Sitelinks Search Box impact for SEO
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I am wondering how the relatively new sitelinks search box impacts the SEO rankings for a specific site or keyword combination - do you guys have any experience or bechmarks on this?
Obviously it should help on getting more real estate on the SERP page (due to adding the search box), but do you also get extra goodwill and improved SERP position from adding it?
Also, is the impact different on different type of terms, let's say single brand or category term such as "Bestbuy" (or "coupon") or a combination term "Bestbuy Apple" (or "Dixons coupon")?
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks Leonie, so I guess if CTR goes up, so must ranking eventually...
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Hi Tjr, I'm also curious about that, but can't find anything, that sitelinksearchbox improve the SEO ranking, by adding the searchbox. schema.org to your site.
I think it will increase you're ctr and by that you can gain ranking, but the tool itselfs i doubt that.
The thing i like about it, that you can send searches direct to your site, so you get rid of you'r competitors as soon people use your sitelink search. on the other site, you can only see the searchbox by google-ing a brand name. so people already are interested in the brand
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