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For better SEO last time we have seen how star rating can be implemented in website or blogger, while we also seen the importance and how Breadcrumb affect your search results. But today we are going to see new and advanced blogging tip on getting sitelinks search box to increase website traffic.
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Advantages - Google Sitelinks Search Box
Creating a website on Google is once easy but getting visits is one of the hard task. This is best option as it directly transfer all the visitors to your own search results instead of other Google pages that showing ads coming from 3rd party sites. One can only see 'search box' in search results if he/she searches for your brand name. If he/she is aware of your brand, chances are high that he/she will directly land to your website without searching it over Google. As a results of this, you would get more clicks and more visits, and that will help to get better control over the site navigation. It's possible the sitelinks search box - like other SERP features - can increases CTR for sites that it displays for. This could be an advantage if competitors are bidding on your brand name - and can help you earn those 1st pass clicks, even if users don't use the search box.How to display my website in google search results with Sitelinks Search Box
To implement this feature on your site or blog, your website must have a working SearchAction markup. The sitelinks search box (schema.org/SearchAction) is one of the most popular markups out there. Once you installed related markup, webmasters can use Schema.org from your index page. This markup uses, the property of "@type" to define your site type. Moreover, the property of "url" used to use your site URL of the site going to be searched. The "potentialAction" & "target" properties are used for supported action a user might take on targeted URL.Steps:
- Go to your HTML section of your site.
- Copy and past following code according to your site before </head> tag:
Google Sitelinks Search Box Code:
<!-- Google's Sitelinks Search Box On Your Website -->[Important: Here you need to change "yoursite" with your domain and "target" entity as per your site search link]
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "WebSite",
"url": "https://www.yoursite.com/",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://query.yoursite.com/search?q={search_term_string}",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
}
</script>
<!-- Google's Sitelinks Search Box On Your Website --> - Save the template and wait for Google to crawl your site.
- Done.
Don't like this feature, Opt out:
By default, searches performed in the sitelinks box sends users to the second set of Google results, refined to include to results from the target website. The second page also typically includes additional Google ads, giving the searcher a chance to click on an ad instead of visiting your website. And this is the reason why major websites like Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon does not have it.If you think, you also don't need this box, just add the following code in your site:
<meta name="google" content="nositelinkssearchbox" />
The Bottom Line
If you can get more traffic without losing anything, then why not implement this in our site? I would like to tell you the interesting part about SearchAction is can be seen in a branded search page; your brand stands out more qualified & your brand gonna rank high enough in any case. So have implemented the code for Google's sitelinks search box and share your experience with us.Social Tags: #Google #SERP #SEO #BloggingTips #Howto #Internet #Blogging
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