GoodSearch Review

www.goodsearch.com

Overall 4.85 of 5 view all 52 reviews

zeichner
Minneapolis, MN

Donate to your favorite cause by searching the Internet

online shopper, Every day computer user, constantly online, thinking different

Pros

Toolbars for IE, Firefox & Safari, Your charity earns $.01 per search, No personal info required

NOV

2007

GoodSearch is a front-end to the Yahoo search engine that donates 50% of their advertising revenue (about a penny per search) to charity. Users just need to select their favorite charity and begin searching. The selected charity is stored as a cookie, so subsequent searches are automatically counted.

The really nice thing about GoodSearch is that there is no form to fill out with personal information - they don't even want to know your name. The cookie is sufficient to credit each search to your selected charity.

Recently, GoodSearch has added donations based on online shopping - "GoodShop." As with GoodSearch, users simply have to select the charity they wish to support & start shopping. GoodShop donations vary by online vendor - and some vendors base the donation percentage on what you purchase - donations from e-bay purchases can be as high as 37.5%. There are currently 410 participating vendors, including Best Buy, Petsmart & Wal*Mart. Users simply have to click the online vendor's link on the GoodShop website. The donation amount doesn't increase the cost of your purchase and you still get the same discounts, etc. you would get if you went directly to the vendor's site. The vendors pay a commission to GoodSearch and a portion of that commission goes to your charity.

The entire idea of GoodSearch/GoodShop is to fund charitable donations through advertising revenue. This results in a new way for charities to benefit from people searching the Internet and shopping online. All the charities need to do is get the word out to their supporters to start using GoodSearch and GoodShop on their behalf.