Google Webmaster Tools

[Frostie]

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Question for anybody and everybody...

Some websites of mine are benefiting from Google Sitelinks (the ones under your domain as can be seen here for BBC News - news - Google Search). Within Google Webmaster Tools you can see what site links they are using, and even have the option to block them.

If I were to block 2 of them, as they are old and don't generate a penny for me, will the 2 I block, be replaced by 2 new ones?

On their website, Google do say

Site links are additional links that Google sometimes generates from site contents in order to help users navigate your site. Google generates these site links periodically from your site's contents.

Because we generate site links dynamically, this list can change from time to time.

What I don't want to happen, is have 8 sitelinks today, and block 2 of them, only to have 6 site links in the future. Ideally I would want Google to replace 2 of them with other ones.

[Chris Clarkson]

Hi,

sunshine holidays - Google Search

I blocked one of our links around Jan/Feb this year, still not been replaced with anything else.

Chris C

[purple]

I blocked two a few weeks ago, I started with 4, they have replaced them and I now have 6. Although I still not like the links they chose lol