Blocking Video search results on Google

Summary:

This article describes how to present a block page when your users click the Videos results tab on a Google search. Note: This only applies to the Google search engine.

Problem: 

When our users search for something using Google and click the Videos results tab, they can view the video results. We don't want our users to view the video results but instead a block page.

Solution:

There are three steps involved: 

1. Set up a HTTPS decrypt and inspect policy:
   1. From the Guardian menu, under the HTTPS inspection sub menu, click Manage policies.
   2. Create your new policy:
      • Who: Everyone*
      • What: Web Search
      • Where: Everywhere*
      • When: Always
      • Action: Decrpyt and inspect

      * Change as appropriate 

   3. Make sure the policy is set at the top of the policy table.
2. Create a new Category:
   1. From the Guardian menu, under the Policy Objects sub menu, click Categories.
   2. Under the Manage Categories section, give this new category a Name, for example, "Block Google Videos".
   3. Click Advanced and in the option URL patterns type the following:
      ^(?:.{1,5}://)?(?:[^/]*\.)?google.\w{1,3}(?:\.\w{1,3})?/search\?.*?&tbm=vid
   4. Save the changes made to this category.
3. Create a new web filter policy with this category applied:
   1. From the Guardian menu, under the Web Filter sub menu, click Manage Policies.
   2. Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click create new policy.
   3. Create your new web filter policy:
      • Who: Everyone*
      • What: Block Google Videos
      • Where: Everywhere
      • When: Always
      • Action: Block

      * Change as appropriate 

   4. Make sure this new policy is applied at the appropriate level in the web filter policy table. 

When trying to view Google video results users will now be presented with a block page.