How to Donate to Charity with GoodSearch: A Search Engine for Doing Good, One Penny at a Time

Search engines have become an essential part of our lives. In a span of around 15 years we have seen the evolution of search engines; their birth, competition, success and even the demise of some popular ones. Most popular are no doubt Google, Yahoo, and MSN Live Search to name a few.

With almost 8 billion searches every month, a new breed of "green search engines" have evolved to tap into this source and not only provide you the information you are searching for, but also pay back to the community with every search.

The concept behind GoodSearch is to allow people to donate to charitable causes of their choice by simply searching, albeit through their search engine, www.GoodSearch.com. The integrity of the search results is not an issue as the website is powered by Yahoo! Every day people overwhelmed with the daily grind of life simply do not have time to search for a cause they believe in and then undertake the formal process of donation. GoodSearch easily eliminates all those set-backs by allowing you to donate by doing something you do everyday; search the web.

Follow these steps to support a charity, organization, or school and search for any term to donate:

1. Access the Good Search site by typing the URL : http://www.goodsearch.com/

2. In the second textbox with the title " Who do you GoodSearch for?", select a charity or school of your type. You can type in a cause like 'breast cancer' and then choose from the various charities brought up or directly search for a specific charity or school by typing in the name.

3. Search in the upper text box like you normally do. It's that simple.

You can also install the Good Search toolbar to help you easily access the search and help you remember to search for a good cause. Download and install the toolbar from: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbars.aspx. If you are using Internet Explorer, you have the option of installing the toolbar or just adding Good Search to your list of search engines. For all other browsers like Firefox, Safari, etc, the Good Search engine will simply be added to the existing list of search engines on the top right of your browser.

Good Search will donate 50% of the revenue generated by the search to your chosen charity. That usually amounts to only a penny, but every one counts. Those single pennies amounted to more than $21,000 for the ASPCA and more than $9,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. You can learn more about their success stories at : http://www.goodsearch.com/SuccessStory.aspx. With more than 70,000 non-profit charities registered, it is easy to donate to a cause close to your heart. To get more information on the amount raised for your charity, click on the "Amount Raised" button. You will able to see the donations made so far to the charity along with a chart which explains how many searches are needed to generate a certain amount of revenue.