I do mean Google. I searched Google for a way to do this and your site was one of the ones it sounded like I should go to. But it also said on the top of one of your pages that people were supposed to stop mentioning 'brand names' like Google so I tried to get around it with 'my'.

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I think you misunderstood. This section of the site, Site Management, is a place for website owners to talk about promoting their own websites in the search engine. The no site specific policy we have relates to people plugging their own companies.

You need to ask your question in the Web Browsers forum of our Technical Support section here: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum29.html

Good luck!

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