davelms - 8:28 am on May 30, 2005 (gmt 0)

ii) New google directory (alpha) is already hiding PR bar. e.g. [directory.google.com...]

Isn't that just the alphabetical order? :-) The link to order in PageRank order is still on that example page, and shows the PR bar, with a toggle for the display order to go between PR or Alphabetical ordering. I had merely assumed "alpha" meant the ordering, given it appears as the URL when you request alphabetical order, and not a new version. Did I miss a trick here?