San Francisco residents who logged on to Google on Saturday were met with a black version of the popular search engine home page. Read more at Search Engine Journal, a site I found using my new favorite web gem, StumbleUpon.
Google changed their look to support the City of San Francisco with their "Lights Out San Francisco" energy conservation initiative. While google has no plans to expand access for this layout or even to make it permanent, there is, apparently, an energy conservation conscientiousness movement that has been lobbying the google to do exactly that. Their contention is that by changing to a black background, google could directly impact energy conservation initiatives on a global scale. But is it so? The Google says
We’re committed to reducing the effects of climate change by promoting energy efficiency, but current evidence doesn’t suggest that a permanent change to a black background would be beneficial to either the environment or our users.
You will, of course, notice that I have changed to the black background, as well. What can I say? I'm a giver. I give back to the environment. Just doing my part.
3 Messages of Encouragement Received Today:
I think that it would help for a while and then eventually it would lose its affect and it would just be a black page. I don't believe there would be any harm in Google keeping the page black though, just in case :)
You always seemed like a giver rather then a receiver...but that's just me.
And I got this myspace message from Eric:
Dont Make Bobby Dale Mad Yall!!! Stopit now!!
Body: Dear Lurlene Marie and Cecil,
Yall best not let meemaw know that Bobby Dale farted in line at Luby's after the cornbread festival last Sundee. Yall been spreadin it around like honey butter all over yalls myspaces yall. I know yall told Peepaw it was the steamed collard greens the little oriental lady put in the winda' , but he aint stupid. He's just blind as a rooster. He can smell yall.
Love yall,
Billy Don
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