Adding a Google sitelinks searchbox

[lesliekirk]

I'm trying to add the schema.org markup on the SFNT to hopefully get Google to add the Sitelinks search box to it's search results. I can't seem to get it past the urlTemplate

http://www.domain.com/search.html?q={} (There is an error in your Sitelinks Search Box template: INVALID_SYNTAX.)

I'm using

<div id="search-box" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebSite">
     <meta itemprop="url" content="http://www.domain.com/"/>
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove" id="search-form-close"></span>
            <form method="get" action="/search.html" class="form-inline clearfix" role="form" itemprop="potentialAction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SearchAction">
            <meta itemprop="target" content="http://www.domain.com/search.html?q={&mvte:global:Search;}"/>
                <input itemprop="query-input" type="text" name="q" value="&mvte:global:Search;" id="search" class="form-control searchspring-query" autocomplete="off" placeholder="SEARCH..." />
                <input type="hidden" class="form-control" value="GO">
            </form>
        </div>...

I'm guessing that the &mvte:global:Search; isn't working because it really doesn't have a result until the search has been completed.

Has anyone successfully added this?

https://developers.google.com/search...inks-searchbox

[lesliekirk]

FYI - I have also tried using this schema code

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "WebSite",
  "url": "https://www.example.com/",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "SearchAction",
    "target": "https://query.example.com/search?q={search_term_string}",
    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
  }
}
</script>

It passes validation but never got the sitelinks search box added to Google

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

Try removing the curly braces.

[lesliekirk]

If I remove the curly braces it fails validation. If I use &mvte:global:Search; it fails validation. If I use q={search_term_string} it passes validation.

[Dan - Glendale Designs]

In reading up on this some more, the following would be correct as long as the url and target have been updated properly to match the store in question. How long has it been implemented? At first glance I thought you replaced the {search_term_string} with the actual query, but that doesn't appear to be the case. This is just to trigger the display of the sitelink search box if your site qualifies. As usual, you are at Google's discretion as to if/when a sitelink search box appears for a given query.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "WebSite",
  "url": "https://www.example.com/",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "SearchAction",
    "target": "https://query.example.com/search?q={search_term_string}",
    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
  }
}
</script>

[lesliekirk]

Well, it's been longer than the store owner would like...

[lesliekirk]

I'm having an issue with the Sitelinks Search Box (WebSite) again. I thought this had been resolved but I'm seeing an error in the Google Search Console

Invalid items are not eligible for Google Search's rich results.

The error is

Missing field "url"

I would think it would be affecting more pages on the site but it seems only to be a handful (unless the Google dam is about to break).

[SidFeyDesigns]

Your application/ld+json markup is correct.

Apparently Google rarely shows a sitelinks search box and the markup has no effect on Google's decision to show it or not.

This article has some good info on that. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/...-shown/365290/

[SidFeyDesigns]

Sorry I missed your latest question somehow.

What entities are you using to display the url?

I've been using this with no issues for quite some time.

<-script type="application/ld+json"->
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "url": "&mvte:urls:SFNT:auto;",
        "potentialAction": [{
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": {
                "@type": "EntryPoint",
                "urlTemplate": "&mvte:urls:SRCH:auto_sep;Search={Search}"
            },
            "query-input": "required name=Search"
        }]
    }
<-/script->