{"id":642098,"date":"2024-10-21T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-search-to-drop-sitelinks-search-box\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:00:00","slug":"google-search-to-drop-sitelinks-search-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-to-drop-sitelinks-search-box\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Search to drop Sitelinks Search Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29442bb1087\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29442bb1087\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-to-drop-sitelinks-search-box\/#This_does_not_impact_sitelinks_but_will_impact_the_search_box_sitelinks_feature\" >This does not impact sitelinks but will impact the search box sitelinks feature.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_does_not_impact_sitelinks_but_will_impact_the_search_box_sitelinks_feature\"><\/span>This does not impact sitelinks but will impact the search box sitelinks feature.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle is deprecating the Sitelinks Search Box, the search box you see under some search result snippets for some categories of queries. This feature launched ten years ago and is now being dropped from Google globally, in all languages and regions in starting on November 21, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Sitelinks Search box. <\/strong>A sitelinks search box is a quick way for people to search your site or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely on the search results page. The search box implements real-time suggestions and other features, Google said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Google said. <\/strong>Google <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\">posted<\/a> on the Search Central blog that the reason is it being removed is due to lack of use. Google said \u201cover time, we\u2019ve noticed that usage has dropped.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>To \u201chelp simplify the search results, we\u2019ll be removing this visual element starting on November 21, 2024,\u201d Google added. Google said it will roll out globally across all search results, in all languages and countries. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What they look like. <\/strong>Here is a screenshot of what these Sitelinks Search Boxes look:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"432\" alt=\"Google Sitelinks Search Box\" class=\"wp-image-447684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box.png.webp 586w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box-458x338.png.webp 458w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box-153x113.png.webp 153w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box.png.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box.png.webp\" alt=\"Google Sitelinks Search Box\" class=\"wp-image-447684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box.png.webp 586w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box-458x338.png.webp 458w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/10\/google-sitelinks-search-box-153x113.png.webp 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Does not impact Sitelinks or Search. <\/strong>Google said this does not impact your search rankings or the other sitelinks in the search results. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t affect rankings or sitelinks otherwise, and won\u2019t be listed in the Search status dashboard,\u201d Google wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More details. <\/strong>Google will remove the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/7552505\">Search Console rich results report<\/a>\u00a0for Sitelinks Search box and Google will also stop highlighting the markup in the\u00a0Google <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/rich-results\">Rich Results Test<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google said you can remove\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/structured-data\/sitelinks-searchbox\">sitelinks search box structured data<\/a>\u00a0from your site but added \u201c:there\u2019s no need to do so.\u201d \u201cUnsupported structured data like this won\u2019t cause issues in Search, and won\u2019t trigger errors in Search Console reports. If you decide to remove sitelinks search box\u00a0 structured data, note that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/site-names#add-structured-data\">site names<\/a>\u00a0also uses a variation of WebSite structured data, which continues to be supported,\u201d  Google added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>The Sitelinks Search Box can be a quick way for searchers to do quick internal search searches for your website directly from the Google search results page. Google said it was not used as much as it used to, but if you did get a lot of usage out of this feature, then you may be impacted in some way.  <\/p>\n<p>Maybe consider making your internal search box more prominent if you are concerned that Google won\u2019t provide this for your users directly in Google Search.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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