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Top search terms among kids
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Tue Aug 11 12:27:25 2009
Kids' search terms: Sex, games, rock 'n' roll
by Lance Whitney
www.cnet.com
August 11, 2009
Kids search for the darndest things online.
In recent months, they've been looking for everything from Facebook and
YouTube to Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, and someone named Fred. Oh,
yes, they're also looking for pictures their parents probably don't want
them to see.
That's the upshot of a new report from Symantec, based on use of its
OnlineFamily.Norton service, which lets parents monitor and manage their
kids' online activities, including Web searches. The service can track
and report on a child's Internet whereabouts in real time, allowing
parents to quickly learn of any content they feel their kids should not
be accessing.
Here are the top 10 search terms among kids for the period from February
through July:
1. YouTube
2. Google
3. Facebook
4. Sex
5. MySpace
6. Porn
7. Yahoo
8. Michael Jackson
9. Fred
10. eBay
Other terms that made the top 100 included Eminem (49), the Jonas
Brothers (47), iTunes (89), Playboy (also at 89), boobs (28), Wikipedia
(14), Webkinz (16), games (17), and swine flu (93). Fred? He's a
fictional character whose YouTube channel has become a hit among kids,
Symantec says.
For the rest of the article, see:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10306357-235.html?tag=mncol
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