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Like their parents and teachers, most kids use Google to find their way online. But there are plenty of great search engines made especially for children out there. Here is a list of the top 5 search engines for kids.

These child friendly search engines all search safe content, often indexes of content of particular interest to children, so you know the kids don’t stumble upon unsavory content.

A great search engine for kids also has a user interface that is easy to navigate and that appeals to children. This is my favorite part of researching search engines for children: You get to see innovative and user friendly search interfaces and neat presentation of search results.

Here are some of the most important search engine news headlines of the week.

Last week, the new LeapFish was unveiled: A multi-media and real-time search, communication, and sharing platform. The core functionality of LeapFish is still search, but the search box now has two buttons: “Real Time” and “Search Web”.

We read the most important search engine industry blogs and sites for you. Here are this week’s headlines from the world of search engines.

Google has added a new service for its Google Account holders that gives them an overview over all the Google services they have signed up for.

Google Books, the search engine giant’s book search tool, contains more than books. Google is also in the process of scanning new and old magazines to be included in the database.

Social search is web search aided in some way by social networks. Google (NSDQ:GOOG) launched its own social search this week. Who else is on this scene and how can social search help you find what you are looking for?

What kind of sites came into consideration for this short list of great social search engines? I have not been looking at sites that simply index social networks. I’m not looking for simply for information from social networks. I want search tools for general web search powered by information from social networks.

The sites on this list all search information that has been recommended by someone, and to some degree this recommendation influences the way the search results are listed. This brand of search engine give you search results that appeal to real people, not just search engine spiders.

If you have the chance, go to Las Vegas on November 10 to 13 to take part in an intense search engine marketing learning arena.
It started in 2001, in London. Search engine marketing enthusiasts met at the Cittie of Yorke pub to discuss the search scene and have fun. There were no speeches or stands, [...]