Google Rolls Out Sitelinks Display For Forums
Sep 30, 2009 at 10:47pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Discussion forums are a popular way for people to find answers online, but forums often have multiple "threads" or conversations on the same topic. Now Google's listing forums in a new way to better expose relevant threads.
In searches that bring up a forum listing, Google's now showing additional forum threads below the main listing, like this:
The format is similar to Google Sitelinks, small links that sometimes appear below the main listing that shows at the top of a Google search results page or recently, within the description as well. Internally, Google calls this "forum [...]
Filed in: Google: Sitelinks
Google “Jump To” Links Within Search Snippets
Sep 25, 2009 at 4:05pm ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Blog announced two new features within the Google search results we have spotted earlier. The first are the anchor based links and the second are the snippet based links. Google Testing Enhanced Listings, “Pagelinks" article from back in December 2008, told us this was coming as well. Here are pictures of both, that clearly describe each:
Anchor Based Jump To Links or Sitelinks:
Snippet Based Jump To or Sitelinks:
Both these types of links take you to the same page of the main link, but they anchor you down or jump you to a specific point on the page. This is [...]
Filed in: Google: SEO, Google: Sitelinks, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search, Google: Webmaster Central, Top News
Google Sitelinks Now In Snippets
Sep 11, 2009 at 9:17am ET by Barry Schwartz
The iCrossing blog noticed Google is trying displaying anchor based links directly in the Google search engine snippets (site descriptions). For example, a search for [pension contributions] returns a Wikipedia result with a link directly in the snippet. Here is a picture:
Google recently added anchor based Sitelinks, so this seems to be some sort of variation to that addition. I am not sure if I personally like the links in the snippet.
Hat tip to @rishil for sending this my way. [...]
Filed in: Google: SEO, Google: Sitelinks, Google: Web Search
Google AdWords Has Their Own Flavor Of Sitelinks
Aug 26, 2009 at 9:28am ET by Barry Schwartz
Darrin Ward noticed Google is displaying a form of Sitelinks in the AdWords ad position. I personally see it myself for a search at Google for [staples.com]. Here is a screen shot:
This seems to be some sort of extension of the one line site links or the product plusbox feature.
I will ask Google about this, but I expect the response to read something like, "We are continuously testing ways to improve the search experience with our search ads."
Postscript: Here is the official Google statement on this test:
As part of our ongoing commitment to help users find the information th [...]
Filed in: Google: AdWords, Google: Sitelinks
Google’s One line Sitelinks Now Support HTML Anchors
Aug 24, 2009 at 8:35am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Operating System blog noticed that some of the One line Sitelinks are now supporting links within the same page, that anchor the searcher down to a portion of the page.
For example, a search for [charles darwin] in Google returns a Wikipedia result at the top. The result has the classic one line Sitelinks, but instead of the Sitelinks hyperlinking to different pages, they hyperlink to the same page, but anchor down the page to a specific section. For example, clicking on religious views anchors the searcher to the "Religious views" section on the page, by appending the # sign t [...]
Filed in: Google: SEO, Google: Sitelinks, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search
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