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GoodSearch is a limited liability company that runs a Yahoo-powered[1] search engine that donates 50% of its revenue, about a penny per search, to the American charities and schools designated by its users. A limited liability company (abbreviated LLC or LLC) in the law of the vast majority of the United States is a legal form of business Company [2] The money donated comes from the site's advertisers. [3] According to the company, as of June 2008 more than 60,000 non-profits were participating in GoodSearch. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage

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Description

Users can designate which of the selected charities their searches benefit and also see how much money and how many searches have been performed on behalf of each charity.

Features of the site that change several times per week include the "Charity of the Day" which highlights a particular charity's logo with a click through to their website and "Success Stories" which highlight the amount of money donated to particular charities.

Goodshop

In September 2007, GoodSearch launched an online shopping mall called GoodShop. The company has affiliations with online retailers that generate revenue when a user from the GoodSearch site purchases goods at one of the online retailers. According to the company, a part of this revenue is then donated to the user's designated charity or school.

Founding

The company was founded by Ken and JJ Ramberg. JJ Ramberg is host of MSNBC's weekend business program Your Business, which airs Sunday mornings at 730 ET and repeats on the following Saturday at 530am [4] Ken was a co-founder of JOBTRAK,[5][6] and JJ, an MSNBC anchor and former Director of Marketing at Cooking. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. com. GoodSearch was founded in November 2005.

References

  1. ^ Janes, Erika Rasmusson: Give to charity just by searching the Web, Retrieved on November 04, 2007
  2. ^ Hobson, Mellody: Mellody Hobson: Giving Back for the Holidays, Retrieved on November 04, 2007
  3. ^ Willis, Gerri: Charitable gift giving, Retrieved on October 22, 2007
  4. ^ Strauss, Steve: For some entrepreneurs, giving is the new taking, Retrieved on October 22, 2007
  5. ^ Sofer, Miki: Web surfers earn money for charity, Retrieved on January 10, 2008
  6. ^ Tedeschi, Bob: Conduct a Search, Make a Donation, Retrieved on October 22, 2007

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