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Search For Good

By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Nov 28 2007, 06:55 PM

 

Now you can raise money for your favorite charity just by surfing the Internet. 

Every time you search the Web at GoodSearch.com  a penny goes to the nonprofit organization of your choice.  It's that simple.  The site uses Yahoo! Search Engine, the second most popular search engine, after Google, so you can get results you trust.  Yahoo! and GoodSearch share the site's advertising revenue, which is generated when users click on sponsored links.  GoodSearch, a for-profit philanthropy, gives away half of its cut, or about one cent per search.  For some beneficiaries, it's no small change. 

So far, GoodSearch has helped the Save Darfur Coalition raise over $3,600, and the ASPCA more than $6,000.



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DOING GOOD, ONE SEARCH AT A TIME

 

New Yahoo-Powered Search Engine Helps Fund Charities & Schools.  

 

40,000+ Nonprofits Seek Share of $8 Billion Internet Ad Revenue (100+ New Charities Registering Daily).

                       

Los Angeles, CA, 2007 -- What if even a fraction of the $8 billion generated by search engine advertisers* was distributed to organizations trying to make the world a better place?

That is the concept behind a new search engine, developed by Internet entrepreneurs and brother sister team Ken and JJ Ramberg.  GoodSearch.com – powered by Yahoo – donates 50% of its revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charities designated by its users. 

You use it exactly as you would any other search engine and the pennies add up quickly – just 500 people searching four times a day will earn around $7,300 in a year!
 More than 40,000 nonprofits are now actively generating revenue via the site and more than 100 new charities and schools are registering daily.  GoodSearch has quickly spread via word-of-mouth and the blogger community. 

For example:
 

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has earned more than $4,500. 

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, the country’s largest habitat refuge for endangered elephants has raised over $4,300. 

The Bubel/Aiken Foundation which supports children with disabilities increased from 431 searches in April to 25,000 in September.  To date, it’s earned more than $4,200.


 
The site is also quickly gaining traction on college campuses, often a leading indicator of technological trends. 

The Penn State Dance Marathon, which helps thousands of children and families fight pediatric caner, has raised over $3,200 and is widely promoting the site on campus. 

 

Internet users have found GoodSearch to be a compelling idea. 

Lisa Perry, an attorney  in Los Angeles, uses GoodSearch as many as 10 times a day in support of Heal the Bay, a nonprofit that helps preserve coastal waters from polluters.  “Why wouldn’t you use it?” asks Perry.
 Using GoodSearch is simple. Because the site is powered by Yahoo, users are assured of high quality results - but each time you search, money is generated by the advertisers for your favorite charity or school.   “We know there are a lot of people who want to do good but may not have the time or the money to help out.” said Ken Ramberg, Co-Founder of GoodSearch and former President of MonsterTRAK, the largest online career site for college students (now a division of Monster.com).

“GoodSearch makes it as easy as possible.  We’ve taken something people do every day -- searching the Internet -- and have turned it into doing good."

 

Comments

Ron D. Singer   

Janet,

I realize people will think this isn't much money.  But when you think about it, if everyone used this search engine just a few time a day, it would be amazing!

Thank you for bringing this information to us!  I am going to use this and pass this information along to others.  What a great idea!

November 28, 2007 7:36 PM

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