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A black Google start screen?

Started by pauljacobson · 10 months ago

There is a post on the Google blog about how to save energy and it reminded me about something I read/heard a while ago.  The idea is that given how many people visit Google and the fact that the Google landing page is white and uses a fair chunk of energy, if Google turned the [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Google Germany had one a few weeks ago when we all were asked to turn of our lights for 15 mins at 20:00



    At first I thought something was wrong with my monitor with the black search page. It certainly caught your attention.
  • Google Germany had one a few weeks ago when we all were asked to turn of our lights for 15 mins at 20:00



    At first I thought something was wrong with my monitor with the black search page. It certainly caught your attention.
  • Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.
  • Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.
  • Hi Jonathan



    That is pretty interesting. I should try find that post I read or some info on the possible energy saving if the Google home page is changed to black.



    Thanks for the link Pablo. I'll take a look!
  • Hi Jonathan



    That is pretty interesting. I should try find that post I read or some info on the possible energy saving if the Google home page is changed to black.



    Thanks for the link Pablo. I'll take a look!
  • A black background saves energy only with CRTs. Google had a post on their blog about just that.
  • A black background saves energy only with CRTs. Google had a post on their blog about just that.

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