Search Engines that raise money for charities seems to be growing in popularity. I do enjoy using them to help raise money for my favorite causes. Below is a small list and my favorite Charity Search Engines. Every search counts and helps. The more we can get others to join in, the more money can be raised to help worthy causes.
Charity Cafe is powered by Ask.com with 100% of the profits collected going to Greenpeace, WWF and Oxfam.
GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo! Search and donates 50% of all profits to various charities and schools. One of the best things about GoodSearch is that you can pick and choose the charity or school you would like to donate to if they are listed with GoodSearch.
GoodTree is powered by Yahoo! and MSN. GoodTree allows you to pick and choose your charity that is listed with them. I do not know how much of the money generated goes to charity.
GreenSearch is powered by Google. Currently GreenSearch is raising money for Rainforest Alliance but does not state how much of the profit goes to charity.
Goo [also called green goo] is a Japanese search engine that is powered by Google. Most all of the websites on Goo are in Japanese. I use a translator like Babel Fish to help me read the web pages. 15% of the profits goes to KEEP to help plant trees.
Lookle is an Australian search engine that is partnered with Yahoo! Search. Various different charities, hospitals, schools etc are helped. It is unclear how much of the profits goes to helping organizations.
Magic Taxi is teamed up with Yahoo! Search and give 50% of the profits to various charities.
Ripple works with Google to give 100% of the profits to Water Aid, Grameen, Oxfam and Oaktree.
Search and Give is powered by LiveSearch. Pick your charity to raise money for. I am unsure how much of the money raised goes to charity.
SearchGive generates about $0.01 per search. They will give to various charities when you reach $25. They are an independent search engine.
SearchKindly is powered by Google and donates to various charities. 1/3 of a cent is raised with every search.
Clicks4Cancer is powered by Yahoo! Search. It works when you click on an advertiser's link and make a purchase. Clicks4Cancer collections commissions and donates 70% of the profits to several different organizations for cancer.
ClicksCount [also called Click for a Cause] is powered by Widows Live Search. It works similar to Clicks4Cancer and gives to NSPPC. I have no information on how much of the profits that ClicksCount actually donates to the NSPPC.
EveryClick is powered by Ask.com and gives 50% of its revenue to charity every month. The UK engine gives to a wide variety of charities.
2 Energy Saving Search Engines: Please be aware that your monitor makes a world of difference when trying to conserve energy.
Blackle claims to be powered by Google and claims that being black saves on energy. You can read more about this at: How is Blackle saving energy?, Black Google Saves Energy, Wikipedia: Blackle.com
and other places if you just 'Google' for Blackle.
The Green Spider is another Google powered search engine that states you can save energy while searching with it. It seems to be a spin-off of Blackle but allowing you to choose different color backgrounds. More about how this green web weaver works at The Green Spider: The Theroy.
*Note: Please do research on Blackle and Green Spider: You'll find they do not live up to their claims.
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