Sitelinks Search Box


A sitelinks search box is a quick way for people to search your site or app immediately on the search results page. On 2 May 2019 Google added New function on Google Search Console the Sitelinks Search Box. 


What is this Sitelinks Search Box?

The Sitelinks Search Box is a search box that appears within a result on Google. It allows you to search on a website that was shown in the search results on Google. Sounds vague? We will clarify this with a short story. Discover the complete SEO checklist.

 

Let’s say a friend told you about a movie with a cute kitten on a website where you can watch all sorts of videos that have been uploaded by random people. You’ve forgotten the exact URL, but you remembered that the website’s called YouTube. So, you go to Google.com and enter ‘youtube’. Google now serves you the following results, where the first one has the new Sitelinks Search Box.

 

Google Search can expose a search box scoped to your website when it appears as a search result. This search box is powered by Google Search. However, if you wish to power this search box with your own search engine, or if you want search results also to include an associated mobile app, you can do so using structured data embedded on your website.

 

Search users sometimes enter the brand name or URL of a known site or app, only to do a more detailed search once they reach their destination. For example, users searching for pizza pins on Pinterest would type Pinterest or pinterest.com into Google Search—either from the Google App or from their web browser—then load the site or Android app, and finally search for a pizza. The search box provides a quick way for users to search your site or app immediately on the search results page. The search box implements real-time suggestions and other features.