I’m not sure how difficult it is to take a look at the “About Blackle” link, or notice the “a Heap Media Site”, but apparently it’s too complicated for North Dakota’s KX News.
You can watch their news segment via this video.
Here’s a partial transcript…
Google is a popular search engine on the World Wide Web…
And saving energy has been a popular topic of discussion these days…
So Google decided to do it’s part to save energy…by going black.
The founders of Google have created “Blackle.” It’s basically the same search engine but in black instead of white.
This is because a white screen uses more energy than a black one…
Normally, I wouldn’t bother embarrassing another media outlet, but c’mon, it’s plain lazy to not click a few links.
- Save & Share
Similar Stories in: Search | Forward: Email This Post
Similar posts you may like...
7 comments on “Dear KX News: Blackle Is Not an Official Google Site”
Leave a comment?
- Baidu’s Business Model Faces Legal Challenges
- Power.com Offers One-Stop Shop for Social Networking
- Facebook Connect – Great Feature or Another Privacy Nightmare?
- New Research: Companies Turn to Email to Increase Customer Engagement
- Social Media: Failure to Launch
- WPP Heads East with ITOP 24/7 Ad Network in China
- Why Social Media May Not be Right For You!
- Last Chance: $300 in Your Pocket & My Reputation Management Secrets!
- Web Video Watchers Have Short Attention Spans
- Live Search Webmaster Center Tackles Malware In Latest Update
- Win Copies of Tsufit's Book "Step Into The Spotlight" - 119 comments
- Motrin Faces Twitter Headache Over New Video Campaign - 76 comments
- Just How Much Transparency Should We Expect from President Obama? - 40 comments
- Facebook Ad Rates Fall: When 32% Growth Is Not Enough - 32 comments
- On-Demand Indexing Comes to Google...Site Search - 30 comments
- Should Yahoo's Jerry Yang Resign? - 27 comments
- Barack Obama Wins - So does CNN & Google - 25 comments
- Why Social Media May Not be Right For You! - 23 comments
- Yellow Pages Continue Toward Fossilization - 22 comments
- Mark Cuban Lives in Hot Water - 22 comments
- Online Reputation Management Free Guide
- 26 Free Online Media Monitoring Tools
- 200+ Internet Marketers on Twitter
- The Five Pillars of Social Media Marketing
- How to Optimize Your Blog Post Titles
- The Top 10 Mistakes Search Marketing Firms Make
- Managing Negative Reviews for Hotels and Small Businesses
- How to Optimize Your Blog Post Permalinks
- Google Reputation Management Advice
Marketing Jobs
Sidebar Sponsors
Ciaran Says:
October 24th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Especially when the site in question is goodness knows how many months old…
Chris Says:
October 24th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Are..they..supposed..to..be.. professional..writters!?
….
……
KX in the News | Midspot Says:
October 24th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
[...] See the KX News story here and the online mockery of it here. [...]
Chalata Says:
October 25th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Im actually using darkoogle.com instead.
Doug Mehus Says:
October 25th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Too funny. I wonder if they thought that adult website search engine that was a Google parody (what was it called, booble!?) was a Google owned site, too!
Cheers,
Doug
Energy Saver Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
The Carbon Neutral Search Engine also offers black background search using Google Custom Search but offsets a minimum of 100g of CO2 per search. Again not related to Google … I wonder will KX News make that mistake again
Mike Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
There are around 16 different versions of “black google” online. The best one I’ve found is http://www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to http://www.cleanblack.com/theme/