QA for Sitelinks Search Box
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hi all,
I have added the suggested code to my homepage as follows:
This was added 10 days ago.
I continue to see on Google SERPs a search box sitelink, but it produces a page of results on a secondary SERP page for my site instead of bringing people directly into my site to the search result page relative to their query.
Is there a time lag from the time the code was implemented to when it is functional on Google? Is there any way to QA the code to ensure it works correctly and if Google has yet to include it in their latest cache?
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FYI...my sitelink search boxes now take visitors to my site results page and no longer a secondary google serp. guess I just had to wait a bit longer for them to update their index.
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Yes, I agree that most search box sitelinks that have not been optimized produce a result such as the YouTube example.
However, many companies have taken that sitelink and modified the code on their site so that when used on a SERP, it directs traffic to their site's search result page for that query. an example would be if you go to Google and type Bestbuy.
The way I can tell the difference before ever typing anything into the search box is that those sites that have the basic sitelink will show in the box "Results from brand.com". Those that have optimized show "Search brand.com".
I want to know how to produce the second example so when people search, they come directly to my site instead of another search result page on Google.
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Hi friend,
Before getting to the issue, I would like you to please head to Google, type, youtube in the search box and hit Enter. When you see the sitelinks search box for Youtube, type anything in it and hit Enter. You will see list of items from Youtube in the form of an SERP and it will not take you to Youtube directly. This is how sitelinks search box works and the sitelinks search box will not take the visitor directly to the website in question.
Another example would be, to type hayesandjarvis in Google and do a search in the sitelinks search box.
Please let me know if I am missing anything here. Please feel free to write back.
Best regards,
Devanur Rafi
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