The whole point of Search Kindly is to take something that you'd be doing anyway, like surfing the Internet, and turn it into a meaningful action. We know that most people, like us, would love to be able to give limitless amounts of money to those in need, but who has a limitless amount of money? Well, together we all do. But we're not asking for your money, we’re just asking for a few seconds of your time.
What do I have to do to donate money for free?
All you have to do is use Search Kindly just like you'd use any other search engine, or just visit the website on a regular basis. The advertisers on the site pay us to display their ads, so all you have to do is show up! It just doesn't get much easier than that. And if there is something in the ads that you find interesting, feel free to click-through. The advertisers love it when that happens.
How much money is raised each time I visit Search Kindly?
Roughly 1/3 of a cent--now I know that's not a whole lot, but this is a numbers-game. If we can ever get to the point where we have a million users per day, we'll be generating $12,000...per day.
Isn't it possible for Search Kindly to make more than a fraction of a cent for every visit?
Well, back during the dot-com crazy-days, you could make a killing by showing banner ads. But that was way back in yesteryear--back when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper (not really). The only thing that we can do now is hope that the economy turns around and advertisers start paying more money for banner ads.
How does the advertising work?
Lots of companies want to attract more customers by putting out ads. To do this, they do business with what’s called an ad network. The individual companies pay these ad networks to show the ads to as many people as possible on different web sites around the internet.
How does this advertising help Search Kindly?
The ad network pays Search Kindly to be allowed to show ads on this site. What this means is that every time someone visits
searchkindly.org, the network posts some ads and pays Search Kindly about 1/3 cents for the privilege of displaying those ads.
So, what exactly do I have to do to earn money for charity with Search Kindly?
All you have to do is visit any page or subpage (blog, proof of giving, voting results, etc.) of Search Kindly. For example, if you visit the home page of Search Kindly (
www.searchkindly.org), you have already raised 1/3 of a cent for charity. If you vote for a charity, you are forwarded to the “results” page, where you see new ads (and, of course, the voting results). This generates another 1/3 cent for charity. So you can earn 2/3 cents for charity just by visiting the site and voting.
Basically, any time you visit any page on
searchkindly.org and see the ads, you have raised about 1/3 of a cent for charity.
