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Sub-Links of Organic SERP
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I would like to know if you can modify (or suggest) the sub-links under an organic listing. For Example:
Main Link/Title = COMPANY NAME - What We Do....
Sub-Links (popular pages within site) currently include links like:
Locations / Catalog Request / Bestsellers
Is it possible to suggest other pages as sub-links or do the search engines determine these?
Please advise, and thanks in advance....
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No, you can't actually tell or suggest to Google directly which sitelinks it should use.
You can tell it which site links not to use, and hope that it chooses another instead. In Google Webmaster Tools under Site Configuration > Sitelinks there is an option to "demote" specific sitelinks that you don't think should appear. Sometimes Google replaces it with another sitelink, sometimes Google just removes it, and sometimes Google decides to ignore your request.
But for getting new ones on there, the best you can do is make sure that the most important pages are linked to from your site's global navigation, and make sure there aren't too many not-most-important pages in the global navigation to confuse Google.
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