Paul Jacobson

A black Google start screen?

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 landing page to black the energy saving across the board would be pretty significant.

Wouldn’t that be a good way to save energy?  I wonder what a black Google search page would look like?

Update: Jyaif commented that the Google blog has a post about just this issue and it does.  It turns out that turning the Google page black could actually increase energy usage in some monitors.  The blog post then sets out a couple things you can do to reduce the amount of energy you are using by enabling the energy saving features of your computer and monitor.  Thanks for the comment Jyaif!

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  1. Jonathan Sutherland avatar
    Jonathan Sutherland

    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.

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  2. Pablo avatar
    Pablo

    Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.

    Reply
  3. Jonathan Sutherland avatar
    Jonathan Sutherland

    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.

    Reply
  4. Jonathan Sutherland avatar
    Jonathan Sutherland

    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.

    Reply
  5. Jonathan Sutherland avatar
    Jonathan Sutherland

    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.

    Reply
  6. Pablo avatar
    Pablo

    Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.

    Reply
  7. Pablo avatar
    Pablo

    Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.

    Reply
  8. Pablo avatar
    Pablo

    Check out this web site: blackle.com. It uses the google custom search but the landing page is black.

    Reply
  9. Paul avatar
    Paul

    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!

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  10. Paul avatar
    Paul

    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!

    Reply
  11. Paul avatar
    Paul

    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!

    Reply
  12. Paul avatar
    Paul

    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!

    Reply
  13. Jyaif avatar
    Jyaif

    A black background saves energy only with CRTs. Google had a post on their blog about just that.

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  14. Jyaif avatar
    Jyaif

    A black background saves energy only with CRTs. Google had a post on their blog about just that.

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  15. Jyaif avatar
    Jyaif

    A black background saves energy only with CRTs. Google had a post on their blog about just that.

    Reply
  16. masmax avatar
    masmax

    I suggest http://www.pixeleco.com
    because it’s the best Black Google search engine out there and saves energy too.

    Reply

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