The OnlineFamily.Norton site has published the results of what children searched for online this year, and it is sobering to say the least.
OnlineFamily.Norton’s list of searches by children is disturbing and only goes to prove that computers should always be in a communal space where parents can monitor the computer usage. First, the top 100 searches combines for all age groups under 18 years of age:
- YouTube
- Sex
- Porn
- YouTube.com
- Yahoo
- MySpace
- eBay
- You Tube
- Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson
- Taylor Swift
- Gmail
- Party in the USA
- Miley Cyrus
- Club Penguin
- Miniclip
- Fred
- Games
- Facebook login
- Google.com
- Hotmail
- Lady Gaga
- Amazon
- Yahoo Mail
- Justin Bieber
- Addicting games
- Facebook.com
- Webkinz
- Yahoo.com
- Boobs
- MSN
- Hannah Montana
- Dictionary
- Walmart
- Selena Gomez
- Dictionary.com
- MySpace.com
- New Moon
- Runescape
- Lil Wayne
- Google Maps
- Down
- Google Earth
- Norton Safety Minder
- Mapquest
- Boom Boom Pow
- Craigslist
- Twilight
- Megan Fox
- Sesame Street
- Poptropica
- Target
- Eminem
- Music
- Fireflies
- Disney Channel
- You Belong With Me
- Utube
- Weather
- iTunes
- Beyonce
- Pokemon
- Britney Spears
- Hotmail.com
- Demi Lovato
- Funny
- Black Eyed Peas
- One time
- Cartoon Network
- Jonas Brothers
- Halo
- www.youtube.com
- Watcha Say
- Family Guy
- Taylor Swift You Belong With Me
- Best Buy
- Taylor Lautner
- Rihanna
- Pussy
- Gmail.com
- Lego
- Gummy Bear Song
- Thriller
- You’re a jerk
- Nigahiga
- Girls
- Free online games
- New Moon trailer
- Translator
- Disney
- Ask.com
- Paparazzi Lady Gaga
- Poker Face
- Chris Brown
- iPod Touch
- Photbucket
- Bing
Sex being in the fourth slot isn’t too surprising with teenagers in the mix, but lets take a look at the top 25 broken down by age group:
Porn was in the fourth position for children under the age of seven, and sex was in the same position for the 8 – 12 age group. Both terms are in the top 25 for all age groups. The chart for gender had “sex” as the fourth term for boys and the fifth spot for girls.
I have talked many times on many different blogs about how children should not be allowed to have computers in their bedrooms, and these search statistics just go to prove that fact. When you have 7-year-olds and younger searching for porn, you know you have a problem.
