Agros Blog

As 2007 begins, it is clear that more and more people are using the internet in unprecedented ways. National statistics compiled at the end of 2006 showcasing on-line buying alone had headlines like “Amazon.com’s 12th Holiday Season Best Ever!” and “Holiday e-commerce spending up 26%”, etc… Students seem to live on-line… news-hounds hunt on-line with multiple browser tabs running their favorite blogs… “E-giving” is now the fastest growing segment of philanthropy. Not surprisingly, we all are using the Web in ways and at times we never imagined just a few years ago.

However you may feel about all this cyber-activity, I’m wondering if you knew that by encouraging your family and friends in their seeking, buying, and studying, you can also be giving to Agros? Thanks to a Philanthropically Driven Search Engine, powered by Yahoo.com, you can! It’s called GooodSearch.

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 you or Agros a penny. Imagine if every time you logged on and searched for info on the web, you earned money for Agros. With each search you launch on www.goodsearch.com 1 cent goes to the charity or school of your choice. You simply select an organization from their approved-member database by typing in “Agros”, and then just start “surfing”. If 1,000 people searched just twice a day for a year, Agros would earn $7,300. While that dollar amount may not seem significant to some, it actually represents an enormous impact in the lives we serve… for the rural poor, every dollar counts.

Give GoodSearch a try and let us know what you think.