There are all sorts of ways to deal with people searching for inappropriate content while at work; it’s possible to buy monitoring software, have the IT department periodically dig through some files, or just peer over employees’ shoulders.  But Google’s making things simpler with a feature that’ll let you lock SafeSearch on a strict setting.

Head to Google’s “Search Settings” on any computer to enable the lock.  Then, as a post on the Official Google Blog explained, “When you lock SafeSearch, two things will change.  First, you’ll need to enter your password to change the setting.  Second, the Google search results page will be visibly different to indicate that SafeSearch is locked.”

In fact, four large, brightly colored balls will appear in the upper right-hand corner of search pages, making it clear to just about everyone in any given room that SafeSearch is active and sexual content is off-limits.

Of course, employees could just skirt SafeSearch by switching to a search engine other than Google, but since Google’s so dominant, that would be sort of an eyebrow-raising decision even under normal circumstances.

If you’d like to significantly decrease the chances of employees getting into some inappropriate stuff while on the clock, then, Google’s provided a cheap and easy way to do so.

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