Google Search now officially BLACK ?

[Gigacore]

When I opened google just few minutes ago, I noticed it is BLACK!. With this msg:

We've turned the lights out. Now it's your turn - Earth Hour (http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2370798420_01ced68ea0.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2370798420_0ce52380c0_o.jpg)

Check it out now: www.google.com

[hullap]

i get nthn like this

[The Outsider]

its http://www.google.co.uk/

[Gigacore]

Hmmm... Check the screenshot in post 1

its http://www.google.co.uk/

na, its www.google.com , check the screenshot

[The Outsider]

not yet at my side mate, even the Earth Hour page does a 404 with .com, works with .uk though.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7558/42819353mr4.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=42819353mr4.jpg)

[Gigacore]

well click on the Earth Hour link and read it. Its just for 1 Hour and only in US. http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/

not yet at my side mate, even the Earth Hour page does a 404 with .com, works with .uk though.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7558/42819353mr4.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=42819353mr4.jpg)

oh ok, here's what it says:

Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com (http://www.google.com/) homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour (http://www.earthhour.org/). As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html). However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (http://www.climatesaverscomputing.org/individuals/index.html).
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.
Given our company's commitment to environmental awareness and energy efficiency (http://www.google.com/corporate/green/energy/), we strongly support the Earth Hour campaign, and have darkened our homepage today to help spread awareness of what we hope will be a highly successful global event.


Why did Google choose this specific organization?
We believe in doing our part to help combat climate change, and found the Earth Hour initiative to be a timely, important event. Further, we think the "lights out" idea's individual-centered nature is something that millions of people worldwide can participate in. In short, we really like it. So we did something about it.
How can I get Google to do something similar for my organization or project?
We welcome your ideas on how we can become more socially and environmentally responsible. Although we can't guarantee either a placement on the Google homepage or even a response to every query, we do read every email we receive and welcome your ideas of organizations that you believe we should feature. If you'd like to submit a proposal, please send it to us at proposals@google.com.

[The Outsider]

true, but still it doesn't work with .com :lol:

[Gigacore]

true, but still it doesn't work with .com :lol:

But its working fine here! Check the URL in the screenshot. I tried in Opera, IE and FF as well.!

[abhinandh]

workin here also

[ring_wraith]

Google says that modern displays use the same amt. of energy to display all colors. This is not entirely true. Blacks do consume lower power than whites. In fact, I read in a book that if Google changed the background to black, it would save a lot of energy, but will never do so because it contradicts their image.

I'm happy they didn't. The black one looks plain ugly.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Worked for me.

[rohan_shenoy]

Google.com is black.
Google.co.in (Google India) is white.

[hullap]

.co.uk is working

[praka123]

google.com for me is shown as black

[harsha]

great move... :D welcome from all angel :D

[debsuvra]

It is black for me too. I am also joining the campaign tonight. :D

[Rockstar11]

Google.co.uk is black.
Google.co.in is white.
Google.com is white.

[kumarmohit]

^^ Same here.

[s18000rpm]

the home page is black, but the results page is white:p

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/s18krp.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/s18krp.jpg/view/)http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/s18krp1.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/s18krp1.jpg/view/)

[nvidia]

Google.com and .co.in black here..

[Pathik]

So Google.co.in should be black from 8.00 to 9.00pm IST.
BTW the search results page is still white in .co.uk

[Chirag]

@rockstar - .com black for me

[koolbluez]

And i was thinking u were bumpin that ol Black Google thread... that http://www.blackle.com/ & http://www.jabago.com/ !!!

[ThinkFree]

Seeing with white background.

[gowtham]

google.co.uk is in black for me, .com and .co.in r in white.......
The time is 8:36pm and i am in AP, India!

[ax3]

mayb MORE pollution in ur territory of ISP whereas ours, quite clean ....

just kidding ....

no changes 4 me 2 .....

[clmlbx]

yaha to sabh hi jaga light hai..kahi bhi andhera nahi hai............na uk,na in or nahi com me...........