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Blackle - Energy Saving Search

Google is the second brain for many coders hungry for information. I as a coder cannot imagine a single day at work without Google. Few days back (22 April to be precise), it was Earth's day and I was wondering how we as coders can do our bit for our planet and fight against Global Warming. So I thought I would blog about Blackle :-)

The idea behind Blackle: Google uses white background which consumes more power, and considering the huge number of queries Google gets (about 200 million each day), according to calculations, a black version of Google would save 750 mega watts / hour per year.

So next time you want to search for information, try http://www.blackle.com :-) For more info on Blackle, visit http://www.blackle.com/about

Also help spread the word about Blackle by telling your coder friends about it, ask them to blog about Blackle incase they have a blog ;-)

Cheers,
Raj

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Published Apr 24 2008, 08:45 PM by raj
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Ankur Dewani said:

Considering that blackle works only on CRT it might be a waste when it comes to our new tech of Plasmas and LCD’s using liquid display…. But Energy is only 1 part of the concern, there is also the myth of the internet bandwidth being limited.

( news.cnet.com/2100-1034_3-6237715.html ) and various articles covered in the past few months have all been focused around how Ineternet usage and bandwidth would be 50 times more than today and the content created then would jam the internet space.

Typically utilization of bandwidth and usage is directly proportional to the no.,quality & results of QUERIES that a user inputs from the moment he logs on. These queries can be as simple as searching, or as intense as uploading. At the end of it, its all about minimizing the no. of queries.

We are trying to research the potential ways of minimizing these queries by pre-defining most searched “keywords” & “categories”.

By not entering any search query, or typing for searches you would be skipping multiple steps and help in saving energy and bandwidth.

If we all try and add to this pre-defined list of searches, we can help save far more energy, bandwidth and money.

Help us all move towards the green technology.

http://www.lazii.com

(currently in beta stage)

September 15, 2008 12:49 AM

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