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Make a Difference Every Time You Search the Internet at iSearchiGive.Com

Posted on: Thursday, 2 October 2008, 12:03 CDT

CHICAGO, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 11 years, a quarter of a million iGive.com members have been helping their favorite cause every time they shop online. Now with the launch of iSearchiGive.com (http://isearch.igive.com/ ), anyone and everyone can help out their favorite cause, any time they search the Internet. Powered by Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com/ ) and iGive.com, iSearchiGive.com has no hidden fees, no vague percentages and no limits.

A penny for your search?

Americans conduct searches more than 300 million times per day at the core search engines according to comScore.(1) Now, when anyone uses iSearchiGive.com to search the Web, their favorite cause will receive exactly $0.01 per qualified search (http://isearch.igive.com/faq.cfm#searching1 ).

The potential to raise money for non-profit organizations and other charitable causes simply by searching the Web is staggering when you do the math. In one day alone, if everyone in the U.S. searched using iSearchiGive.com, powered by Yahoo!, $3 million could be raised. In a week, $21 million could be raised, $630 million per month and more than $7.5 billion per year.

Founded by Robert Grosshandler in 1997, iGive.com is the pioneer in online charitable shopping. With the launch of iSearchiGive.com, even those who aren't shopping online can easily help their favorite charity, all for free.

"I've never had more fun in my 35 years in business. Each day, we enable tens of thousands of people to make a difference with their favorite cause or charity, no matter how big or small," said Grosshandler, iGive founder and CEO. "By launching iSearchiGive.com, we are offering anyone and everyone the opportunity to make charitable donations that extend beyond our online shopping platform-all for free."

With nearly 30,000 charitable causes listed with iSearchiGive, it's easy to find an organization that is personally meaningful and needs help. The list of charitable causes run the gamut, from local animal shelters and emergency medical aid groups, to AIDS organizations and community fundraisers for seriously ill children. If your favorite cause isn't listed, it's quick and easy to add it to the list.

iSearchiGive.com Benefits: -- Transparent - Users can see exactly how much money they have raised on behalf of their cause(s) and see how much their favorite cause(s) have earned (a penny or more each search!) -- Immediate - Choose a cause or list a new one, either way, start helping today -- Limitless - No limits, every search counts -- Consistent - Donations are sent to causes every month

Create your free iGive.com membership today (http://www.igive.com/ ). It's free for you, and free for your cause.

(1) The core search engines according to comScore are Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Sites, AOL and Ask Network About iSearchiGive.com

Launched in May 2008, iSearchiGive.com is a search engine that enables anyone to donate $.01 or more to their favorite cause or charity every time they perform a quality search. The free service is 100 percent transparent allowing users to view and track exactly how much money their cause has earned and received. For more information and a complete list of worth causes, visit http://www.isearchigive.com/.

About iGive.com

iGive.com was founded in 1997 with the goal of changing online shopping for good. Users can support any cause they wish, especially those close to their homes and hearts. They can track, directly on the site, their individual donations to their causes and the total amounts their causes have raised. iGive.com shoppers have raised over $3 million for their favorite causes, ranging from animal shelters, school marching bands and medical research foundations to women's shelters and missing children's advocacy groups. For more information and a complete list of worthy causes, visit http://www.igive.com/.

iGive.com

CONTACT: Gerri Kelly of iGive.com, +1-312-437-7007, gkelly@igive.com

Web site: http://isearch.igive.com/http://www.igive.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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