Sitelinks

[coolslko]

I know about incoming, inbound, outbound links backlinks but can anyone tell me about what are the sitelinks?

thanks in advance.

[cEejay_01]

These are the sublistings listed by google which they think will be useful for the user,. Sitelinks are automated.

Sitelinks are meant to help users navigate your site. Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they're looking

[ezhel]

Sitelinks are extra links that appear below some search results in Google. They serve as shortcuts to help users quickly navigate to the important pages on your site.

[corlock]

I think that to be able SERP show the site link of a specific website, it is considered trusted and must have an authority or something.

also, site links that is shown on the image previously posted is on the #1 position, which basically means that it has the most relevancy to the query.

[shakir]

not much clear , expecting more posting ...

[aira]

Sitelinks are links to different parts of a site (aka internal links). Often appeared below the main heading link and description at SERPs

[~DaRk-EyE~]

Sitelinks are created automatically by an algorithm...

[bogs]

Google Sitelinks are little sub-listings that usually appear under the first listing on the first page in Google search results.



Sitelinks created automatically by google algo...

[Rankenstein]

Originally Posted by corlock

I think that to be able SERP show the site link of a specific website, it is considered trusted and must have an authority or something.

Hi Corlock, not to pick on you specifically, because you said "I think..." which is fine, nothing wrong with thinking but:

That's just speculation - the sitelinks are just done automatically by Google, there isn't a suggestion of trust or authority. Vanessa Fox of Google said:

"Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they're looking for... If the structure of your site doesn't allow our algorithms to find good Sitelinks, or we don't think that the Sitelinks for your site are relevant for the user's query, we won't show them... At the moment, Sitelinks are completely automated."

As soon as the sitelinks appeared on Google, people started saying
"It's because the site is trusted"
or
"They do this for authority sites"
as if it was a fact. It's not, and there has never been any proper evidence for it being a sign of trust or authority. It's an assumption, which I don't think is correct, because where's the proof that it is? There is none.

Not that it's that important, anyway.

[redeemer_spawn]

I must agree guys that sitelinks were automatically automated by google algo.,

[corlock]

Originally Posted by Rankenstein

Hi Corlock, not to pick on you specifically, because you said "I think..." which is fine, nothing wrong with thinking but:

That's just speculation - the sitelinks are just done automatically by Google, there isn't a suggestion of trust or authority. Vanessa Fox of Google said:

"Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they're looking for... If the structure of your site doesn't allow our algorithms to find good Sitelinks, or we don't think that the Sitelinks for your site are relevant for the user's query, we won't show them... At the moment, Sitelinks are completely automated."

As soon as the sitelinks appeared on Google, people started saying
"It's because the site is trusted"
or
"They do this for authority sites"
as if it was a fact. It's not, and there has never been any proper evidence for it being a sign of trust or authority. It's an assumption, which I don't think is correct, because where's the proof that it is? There is none.

Not that it's that important, anyway.

thanks for the clarification rankenstein, I finally know how google treat sites with respect to their site links...

btw, I said that in my post because I don't have the main idea regarding it, its just my speculation as you said...

[TheFriend]

Here is Google’s definition and explanation on Sitelinks:

The links shown below some sites in our search results, called Sitelinks, are meant to help users navigate your site. Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they’re looking for.

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[amitbhalla]

i think Site links are logical, transitive connections between two or more sites.A site link is used to determine the paths between two sites. It must be created manually.Site link transitivity can be enabled or disabled through a bridge.

[saj]

Sitelinks are additional links Google sometimes generates from site contents in order to help users navigate your site. Google generates these sitelinks periodically from your site's contents. Because Google generate sitelinks dynamically, this list can change from time to time.

Sitelinks are completely automated, and show them only if google think they'll be useful to the user. If your site's structure doesn't allow our algorithms to find good sitelinks, or google don't think that tehe sitelinks ar relevant to the user's query, Google won't show them. However, google is always working to improve how they find and display sitelinks.

[coolslko]

Hi,

Thanks to all of you.......now its very clear to me.