Google/SEO Q
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- nocomply
Is there something special I need to do to get a listing of a website's pages to appear directly below its entry in google's search results.
Example: when I search "qbn" in google, I get a listing of pages and popular threads that appears below the regular search listing.
I'm sure having an XML sitemap would help, but maybe this is outside of what I can control?
- acescence0
"The links shown below some sites in our search results, called Sitelinks, are meant to help users navigate your site. Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they’re looking for.
We only show Sitelinks for results when we think they’ll be useful to the user. If the structure of your site doesn’t allow our algorithms to find good Sitelinks, or we don’t think that the Sitelinks for your site are relevant for the user’s query, we won’t show them.
At the moment, Sitelinks are completely automated. We’re always working to improve our Sitelinks algorithms, and we may incorporate webmaster input in the future."
- JazX0
acescense is spot-on, you can control this in your Google Webmaster account. Block them if you want to block them and yes having an XML file to better show Google what you want and don't want in there also helps.
- Anders0
One of those Sitelinks to QBN is:
http://www.google.com/url?q=http…
- trooperbill0
cracks fingers: what you're after requires a site with close to 100 pages, well defined site structure... helps if you're a brand too... google then gives you the links, once you have them you have some control through webmaster tools tho not creating links, just what links are irrelivant
- acescence0
^^ don't think number of pages makes a difference, i've done 5 page sites that show up with sitelinks.
i do code those pages with good semantic markup though, and use unordered lists for navigation
- it helps with authority trust me.trooperbill
- # of pages is irrelevantJazX
- nocomply0
you guys are so bad-ass! many thanks!!