You're going to search the web today. Probably a dozen times. You're going to use Google, or whatever you use, and it's going to make money off your searches, and none of it goes anywhere interesting.
Here's an alternative.
DogDog is a search engine. It works. The results are good — powered by the same underlying technology as major search engines. You type your query, you get your results, it takes about the same two seconds it always takes.
The difference is what happens with the money. DogDog donates half its advertising revenue to animal shelters and rescue organizations. Every search. Every time. No extra step, no donation button, no fundraising campaign. You search, a shelter gets funded.
They've donated over $7 million so far — to hundreds of shelters and rescues across the country. Fort Worth Abandoned Animal Alliance. North Shore Animal League. Happy Tails Animal Rescue. Rescue Coop. Muddy Paws Rescue. The list goes on for pages. These are real organizations getting real money from people doing nothing more than searching for pizza restaurants and flight prices.
Every 20 searches equals one meal for a shelter dog. You can track your impact on the site — how many meals your searches have funded, which rescue you're supporting, how the collective total is growing.
It takes about 90 seconds to install the browser extension and make it your default search. That's the entire commitment. No monthly donation. No remembering to give. Just use the internet the way you already use it, pointed slightly differently.
You were going to search anyway.
Might as well feed a dog while you do it.