Influencing Sitelinks - Achievable with Schema or Solely Automated by Google
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I'm looking to influence the sitelinks that appear under my main website. I found a Google article here about how to mark up the sitelinks: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/sitelinks-searchbox. Then I found another Google article about how the sitelinks are automated: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/47334?hl=en.
Which is it? Can I influence the sitelinks or not? And is there a maximum number? I can't find any up to date articles that are accurate, because most still reference the remove sitelinks tool in Google Search Console which is no longer available.
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Hi,
At the moment, sitelinks are automated. Please also check below thread.
https://moz.com/community/q/how-to-get-sitelinks-in-organic-serps
Thanks
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