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Google pulls plug on "Green" search engine Forestle

updated 07:30 pm EDT, Mon September 1, 2008

Google loses Forestle


Google has ended its affiliation with Forestle, the search engine that promised to donate all of its proceeds to save rainforests, according to Ars Technica. Google claimed Forestle.com offered "incentives to click artificially on sponsored links" despite a disclaimer at the top of the page telling visitors to "only click on Google sponsored links if you are really interested in them."

Forestle only lasted four days before Google pulled out. The money was going to the Adopt and Acre program to save rainforest acreage. Even in the limited time frame of activity, the site claimed to have saved almost 20,000 square yards.

Forestle says it is attempting to clarify and resolve issues with Google, but the future remains uncertain.


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  1. nat

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    09/02, 08:11am | report spam | reply

    hmmm...

    i prefer care2.com, it has been around for years and has a google search and they're legit (not that forestle isn't but one wonders after this).


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  1. Monstermind

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    09/02, 09:28am | report spam | reply

    Good.

    s**** the green doomsday cult.


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  1. Mr. Strat

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    09/02, 10:28am | report spam | (2 replies) | reply

    Who gives a s***?

    s**** the tree huggers. Trees are just another crop like wheat. It just takes longer to grow them. We are in no danger of running out of them.

    Get a f****** life!


  1. nat

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    09/02, 01:39pm | report spam | reply

    nice

    get a life! doomsday cult! wow. throughout history people (just like yourself) have ignored science, even denied it, only to be proven wrong over and over and over again. how does it feel to be lumped with the earth is the center of the universe people from 500 years ago? you don't feel stupid or nothing? no?
    like the man said - "you can't fix stupid".


  1. Guest

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    09/02, 01:58pm | report spam | reply

    Mac

    Mac users are supposed to be smarter. Monstermind and Mr. Stat are skewing the form!


  1. Guest

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    09/02, 02:02pm | report spam | reply

    big words

    Dude, you can't be throwing around those big words like "skewing", they're not going to have a clue as to what you're talking about!


  1. Mr. Strat

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    09/02, 03:23pm | report spam | reply

    Liberal losers

    You greeners need to get out more. Trees are not an endangered species...and we can easily make more of them. Who gives a s*** about a "green" search engine.

    Go m********* with your Obama posters.


  1. nat

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    09/02, 05:25pm | report spam | reply

    ouch!

    good argument strat! such a convincing presentation! where'd you get that, glenn beck? rush limbaugh? those pillars of science and knowledge? and to use the word m*********! such a clever touch!

    i'd rip your argument apart but something tells me it would be way over your head. after all, anyone who uses the argument that trees are not an endangered species is going to have a real difficult time with understanding an eco system. guess i'll stick with something you'll relate to...

    oh yeah man!

    there ya go. i await your snappy reply.


  1. Mr. Strat

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    09/02, 07:32pm | report spam | reply

    Clueless libs

    I live in the heart of spotted owl country. Believe it or not, the timber companies replant after they cut trees down. Perhaps you'd like to wipe your a** on a corncob?Go buy some carbon offsets to assuage your guilt for breathing.


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