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It’s “Lights Out” for Google
SEM News Source: http://www.brentcsutoras.com
Published: Mar 31, 2008 - 03:03 pm
Story Found By: BrentCsutoras 1414 Days ago
Category: SEM
If you happen to visit Google today, Saturday March 29, 2008, you will notice they have turned the lights out on their homepage, in an effort to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.
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from Guillaume 1414 Days ago #
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Black is the new white!

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from aimClear 1414 Days ago #
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Nice to see you flexing your social news chops her more Brent. :) Thanks for the cool content.

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from theGypsy 1414 Days ago #
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well hey just cause I love a good rant... the best anti-Google post I was on this said the following;"Yeah, I love it. A bunch of ugly, aspirin-taking, limousine-riding, worldly-ignorant morons without an ounce of historic (or contemporary) knowledge making a STATEMENT. Which is what? That they HAVE CONTROL -- like so many other idiots throughout the recorded history of mankind over some over-rated, short-lived method of communication -- over what? If anything at all, it’s a debasement for Google, not a political advancement for anyone who doesn’t happen to live in the complete and utter fantasy of southern California. The vast majority of Google employees couldn’t save themselves from a summer breeze or walk two miles on a snowy road if they had to -- because they never had to make lunch before, perhaps. Maybe Serge and Brin have gone totally nuts, I don’t know. I don’t really care. But when international search engines start to flex their muscles for political reasons -- no matter who they are -- they’re dabbling in foolish and dangerous little thrusts designed to impact popularity, not sensibility. Those who suffer are those who THEY actually believe they are "helping". To me that is the pinnacle of stupidity and the definition of pseudo-intellectual pricks throughout the planet. ".... I do also concerns about the motivations :0) ...and of course love a good rant

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from BrentCsutoras 1414 Days ago #
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Sounds like just a rant to me.

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from iBrian 1412 Days ago #
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They did Google UK on Friday:http://sphinn.com/story/37588Actually thought I’d been hit with malware at first, especially when the link to Google.com was a broken redirect.The real story is that on Friday, Google.com was completely inaccessible to the UK IMO. That’s potentially one way to save energy. :)

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from crazycat 1412 Days ago #
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Good thing Google’s participated during the Earth Hour. :)

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from DarkMatter 1411 Days ago #
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so uh...how many people do you know who 1. knew anything about the earth hour2. turned their lights off?yeah, me neither.

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