Site links reducing

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the reduction of site links in Google Search Console after installing the Rank Math plugin.

There are several factors that could contribute to a decrease in site links:

1. Algorithm Updates: Google frequently updates its algorithms, which can affect how your site is indexed and displayed in search results. It’s possible that your site was impacted by a recent update. You can check if your traffic drop correlates with any algorithm updates by referring to our guide on Google Algorithm Update Recovery.

2. Duplicate Content: If there are multiple pages with similar content, Google may penalize your site for duplicate content. Ensure that all your content is original and relevant. You can use canonical tags to indicate the preferred version of a page. Rank Math makes it easy to change the canonical URL.
   

3. Sitemap Submission: Make sure you have submitted your sitemap to Google Search Console. Rank Math automatically creates a Sitemap Index for your website, which can be found at https://yourdomainname/sitemap_index.xml. Submitting this can help Google crawl and index your pages more effectively.

4. Manual Actions: Check your Google Search Console for any manual actions that may have been taken against your site. Look for messages in the Manual Actions report, as this could indicate penalties affecting your visibility.
   

If you continue to experience issues, we recommend replying to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern, and we hope this information helps you address the issue!

Hello,

Thank you for contacting support.

This is the default behavior of our plugin because according to the Google guidelines, the Sitelinks Searchbox Schema should only be added to the homepage, so we do that and people will see only 1 valid result.

If you want to override that and still add this to all pages on the website you need to follow the steps here: https://rankmath.com/kb/sitelinks-searchbox-schema/

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

Hello,

We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post

about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

Thank you.