Re: Alta Vista re Hard Core Porn

At 03:38 PM 10/11/00 -0700, you wrote:

>I can certainly understand that they can't prevent the listing but 
>the thing that upsets me is AltaVista won't remove it after they are 
>made aware of it. Other sites let people write in and report porn 
>sites. AltaVista obviously doesn't care about what happens to little 
>kids and that is SAD!!

Actually, Alta Vista does have a way of preventing such sites from
appearing. I can't say that it is perfect because I haven't tested it in
depth, but there is a link in the top right corner of the large yellow
search box that allows you to turn on a family filter. Set the filter to
"all" and it keeps the porn sites away. You can add a password for changing
the settings.

I did a search for "XXX" with the filter on and got no porn sites in the
first few pages I reviewed. 

--rick



Rick Alexander
Eighthday Web Design & Hosting Services
Knoxville, Tennessee
http://eighthdayweb.com

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