Would someone show me the "gray bar"?

[eggypiece]

Hello to all:

I have read so many messages that mention the "gray bar" of a banned Goggle site, but has never seen one.

Would someone please point me to a URL with such condition?

Thanks!

[cyanide]

Here ya go


ps: It also shows up for secured pages too

What is the main/top reason a website gets the gray bar ban from Google?

[Kellare]

it turns grey for any site that google doesnt know anything about, not sure about the rest though.

[eggypiece]

Thanks Cyanide. Maybe I should be more specific.

What I really would like is to get the URL of one, or a couple of known sites which display such gray bar, so I can go there myself and see how it shows on my own browser. Couple of reasons for it:

1. I wish to test that my browser's Page Rank bar can indeed project that color, and
2. I wish to explore the sites and the source codes to see if I can figure out why those sites were "banned".

This is all out of curiosity and also as a learning experience.

Thanks for the responses.

[clasione]

Here is one:

https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/...pl%5Fid=105154

Gray bar - Too many parameters (?uds=%idep998?)

[pedstersplanet]

Originally Posted by clasione

Here is one:

https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/...pl%5Fid=105154

Gray bar - Too many parameters (?uds=%idep998?)

It's a secure connection (https) thats why....... All secured connections are greyed out AFAIK, and if anyone can say otherwise, be my guest.

[cyanide]

Yeah, I think the original poster was looking for a banned website. Unfortunately, I don't know of any.

... but maybe that's a good thing

[clasione]

You are very right pedstersplanet - I was too quick to the mouse..... Here's a banned site: www.blazingwebhosting.com

[cyanide]

Originally Posted by clasione

You are very right pedstersplanet - I was too quick to the mouse..... Here's a banned site: www.blazingwebhosting.com

They don't have grey bar, but it certainly looks like they were banned. Do you know why ?