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Monday, October 21, 2024
It's been over ten years since we initially announced thesitelinks search box in Google Search,
and over time, we've noticed that usage has dropped. With that, and to help simplify the search
results, we'll be removing this visual element starting on November 21, 2024.
(Search result showing a sitelinks search box)
This change will apply globally across all search results, in all languages and countries.
This doesn't affect rankings or theother sitelinks
visual element, and won't be listed in the Search status dashboard.
Once we stop showing sitelinks search box elements in Search, we'll remove theSearch
Console rich results reportfor it and stop highlighting the markup in theRich Results Test.
While you can removesitelinks search box structured datafrom your site, there's no need to do so.
Unsupported structured data like this won't cause issues in Search, and won't trigger errors in
Search Console reports.
If you decide to remove sitelinks search box structured data, note thatsite namesalso uses a
variation ofWebSitestructured data, which continues to be supported.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[],["Google will remove the sitelinks search box visual element from search results globally, starting November 21, 2024, due to decreased usage. This change won't impact rankings or other sitelinks, and will be removed from Search Console reports and the Rich Results Test. While users can remove sitelinks search box structured data, it's not required, as unsupported data won't cause issues. Site names which use `WebSite` structured data, remain supported.\n"]]
