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Google web search displays times visited to certain websites (beside URL in search results) even after clearing history. Why is this and how can I turn it off?

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When searching specific sites on Google, the result displays in purple and Google shows how many visits I have made. I have cleared my recent history, my cache and even tried changing the colors of visited sites... Nothing works

Please help or at least explain the issue

When searching specific sites on Google, the result displays in purple and Google shows how many visits I have made. I have cleared my recent history, my cache and even tried changing the colors of visited sites... Nothing works Please help or at least explain the issue

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Hey Bill, I was wondering if you have tried restarting firefox? Sometimes you have to completely reboot the program to have any preference changes set in