Mark Pack

Getting cash for using Google

By | Mon 5th November 2007 - 1:55 pm

If you use Google to search the Internet, then you can redirect some of the advertising revenue from Google’s ads into the party’s coffers (sorry, not your own!) if you use the Google search box in the party’s free Internet browser toolbar.*

Once you’ve got the toolbar, just stick your search queries into its search box rather than into a Google search box anywhere else, and – bingo! – money starts being paid to the party. (We don’t get to see what your searches are, by the way, we just get a cut of the total advertising revenue from all the uses of the toolbar each month).

The toolbar also brings a bundle of other benefits, including a convenient set of links to the party’s main websites, the latest news headlines from the party and the latest weather forecast (just what you need before going out to canvass or leaflet!).

* It’s advertised as working with Firefox and Internet Explorer on Windows 2000 or XP, but in practice people have found it works on a wider range, including on Apple Macs.

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4 Comments

  • Martin Land 5th Nov '07 - 2:20pm

    I’ve got it Mark, and the constant message ‘No valid rss feed has been configured.’ This seems to be more or less permanent, though it does come and go.

  • Mark Pack 5th Nov '07 - 3:51pm

    Martin – sorry to hear that. Can you email me with details re web broswer, operating system etc as it seems to work ok for others? Ta.

  • SteveD 6th Nov '07 - 12:20am

    Works nicely with Firefox in Mandriva Linux 2008.

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