Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google sitelinks'

Google Sitelinks Linking to Wrong Sites?

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that someone is noticing that his site's Sitelinks in Google are pointing to a different site. I am not sure how that is possible. How can Google link a Sitelink for one site to a different...

Google AdWords Ad Sitelinks, Now Official

Back in August, Google began testing Sitelinks for AdWords, now it is official. The Google AdWords blog announced it last night, telling us this is a feature specifically designed to provide "users with more options, you can create richer, more...

Blocking Google Sitelinks Can Take Two Weeks Or More

A Google Webmaster Help thread informs us that Google can take about two weeks to remove a blocked Sitelink from showing up in the search results. Google's JohnMu said: A change like this can take two weeks or a bit...

Google Webmaster Tools Showing Sub-Sitelinks

I know Google has been showing many variations of sitelinks in the search results for a while now. I also know, Google began showing Sitelinks for specific sub domains and sub directories for about a year now. But I have...

Google Names My "Deep Sitelinks" as "Forum Sitelinks"

Last night, the official Google Blog announced that they are now showing Forum Sitelinks. This is a special form of Sitelinks, which I previously named deep(er) Sitelinks. Here is a picture: It is incredibly useful with blogs, forums and any...

Yes, Google Is Showing Deeper Sitelinks In Different Formats

I have been getting emails, Twitter messages and seeing threads that more and more people are seeing this newish kind of Sitelink. It isn't brand new, it has been around for some time now, but it is 100% showing up...

Google's Sitelinks Within Search Result Snippets

Remember a few weeks ago Google started with anchor based Sitelinks for specific sites? Well, now it seems like Google is trying to put these types of links directly in the search engine snippet (i.e. the description in the search...

New Set of Google Penalties & New Siteslinks

A continuously updated WebmasterWorld thread has discussion about penalties, new sitelinks and more. WebmasterWorld administrator, Tedster, summed up what he is seeing in this thread and others. There are two main things going on: (1) Sites that have been ranking...

Google AdWords Doing Sitelinks Also

My old time buddy, Darrin Ward (founder of SEOChat back in the day), blogged about noticing Sitelinks in the Google AdWords ads. Here is a picture, which I can see myself, for a search on staples.com. Notice the four links...

Google Tries Same Page Anchor Sitelinks

Over a week ago, a WebmasterWorld thread reported that Google was testing a new form of Sitelinks. These sitelinks didn't link to different URLs, but instead, linked to the same URL but with anchors (i.e. # signs at the end...

Google Blocking Word "Google" In WebmasterWorld's Sitelinks?

A WebmasterWorld thread pointed out a very interesting observation in Google. A search for WebmasterWorld in Google shows Sitelinks for the site. But one of those Sitelinks seem to be cut off, the one with the "Google" in front of...

Google Confirms One Line Sitelinks (Aka Classic Sitelinks)

Google has confirmed last week that they are officially bring "one-line sitelinks" to the Google search results. In early March rumors of these Sitelinks were spotted first in the UK region. Then the tests of the classic sitelinks continued and...

Are One Line Sitelinks Here To Stay: A Deeper Look

Google has been testing showing classic (one line) Sitelinks in the search results for a while now. The one line Sitelinks are interesting in that they seem to differ some from the Sitelinks we are typically accustomed to. Melanie Phung...

See Google "Classic" Sitelinks In Action (One Line Sitelinks)

About a month ago, we reported Google was testing classic Sitelinks, i.e. one line Sitelinks. Well, now it seems like we can reproduce the single line Sitelinks. A Google Webmasters Help thread shows how two different queries return different types...

Google UK Testing "Classic" One Line Sitelinks

I posted a search brief on this topic at Search Engine Land, when I saw Search Engine War noticing Google UK testing single line Sitelinks. But it seems like more folks in the UK are noticing the "classic" Sitelinks showing...

Google Sitelinks Disappear? Should You Worry?

The first week of January, when we wrote about the Major Google Search Results Changes, January 2009, I noticed the Google Sitelinks for this site, disappeared. Today, I noticed they are back. Today, also, many webmasters are noticing they have...

Google Sitelinks Being Cut Off?

I am a huge fan of Google Sitelinks for a lot of reasons. But what do you do when the Sitelinks Google is displaying for your site is wrong? The manage Sitelinks feature doesn't give you too many options, outside...

Google Now Showing Sitelinks for Some Sub-Directories

As Googler, Matt Cutts Twittered, he now has Sitelinks under his domain for a search on [matt cutts]. Why did it take Matt over two years to get Sitelinks for his domain when it is such an authoritative source? The...

Disabling Google Sitelinks May Not Hide Them in Google.com

In Google Webmaster Tools, you can disable your Google Sitelinks from showing up in the Google search results. But according to a Google Groups thread, it doesn't work. Personally, I don't know anyone who doesn't want Sitelinks to show up...

Why Don't My Sitelinks on Google.com Match My Webmaster Tools Sitelinks?

A question I hear a lot is why don't the Sitelinks I see in a Google search result, match what I see when I login to Google Webmaster Tools? For example, here are the Sitelinks I see for a search...

Google Sitelinks Adds Time Stamps in Webmaster Tools

An updated WebmasterWorld thread notes that Google has appeared to add a time stamp value to the last date Google updated your Google Sitelinks. The time stamp can be found by logging into your Google Webmaster Tools, clicking on "Links"...

Yahoo's "Quick Links" Looking More Like Google's Sitelinks

A supporters-only WebmasterWorld thread (and now a standard WebmasterWorld thread) have discussion around the new look of Yahoo's Quick Links. Yahoo's Quick Links, which we first reported on back in 2005, and then again a year ago - is basically...

Do Google Sitelinks Influence Your Search Rankings?

Google's sitelinks, which we have covered extensively are the little links you see under a search result in Google, typically between 4 and 8 sub-links. Here is a picture of our Sitelinks: A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion about the importance...

Google Sitelinks in Position 60?

A Google Groups thread has discussion about one webmaster that sees Sitelinks for his site in position 60. The search is for vacation realty and in the 60th position. While, I do not see the Sitelinks at that position, the...

New Wave of Google Sitelinks Given to Sites

It looks like Google Sitelinks have had a update, and now mine look a lot better than they were previously. Here are my new sitelinks: Whereas before during the March update that added sitelinks to my domain just didn't look...

March '08 Google Sitelinks Update

There are many reports via DigitalPoint Forums that Google has added the Sitelinks feature to many new sites. Tamar even mentioned to me yesterday that a search on tamar weinberg now returns Sitelinks for her site. The last Google Sitelinks...

More Sites Get Google Sitelinks Feature

Reports are coming from WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums that more sites are obtaining those much sought after Google Sitelinks. Now that you can get up to 8 Sitelinks for your listing, people simply want them. My web development company now...

Google Sitelinks Update on November 29, 2007

Gabs reported Google has done a Sitelinks update. He is indeed correct. The first Sitelinks update was in February 2007 and then we had a new recent one where Google expanded them to 8 sitelinks per result. Here is the...

See 8 Google Sitelinks in Action

Yesterday, I got confirmation that Google is now showing up to 8 Sitelinks for a search result. I tried to find real examples of this in action, and finally found something that works on my computer. A search for search...

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