T.J. wrote:
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
> d9is3j$1777$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk">news:d9is3j$1777$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>> Mikkel Møldrup-Lakjer wrote:
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>>> I have installed the PR bar (with Alexis bar also) for Firefox.
>>> http://quirk.co.za/searchstatus/
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what the small red dot on the green bar means? (It is
>>> an asterisk if I choose to view the bar as text).
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>
>> I can only say (based on Webmasterworld irf I recall correctly) that the
>> dot
>> over the Alexa (blue) bar means inclusion in DMOZ. I imagine that the dot
>> over the green bar (which is rare to find) has something to do with
>> Google.
>>
>> Roy
>>
> I think it means the site is included in the Google directory.
> Right click over the green bar and you will see "Show Category"
> which then takes you to the Google directory.
I was going to venture a guess, but I see you came up with the facts. It's
always a good tool for telling spam sites apart from genuine ones. Wasn't
there some directory import among Google and DMOZ? Or am I confusing Yahoo
here...?
Roy
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