Forget Google - try GoodSearch
This is a neat idea: the next time you're doing a search, have a look at GoodSearch. It's an American search engine powered by Yahoo (and so returns the same results) which has a field where you can put your favourite charity. Then, if you click on one of the sponsored links from the results page, the advertiser will pay half the money to the charity (and the other half to the search engine). As well as this, GoodSearch donates money to a user's charity of choice every time they conduct a web search - regardless of whether they've clicked a sponsored link. "It's a really effortless way for people to support their favorite charity or school," says GoodSearch co-founder Ken Ramberg.
It's only in America at the moment (so you can only select Oxfam America from the list), plus it warns strongly against people misusing the search - but it's still a lovely idea. GoodSearch estimates that each time a charity's supporter conducts a unique Web search, the organisation will receive approximately one cent. While this might not sound like a much, a charity with 1,000 supporters who each perform two GoodSearch queries per day, for example, could earn more than $7,000 in just one year.
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Check this website out , generate a bit of money, when you email friends or Tony Blair supporting Oxfam.
By ,
August 17, 2006 2:13 PM
Just found this site...very similar to GoodSearch, only 70% of revenue generated is donated to Cancer charities. They're set up as a web portal, so you can shop, book travel, etc and the commissions from these sales are added to the charity pool, as well as any search revenue. Worth a look...
www.Clicks4Cancer.com
By TSimon,
December 22, 2006 11:31 PM
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