Improving Your Google Searches
Safe Search
Google features a Safe Search option which allows you to
select the age rating of the search results. This applies to web
search results, as well as images, videos and books and can
help to remove sexually explicit content. No filter is 100 per
cent accurate, but Safe Search should help you avoid most of
this type of material.
Step 1
❱ Perform a search and check the results. If there are websites listed
that you think are inappropriate, click the Setting link in the top
right beneath the search bar and select Search Settings.
Step 4
❱ Your browser should remember the setting when you next
use Google search. If you want to make sure that the safe
search setting is not changed, you will have to sign in to a
Google account.Step 2
❱ At the top of the search settings screen you should see a Safe
Search on/off link. Click the turn on Safe Search link to activate it.
You can lock Safe Search on by selecting this option too.
Step 3
❱ If you want the page to display all results, regardless of content,
DO NOT activate Safe Search. If you have changed your mind you
can deactivate via the Settings link at the top of the page.
Instant Updates
Based upon your search results, you will receive
additional information that is relevant to the subject. For
this example we searched for a sports team and results
also shows their latest fixtures and results.
Specific search results also contain a downward pointing
arrow at the end of the web link, click to show these.Cached: Google trawls the web and takes snapshots
of each page. When you click Cached, you will see the
web page as it looked when last indexed by Google. The
“Cached” link won’t appear for sites that haven’t been
indexed or for any sites whose owners requested that
their content isn’t cached.Similar: Click Similar to see other websites that are
related to that result.