Thursday, January 20, 2011

How to Get Your Google Sitelink!

Have you ever looked for something on Google and on the top list was sub-pages listed on the site directly below the main list? They called Sitelinks listing search has. In this article I will explore Sitelinks, and most importantly, how you can help Google identify sub-pages as you want for your site link!

Sitelinks only appear in the list of the best for a given query. Normally, you will see these when you are looking for a specific company name.

Google said Sitelinks appear only if their algorithm can determine which of your pages would be eligible Sitelinks. It is important to note that Google shows these steps for webmasters, but for those who use the Google search.

One thing SiteLinked web sites have in common is an easy site to navigate. The main categories (which are useful for site links) are distinguished from other links. In general, the main category pages should appear as links on site.

These categories can include your company profile, company history, contact page, etc. If you have a product line of products for the services of four or five, it would also be ideal for website links. From Sitelinks depend on the structure of a website is something we can control.

To help Google find the pages you would like Sitelinked, the best practice is to link to those pages twice on every page of your Website. Many Websites have a left navigation structure that points to the main internal pages, which is fine. But we really want to highlight our main internal pages even more. Therefore, it is important to also link to these pages on the footer. Please look at the example link structure below.

Product | Product 2 | Product 3 | Company History | Contact Us

Notice how each page has a separator. This is very common among the many Sitelinks I have seen. If needed, use two lines for your main category links. There is a limit on the number of sub-pages that will be listed for a Sitelink, and from what I have seen eight is the limit.

The wording of sub-pages listed in a Sitelink can include anchor text, image alt text, and the url name (ie. widgets.htm would list as Widgets in a Sitelink). In creating Sitelink friendly pages, keep these considerations in mind. The goal here is to create consistency. So if you have images that link to your main categories, use alt text that matches the anchor text of your footer links.

SiteLink certain search queries return a link to a map. One thing that is common between these lists is a contact page that clearly and concisely state the name and address, as if it had been written for one envelope. In addition, the font size is larger than the text on the rest of the page and is not crowded between advertising or other text.

How Google ranks pages for Map Link website is something we can never fully understand. But we can reach some conclusions by looking pretty strong already Sitelinks!

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