Getting your site search bar to show in results? how?

[allreal]

I noticed when you google some terms the top result will not just display the standard site name and description, but sometimes that sites search box.

CollegeHumor.com's google example is here: http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl...-8&sa=N&tab=iw

Is there a way to optimize for this to get your search bar to show up for terms you have top results on?

[mangome]

I think is because of their higher pank rank

[corneo]

I think it is also paid advertisement. I know Collegehumor does pay for a lot of things.

[netrepreneur]

This is a new feature Google are rolling out... You can find also find it on Tesco.com. & a few other select high pr sites - it is not paid for!

[Kryvast]

Originally Posted by allreal

I noticed when you google some terms the top result will not just display the standard site name and description, but sometimes that sites search box.

CollegeHumor.com's google example is here: http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl...-8&sa=N&tab=iw

Is there a way to optimize for this to get your search bar to show up for terms you have top results on?

The sites that display the site search box are chosen algorithmically based on metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...e-tale-of.html

[dman_2007]

Noticed it a week ago for the first time, so far only visible for authority sites. Similar to how site links are only visible for a few selected sites.

[Filepeter]

This is paid function, its useful when you have a large database with tons of products. In their case products = videos, similar to youtube.

[allreal]

Where do you see it marketerd as a "paid function"

Like the rest of our snippets, the sites that display the site search box are chosen algorithmically based on metrics that measure how useful the search box is to users.

Thanks for all the info so far, any more input on this would be great as we optimize for things such as this.

Now the PROS and CONS?

Pros - More draw and immediate attraction to your site
Cons - May diminish page views and time on site as they utilize "Google" as the vertical search entry.

[megamoose]

Originally Posted by Kryvast

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...e-tale-of.html

I'd love to know exactly how it tells this though. I suppose just by tracking how many link backs to search results there are, but there must be some sort of optimization needed? Or maybe with the more active sites Google manually add a search bar

Mark

[Kryvast]

Originally Posted by Filepeter

This is paid function, its useful when you have a large database with tons of products. In their case products = videos, similar to youtube.

It's not paid, and some website owner that was algorithmically chosen to have that feature are not happy about it like amazon.

The problem, for some in the industry, is that when someone enters a term into that secondary search box, Google will display ads for competing sites, thereby profiting from ads it sells against the brand.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/bu...ewanted=1&_r=1

[mangome]

who knows for sure if it's payed or not?

[Kryvast]

Originally Posted by mangome

who knows for sure if it's payed or not?

Try to read the article first.

[carrot]

Read the article on teleporting. How do you get to be included in this list or is it all sites? Is this a paid service and does this not affect PR?

[allreal]

Thanks for all the replies to my initial reach out. I am sure we are all eager to see how this evolves and the effect on publishers. I wrote a blog post which I plan to keep expanding as this unravels: Google Release a New Search.

[Kryvast]

Originally Posted by carrot

Read the article on teleporting. How do you get to be included in this list or is it all sites? Is this a paid service and does this not affect PR?

Try to read this one also http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/bu...ewanted=1&_r=1

[carrot]

Thats for the additional article. This will be interesting to see how this plays out in the SEO world. Great post!