The problem seems to be that the text is both very small and uses very low-contrast colors (dark brown on black or something?). The almost per-word variation in text color for emphasis also seems to make the text harder to read (given that it's already hovering on the edge of readability).
Given that the text in that bar is mostly noise text, it's not all that important, but it'd be nice if the more useful search box stood out a bit more...