For those worried with energy consumption and all its downsides. When your
screen is white, being it an empty word page, or the Google page, your
computer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consumes only 59 watts.
Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the energy saving that would be
achieved if Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page
views, according to his calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be
saved.
In a response to this article Google created a black version of its search
engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version,
but with lower energy consumption, check it out.
Proof that the good people at Google are on top of everything! Every little bit helps.
2 responses so far ↓
1 TheMarkPike // Jul 24, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I don’t think Google did this themselves, per se.
They do allow people to create their own sites utilizing their search function, which it appears is what the fine people at Blackle have done.
It’s good to give Google credit when they do something great; but, it’s even more important to give props when the power of the people collectively solve a problem through open information architecture.
2 Hex // Jul 24, 2007 at 1:52 pm
wow. awesome post — so amazing. why do you think that they haven’t added an easily identifiable link on their really google page?
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