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In The News
July 3, 2008
Imagine changing the world without changing your routine. That's what the founders of GoodSearch.com, launched back in 2005, and its new sister site GoodShop.com promise their users. With 60,000 nonprofits benefiting from both sites, it's philanthropy made easy in the form of a search engine and online mall of sorts.
Giving Without Giving
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Nov. 10, 2008
In today's troubled economy, Ken Ramberg's recipe for fund-raising is simple: give people at all income levels a tool for benefiting charity without spending a dime. GoodSearch, the Los Angeles-based company that he and his sister JJ founded in 2005, tries to do just that.
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O-Zone: Pennies From Heaven
April 2006
Imagine if every time you logged on and looked up the caloric content of the snack you just ate, you earned money for charity. With each search you launch on goodsearch.com, about 1 cent goes to the charity or school of your choice. You simply select an organization from a database of thousands or add your own, then tell all your friends, tell your friends to tell their friends and so on. If 1,000 people with the same charity search twice a day for a year, the charity earns $7,300. Wanting to harness for mankind some of the cash advertisers throw at search engines ($6 billion last year), founders Ken and JJ Ramberg partnered with Yahoo!
March 22, 2006
GoodSearch.com is powered by Yahoo! and raises money for charities using a model similar to paid searches on Yahoo or Google (Research): Advertisers pay a fee whenever Internet users click on a given link. Last year search engines generated almost $6 billion through such searches.
Charity may begin at home, but it's moving online
July 25, 2008
The desire to lend a hand is increasingly becoming an aspect of corporate citizenship. GoodSearch.com is a Yahoo!-powered search engine which donates 50 percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users; its spin-off, GoodShop.com, is an online shopping mall that donates a percentage of each sale to user-selected charities.
Dec. 26, 2006
Wish you could be Santa's helper all year long and give to all your favorite causes? You can - and it won't cost you a dime.
Dec. 26, 2005
"This isn't as crazy as it sounds," said Rich LeFurgy, a principal at Archer, a San Francisco consulting firm that specializes in marketing. "I think of it as the business model that's waiting to happen."
Nov. 20, 2006
My favorite example is the search engine GoodSearch.com. The idea behind this excellent search engine (powered by Yahoo) is simple and brilliant — 50% of all ad revenue generated from the site is donated to the charity of the user's choice, and the money GoodSearch donates comes from its advertisers, so it doesn't cost the users or the organizations a penny.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING REPORTS: Sites help match donors with worthy charities
Dec. 21, 2008
You and your family don't even need to spend extra cash to donate. Check out these sites that give back: Goodsearch.com: Every time you search with this site, a penny is contributed to the charity of your choice. Goodshop.com: Stores in this online mall donate a percentage of your purchases to charity (as much as 37 percent).
Two New Search Engines Help Funnel Money To Non-Profits
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