About Generating Sitelinks Searchbox

Question

I have used below given Schema.org code on my website, but still, I am not getting site links.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
 "@context": "https://schema.org/",
 "@type": "WebSite",
 "name": "website-name",
 "url": "https://website-name.com.au",
 "potentialAction": {
   "@type": "SearchAction",
   "target": "https://prabingautam.com.au/?s={search_term_string}",
   "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
 }
}
</script>

Moreover, I am confused about which query-input to use to get the site link search box. Either

"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"

or

"query-input": "required name=searchbox_target"

So you suggest adding "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" ?? I have seen searchbox_target in some of the sites that are generating search box in Google SERP. — Prabin Manandhar, Jun 18 '19 at 10:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '19 at 10:54

You have to use the same value you used as placeholder in target.

"target": "https://prabingautam.com.au/?s={search_term_string}",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"

"target": "https://prabingautam.com.au/?s={searchbox_target}",
"query-input": "required name=searchbox_target"

"target": "https://prabingautam.com.au/?s={foobar}",
"query-input": "required name=foobar"

You can choose whatever you like. There is no reason not to use search_term_string (this value gets used in Google’s examples, so copy-pasting the code would be easier).

About Generating Sitelinks Searchbox

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