Of course the environment is someone elses problem that they will fix. And when it comes to money the “needs of me are greater than the needs of the many”. Though both the wealthy and the poor enjoy the same air.
According to research, a single Google ’search’ requires enough electricity to boil a kettle – doubtful (or is it?) but probably would raise the temperature of the water noticeably.
How much energy would Google save if they listened to their customers who politely ask them continuously to give them an easy way to block results from Experts Exchange? I’ve asked Google this to be ignored. I have, however, found a solution but first, I see postings from thousands of people requesting experts-exchange be “optionally de-listed” or at least moved further down the search results.
Look here:
A Google query: fsck log centos5
Returned 3510 results.
Here’s a corresponding query that removes the results from EE
fsck log centos5 -experts-exchange
returned 880 results.
In other words, about a quarter. You probably couldn’t reliably equate that as a 75% saving in electricity but if you consider the time wasted by individuals clicking on results, waiting for the page to load then to find they have to pay for the answer, before pressing the back button, juggling the words about and doing another search.
When you add it all up it probably equates to the same amount of greenhouse gas from a small herd of grass munching and flatulent cows.
I don’t know how many query’s on Google I do per day but when doing Adobe, Linux, SQL and stuff I must do 20 to 30/hour so getting on for 300 a day some days.
Anyway, Experts-Exchange – you are a menace and a time waste – I get it free of the web and can’t see any point in paying for something collected and shared by the goodwill of others.
Heres a clue to solve the problem – http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/
CSE is Custom Search Engine.
Look at how to use the Google Marker – http://www.google.com/coop/cse/marker
Turn off experts-exchange using the marker.
Seems to work. Make sure to use the custom search engine and add it to your default search.
