Little black stars in organic Google site description

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sysgen, Feb 7, 2008.

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    I did a search today (for "globalsources") and noticed the text Google displays for organic results for the site globalsources.com includes tiny black stars in the description text.

    Anyone familiar with how these graphic stars are being generated, and why they only appear in Google and not other engines? Maybe I am just not savvy enough yet, but from scouring over the source code of the indexed page, it didn't seem obvious to me where they are coming from.

    Thanks!
     
    sysgen, Feb 7, 2008 IP
  2. Shadab

    Shadab Peon

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    Taking a look at their (globalsources.com) page source, heres what i found :
    
<META NAME="description"
   content="Manufacturers Directory ★ China Manufacturers ★ Listing suppliers
   from China, Taiwan, India & worldwide. Reliable Chinese manufacturer &
   supplier information. " >
    HTML:
    Looks like this is that star's character code : & #9733; (without space)
     
    Shadab, Feb 7, 2008 IP
  3. sysgen

    sysgen Active Member

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    thanks, I am not sure how I missed that, it is so obvious :-(

    I appreciate your reply, and now it's obviously time I take a break from 16 hour days and get a little rest. Sorry for wasting bytes ;-)
     
    sysgen, Feb 7, 2008 IP