Google Removes Sitelinks Search Box Documentation

Google removes sitelinks search box documentation, marking full deprecation of the legacy search feature.

Highlights

• Google has removed all documentation for the sitelinks search box feature.
• The 'nositelinkssearchbox' rule has been archived.
• This documentation removal marks the feature's full retirement.

Google has officially removed the sitelinks search box documentation and archived the associated ‘nositelinkssearchbox’ rule, confirming the company’s plans to retire the feature in November.

The sitelinks search box, which allowed users to perform site-specific searches directly from Google’s search results page, was introduced in 2014.

However, due to declining usage, Google discontinued the feature earlier this year.

Google has confirmed.

The document removal indicates that you shouldn’t invest more time implementing or maintaining sitelinks search box functionality on your websites.