Comments (13)

• John

  If you had something like this that used Google's search engine, I would use it.

  Published: June 8, 2006 8:08 PM

• James

  The search results for Google, Yahoo, and other engines aren't really very different as the algorithm's are all virtually the same. The only thing you may miss out on is the image search. So use Google for that if you need it. You could rely on Google to send dollars to various charities, but this way you get to direct the funds yourself. I dunno, it sounds like a pretty great idea to me.

  Published: June 8, 2006 8:30 PM

• anarkhos

  Assuming in a year they don't figure out how much money they're losing. (how does this work exactly?)

  Published: June 8, 2006 8:46 PM

• JGarland

  See How It Works.

  "GoodSearch is a company with a unique social mission, which involves giving as much money back to charity as possible while remaining a self-sustaining business. Our goal is to direct a minimum of 50 percent of revenues to the designated causes and increase this percentage as the company matures."

  Published: June 8, 2006 9:06 PM

• Paul Ed

  This company was founded by a brother and sister who lost their mother to cancer and wanted to find a way for people to support their favourite causes. Sure every business involves risk, but the individual search participant has little to lose in this endeavour while the charity may gain greatly in the long-run.

  Published: June 8, 2006 9:13 PM

• David C

  Is this the same Yahoo that hapially turned in the identity of that Chinese dissident for exercising free speech, who was later then arrested and dished out suvere punishment? and then after Yahoo took heavy critizim for it, they did it again to someone else, but this time under an obsecure identity? Of course, I blame the Chinese government far more than Yahoo, but I certainly have every right to not patronize Yahoo, and intend to execrise that right. I'm sorry, but I simply can not bring myself to do business with a company that hates freedom that much, and I recommend that you don't too.

  Published: June 8, 2006 11:54 PM

• Sydansk

  I suggest you look into the trade practices of Google as well. It appears as if they only license Yahoo's equipment and are their own separate entity.

  Published: June 9, 2006 12:54 AM

• M E Hoffer

  David C,

  The more I think about it(your point), the more I think that you are Exactly correct.

  GoodSearch does seem to be a nice idea, too bad their partner, Yahoo, is an incarnation of the opposite.

  I'm not sure if any of the comments, above, represents vMI's "official position", but, if so, they should seriously reconsider. The idea that: "it's OK to jump into bed with a firm that is actively anti-liberty, because we get paid for it~", is highly suspicious, at best.

  If vMI wants to "raise funds", why doesn't it start a Mutual Fund and/or improve its Merchandising?

  For those who may be looking for a different kind of websearch, you may want to try: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3415071

  www.clusty.com

  Published: June 9, 2006 1:05 AM

• Sampson

  Clusty.com is almost identical to Yahoo Search. Moreover, it incorporates features from Microsoft's MSN search engine and was awarded a federal government contract to provide search technology to the U.S. Government's FirstGov.gov portal. What a great alternative. The links between Vivisimo and the US gov seem to be a little too close for comfort. Oh, and you can add a "Gov" tab (gov.clusty.com). That is just great.

  Published: June 9, 2006 1:39 AM

• Max

  I will use the goodsearch, however, the google option is more reliable for me, because I use it to search German content specifically (which Yahoo obviously doesn't allow). So, it is nice and I will use it occassionally to support the Mises Institute, but overall the usual google search fits better to my personal needs.

  Published: June 9, 2006 6:03 AM

• David J. Heinrich

  Max, David C,

  I don't see how you've demonstrated that these firms are anti-liberty; simply because they comply with evil government regulations, rather than face severe sanctions, doesn't make them anti-liberty. Google also has a few things like this that have been annoying.

  However, let's think about this. Firstly, someone said that GoodSearch licenses Yahoo's software. Secondly, of the money that they get, do you really think all of it goes to some nefarious activity? Yet, the money the LvMI gets all goes to promoting liberty. Imo, the latter outweighs the former. Of course, it's every person's choice. But, for just about every company you can think of, there's something objectionable from the libertarian point of view they've done; this is what we expect in a Statist world where people and corporations are of course still self-interested.

  I hope Google comes out with something like this, because it's vastly superior to other search engines. Until then, I'll try to do a "GoodSearch" in parallel with my Google searches.

  Published: June 9, 2006 8:27 AM

• DLC

  I would not say Yahoo hate's freedom; I would say Yahoo loves money. This goes back to the basic failure of modern society, the producer has succeeded where the intellectual has failed, Yahoo as a company creates excellent search services, as a producer they carry on their purpose and produce as much return on their investments as possible, ideology has little to do with this process.

  We should not ask the produces to fight our ideological battles, else we would become no better than PETA, we must accept that companies will happily work with governments against freedom for so long as they can continue producing a profitable margin. Freedom will come to china, but it will be a long and slow process as like any great path towards freedom.

  Do not scorn the producer for not being an intellectual and do not scorn the intellectual for not producing. We all have our place.

  Published: June 9, 2006 9:30 AM

• Vanmind

  Good deal for the Mises Institute, but I will never use Yahoo (or Google for that matter).

  Published: June 9, 2006 7:08 PM