GoodSearch – donates money each time you search the web
Filed in: Web — July 21st, 2006
GoodSearch is a search engine that make donation to your choice of U.S. charity for each of your search query. It is powered by Yahoo! search.
Currently, GoodSearch donates 1 cent for each search. Their goal is to direct 50% or revenues to the designated causes. GoodSearch makes revenue from Yahoo! search sponsored links. Everyone can add a charity to benefit from GoodSearch.
How can you support your favorite charity?
- Visit GoodSearch.com
- Enter the charity or school you support, then click “Verify”
- Select a charity from the list
- Search the web on GoodSearch
- Each time you search, $0.01 is generated for your selected charity or school
The drawback
GoodSearch sorts charities by alphabet and the charity selection box only shows the first three charities. If someone register a charity name prefix with a period then the charity will be sorted at the top. If you check the amount raised, the first three charities make a lot more than the other charities down the list. This is unfair.
Is GoodSearch Scam?
I don’t think so. GoodSearch was highlighted in of many news agencies like The New York Times, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal.
