Last month, Google announced new and extended sitelinks. The maximum number of sitelinks increased from eight to 12:
If Google decides to display sitelinks for your website, your site will get a much more prominent display than before.
How to make your sitelinks more attractive
Google uses the first 30-35 characters of the meta description tag of a web page for the snippets.
To increase the number of clicks on the snippets, you should optimize your meta description tags:
- The first 35 characters in the meta description tag should contain a clear description of the page and/or a call-to-action.
- Each page of your website should have its own meta description.
Note that Google updates the sitelinks of a website periodically. It may take some time before the new descriptions of your web pages appear in the sitelinks.
How to get sitelinks
In general, Google shows sitelinks if it is sure that a website is the exact match for a search query (usually product name or company name searches). Google generates the sitelinks for your website based on your website navigation and based on the links that point to your website.
If Google does not show sitelinks for your website then you should work on your website navigation:
- Avoid JavaScript and Flash navigation and try to use regular <a href> links as often as possible.
- If you use images for your website navigation, make sure that the images contain alternative texts that allow Google to categorize your links.
Do not use too many navigation links and make it easy for web surfers and search engines to find out which pages of your website are the most important pages. The better a web page is linked, the more likely it is that it will appear in the sitelinks on Google.
Sitelinks are a nice addition for brand name searches but they usually don’t appear for searches that consist of two to four words. These words are the most important keywords for website promotion and search engine optimization.
To get high rankings for keywords that lead to more customers and more sales, optimize your web pages with IBP’s Top 10 Optimizer. The Top 10 Optimizer analyzes the content of your web pages, the backlinks of your web pages and popularity of your website on social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. You also get detailed advice on how to improve your pages so that they get top 10 rankings on Google.
What are Google Sitelinks?
Google Sitelinks are displayed in Google search results and are meant to help users navigate your website. Google systems analyze the link structure of your website to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information. Sitelinks are completely automated by Google’s algorithm. In short, Google Sitelinks are shortcuts to your main pages from the search result pages.
How can we get Sitelinks for our website?
If you can meet the above mentioned criteria, you’ll have a big chance to get Sitelinks shown for your site. But you can also improve the structure of your website to increase the possibility and quality of your Sitelinks.
Google seems to use the first level links on a website for the Sitelinks, so make sure all your important links are on the homepage.
The links should be text links or image links with an IMG ALT attribute. JavaScript or Flash links are not considered for Sitelinks. Also, it seems that Google likes links that appear at the top of a webpage. So try to put your important links at the top of the HTML code and then re-position using CSS.
Overall, build your website following SEO best practices and rank no.1 for your most important keywords will ensure the Sitelinks appearances and help users to navigate your website.
Read about previous Google +1 Ranking Article…
Google +1 as a ranking factor: how it influences your website
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