The Genius of Online Shopping
September 2008
Portal site GoodShop.com donates a percentage of all purchases to your charity of choice, without the hassle of registering, whenever you buy from one of 600 affiliated merchants including Target, Bloomingdale's and Zappo's.
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.
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.
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!
December 2008
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.
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.
Browsing Equals Bucks for Charities
June 2008
Search the Internet ... rack up cash for your favorite charity. Thanks to Yahoo-powered search engine Goodsearch, it's that easy for Internet users to contribute to your cause.
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.
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).
Oct. 2, 2006
You'd like to donate to charities just by clicking around the Internet as you always do. GoodSearch is a search engine that splits its advertising revenues 50-50 with charities and schools.
Oct. 2, 2006
It is a place where people can donate to their favorite charity or school without ever spending a single penny. It is called GoodSearch.com, a search engine powered by Yahoo!
May 27, 2008
The ASPCA says their pups and kittens are living better thanks to people simply searching the Internet. GoodSearch.com found a way to help non-profits make money at a time when many are struggling with the economy on the downswing.
June 23, 2008
New tools have even appeared to spur giving without money during these rough economic times, when people tend to cut back on contributions. GoodSearch.com allows donors to give to their favorite charities every time they conduct an online search on Yahoo (which donates a penny per search), and GoodShop.com donates a percentage of every purchase made from more than 700 retailers. Some 60,000 charities are already benefiting.
November 2007
Now you can raise money for your favorite charity just by surfing the Net.
May 2008
The Good: A search engine that pays your school to use it. GoodSearch donates half of its revenue to participating nonprofits. Powered by Yahoo!, the application is used just like any other browser, but each time you enter a new search, GoodSearch sends about one cent to the school of your choice. The pennies add up: 500 people searching four times a day yields around $7,300 in a year.
Meet the New Philanthropists
2007
This era's kings—and queens—of giving have changed the way we think of "charity." A look at the powerhouses.
Search engine lets you browse the Net for a cause
Nov. 3, 2007
GoodSearch.com, which is powered by Yahoo!, is a grass-roots campaign started by Ken and JJ Ramberg in 2005.
July 2, 2007
Have you ever said, 'If I had a penny for every time..." Yes, we all have. Now, a new Internet search engine is taking the 'penny' philosophy and using it to make money for your favorite charity...
Dec. 14, 2006
There is a search engine called Goodsearch.com that donates 50 percent of its revenue to charities and schools designated by its users.
Jan. 15, 2007
By searching the Internet, patrons of Scottdale Public Library are helping to raise money — a penny at a time — for a new, $1.3 million library.
GoodSearch.com donates ad revenues to charity
Dec. 25, 2006
It's the time of year when you want to donate to needy charities. But if it were easy enough, you would support some causes all year, like your kid's school or the research institute working to cure a disease rampant in your family.
Aug. 11, 2006
What if you could use a search engine to spread the word about your nonprofit or rally your constituents to raise money for your cause — all without spending a cent?
Oct. 6, 2006
It seems impossible, but hunting down the latest Paris Hilton photos on the Internet really can help make the world a better place.
November 2006
Imagine a company that uses technology to help power more than 20,000 nonprofits, charities, religious organizations and schools.
Nov. 10, 2006
From Patagonia to Starbucks to a would-be Google-killer, forward-thinking companies are making philanthropy a part of their business models.
June 8, 2007
Whether you're interested in saving the environment or finding homes for abandoned pets, GoodSearch is on your side.
Dec. 28, 2006
This search engine directs half its revenues to the charity of your choice.
Nov. 30, 2005
"Goodsearch.com founders Ken and J.J. Ramberg (who are brother and sister) plan to direct half of the revenue that their search engine generates toward charities that users specify using a pull-down menu on the search engine home page. Currently, more than 900,000 charities and schools are listed, according to Ken Ramberg. If your favorite charity isn't there, you can submit its information online and it will be added after verification."
Each time a person searches the Internet with GoodSearch.com, 50 percent of the revenue raised from advertisers on the Web site will be given to a charity designated by the user.
Dec. 16, 2005
Helping those in need is only a click away.
Feb. 23, 2006
A new site called GoodSearch.com, launched late last year by Los Angeles-based GoodSearch LLC, aims to lure repeat users by donating roughly a cent to a charity of the user's choice every time a search is conducted on its Yahoo-based search engine ...
Dec. 12, 2005
Some smaller search sites have tried to attract consumers by giving a percentage of ad sales to user-designated charities or giving individuals chances to win cash prizes. GoodSearch Inc., a site that uses Yahoo Inc. search technology, distributes a portion of its ad revenue to charities or schools selected by users each time they search.
Aug. 7, 2008
We all spend so much time searching the net for various things, so why not use a search engine that actually donates money to your favorite charity while you search?
Nov. 28, 2005
It's easy to use: Just go to GoodSearch.com, enter the charity you want to support in the provided field, and search. Don't see your favorite cause represented? You can add it. Want to spread the love? Change your charity as often as you like.
Dec. 18, 2006
It's easy to use: Just go to GoodSearch.com, enter the charity you want to support in the provided field, and search. Don't see your favorite cause represented? You can add it. Want to spread the love? Change your charity as often as you like.
June 1, 2008
You can benefit charity not only by the gifts that you purchase, but by changing your daily practices. One way you can do this is to raise money for charities by browsing the Web.
June 1, 2008
Get a look inside of a neat search engine, www.GoodSearch.com. Everytime you use it, you earn money for your favorite charity.
Dec. 17, 2008
During this holiday season, donors may be diverting their dollars to buying gifts for loved ones. But if they knew where to shop.. they could get those gifts and still donate to their favorite local charity. That's where GoodShop.com comes into the picture.
Dec. 15, 2008
Who are the latest victims of the sagging economy? Charities are reporting a tremendous drop in donations this holiday season, a time when they traditionally receive the most. But now, there's a new way you can give back, without shelling out an extra dime.
December 2008
You can also do a good deed while spending your dollars at stores like Wal-Mart, Kohl's and Best Buy. They and more than 700 other top retailers have joined with the charity GoodShop.com.
Dec. 10, 2008
This idea of giving customers the opportunity to give back has become a national trend. Yahoo represents the latest company to jump on the bandwagon, with goodsearch.com, a search engine that donates one-penny per search to your favorite non-profit.
Aug. 15, 2008
"GoodSearch.com, which is a search engine just like Google or Yahoo, but every time you search it you can donate to charity. There are thousands. I just thought that was really, really cool," Zauzmer said.
Nov. 29, 2007
What makes it really appealing is that you don't have to buy anything for the charities to benefit.
Nov. 26, 2007
The Monday after Thanksgiving has recently been dubbed "Cyber-Monday." If you are one of the millions of Americans shopping online, you might want to know that some web sites give money to charity when you make a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Nov. 26, 2007
The holiday season is notoriously known as the "season of giving" to charities, but I am sure that not many people know that they can give to their favorite non-profit without spending any of their own money by hitting the search button on GoodSearch.com or by shopping at their favorite stores online through GoodShop.com
Nov. 25, 2007
According to the National Retail Federation, more than 72,000,000 Americans are expected to shop online Monday during so-called "Cyber Monday." But did you know you could do a good deed by getting those gifts online?
Nov. 23, 2007
If you're giving to charity this season, there's a way to give by doing something you do every day at work and at home. CBS 3's Liz Keptner has the story of a little idea that's a huge help to thousands of charities.
Nov. 21, 2007
Many of you will be clicking a mouse to do your holiday shopping. If you do, you can help send money to the charity of your choice without one dollar coming from your wallet.
Nov. 19, 2007
If test you like to donate this holiday season but don't have the time or money, one website can help you.
Nov. 15, 2007
One website allows you to donate to your favorite charity just by searching the web, and several local organizations are taking advantage of the opportunity.
Nov. 15, 2007
The maker of the charity search engine GoodSearch, which donates to your favorite charity just by searching the internet, is now using the same concept for online shopping.
Aug. 27, 2007
Donating money to area non-profits in South Georgia is now just as simple as logging on to the Internet.
Giving Back Through The Internet: Use of New Search Engine Donates Money to Charity
Dec. 1, 2005
What if you could support your favorite charity without spending any of your own money, just by doing something you probably already do everyday? Well, GoodSearch.com has made that possible. It's a search engine that lets you direct money to any of hundreds of thousands of charities every time you do an online search.
Dec. 18, 2006
It's a website designed to give back ... without even giving at all. GoodSearch.com is a search engine that works like Google or Yahoo ... the only difference is it's for a good cause.
Nov. 30, 2006
We are in the midst of the giving season, but what if you could give without actually giving?
Oct. 8, 2006
Matt Cleveland searches for troubled teens. Michael Brown searches for juvenile diabetics. A charity benefits.
Aug. 3, 2006
Forget the car washes and bake sales. Raising money for your favorite charity is as easy as clicking your mouse. That's the case for seven local nonprofit organizations that are innovating their approaches by using an increasingly popular Web site called GoodSearch.
July 23, 2006
Fans of a popular theater in Plantation are earning extra revenue for the organization simply by surfing the Web. Mosaic Theatre draws about a penny each time one of its supporters uses GoodSearch, a free Internet search engine that shares its proceeds with various nonprofit organizations.
Dec. 1, 2005
Want to support Architecture for Humanity, Ability Aids India International, or any other nonprofit everytime you search the web?
Feb. 2006
And yours too... The newest and easiest way to incorporate small acts of charity into every day? GoodSearch.com. This Yahoo-powered Internet search engine donates money to your cause of choice every time you click—at zero cost to you.
Feb. 28, 2006
For Web-addicted Stanford students, the thought "If only I had a penny for every time I searched the Web," may cross minds often.
Feb. 8, 2006
Want to donate to a good cause but don't have the money to spare? A new website allows users to support their favorite charities, one online search at a time. The search engine Goodsearch.com gives individuals the opportunity to select the charity of their choice, and with every search on the site comes money for that specific cause.
Feb. 2, 2006
A new search engine may make it easier for students on tight budgets who wish to donate to the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. GoodSearch.com allows students to donate money to Thon or any other nonprofit organization as they search the Web with just a click of a button.
Dec. 12, 2006
Anyone who has wanted to do something good for an organization but was unable to find the time or means to do so, has a great opportunity to on the Internet.
GoodSearch is catching on around campus. It's hard to say no to helping out charities when there is no change to a person's wallet and daily routine.
March 3, 2006
Los Angeles-based siblings Ken and JJ Ramberg came up with a brilliant idea. Their creation, GoodSearch.com, offers clients the opportunity to give risk-free charitable donations without ever sending a check or money order, or even giving a credit card number. All you have to do is search the Internet.
March 16, 2006
A new search engine called GoodSearch is donating half of its advertising revenue to charities. Similar in appearance to Google and powered by Yahoo, the difference comes in that a donation occurs every time a user clicks on a sponsored ad that comes up in a search.
April 10, 2006
Yahoo-powered Goodsearch donates a portion of its advertising profits — about a cent per search — to a charity of the user's choice.
April 13, 2006
A new Yahoo!-powered Internet search engine called GoodSearch.com donates about a penny for every Web search to the charity or school of the user's choice.
Oct. 10, 2006
A new philanthropic search engine gives users a chance to donate to their favorite charity without spending any of their own time or money.
Oct. 6, 2006
Philanthropy is no longer just the business of the Heinz or Carnegie families. Donations to charities now come from Internet search engines, too.
Oct. 30, 2006
What if you could donate money to a charitable cause every time you searched the Internet?
April 11, 2006
Searching the Internet now can add pennies to the pockets of non-profit organizations. Goodsearch.com, launched in November 2005, is a search engine that donates part of its revenue to charitable organizations across the country.
April 11, 2006
In between dancers shaking their donation cans downtown and their booties in the IMU ballroom, Dance Marathon is now raising funds during the student-solicitation off-season through an Internet search engine.
April 21, 2006
According to the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, Internet search engines generated close to $6 billion in advertising revenue in 2005. Two Internet entrepreneurs, [brother and sister] Ken and JJ Ramberg of Los Angeles, Calif., have created a way for searchers to donate a fraction of that money to make the world a better place.
April 21, 2006
"Search the Internet, make the difference." This is the motto of newly developed search engine called GoodSearch.com. This new engine, powered by Yahoo, was created by Ken and JJ Ramberg and allows users to search the Internet while donating money to a charity of their choice at the same time. TEST