Content Filters for Schools and Families

How to set Search Filtering

You can choose to search UKSearch.com with family friendly search filters engaged. To do this, switch filtering on from your Preferences or from the Advanced Search page.

We would emphasise that UKSearch.com filters only provide a degree of control over primary links returned via the search engine and have no control over either secondary links within those sites or other forms of navigation within the browser.

More information about filtering

We currently have a three-tiered approach to filtering:

Automatic classification by our robot software as we index a page. (This will correctly classify more than 96% of offensive content).
Manual classification by our operations team who discover pages or sites containing unsuitable material on a continuous basis.
Manual classification of pages or sites which are being continually reported by parents, schools or service providers.

If you set filters but still find search results which contain links to pages with sexual or violent content, please email us: filters@uksearch.com with the details.

N.B. UKSearch.com indexes are updated every 3/4 weeks, so inappropriate content that you have highlighted will be filtered the next time that the indexes are updated.

How comprehensive are the filters?

UKSearch.com content filters are utilities to reduce the risk of returning sites within search results containing offensive content. They are generally quite accurate but it should be remembered that they are purely an aid to content control and are neither comprehensive nor infallible. The search results point to Internet resources which change on a dynamic basis.