SearchAction
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSearchAction is a structured data type from Schema.org that describes a website's search capability.
Before November 2024, it was used by 
Google to enable the "Sitelinks Search Box" feature, which displayed a search bar for a website directly within the search results snippet. However, since Google deprecated this feature, there is no evidence that other search engines or apps currently support it.
According to our data, SearchAction is the 6th most popular semantic markup technology on the web.
It has 38.1% of the semantic markup market share and is detected on 27.1% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Semantic Markup
- Rank: 6
- Market share: 38.1%
- Standards
- Rank: 7
- Market share: 30%
🏆 SearchAction Awards
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Vietnam in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in France in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in France in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in India in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Poland in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Vietnam in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Turkey in the Semantic Markup category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Indonesia in the Semantic Markup category.
⚡ Sites Using SearchAction
We have data on 955,988 websites that use SearchAction semantic markup technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using SearchAction is 
microsoft.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | microsoft.com |
#3 | United States | American English |
| 2 |  apple.com |
#8 | United States | American English |
| 3 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 4 |  bitly.com |
#17 | American English | |
| 5 |  cloudflare.com |
#20 | United States | English |
| 6 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 7 |  discord.com |
#46 | United States | English |
| 8 | #49 | English | ||
| 9 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 10 | #56 | American English | ||
| 11 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #68 | United States | English | |
| 13 |  wordpress.com |
#83 | United States | English |
| 14 | #85 | Singapore | English | |
| 15 | #88 | Switzerland | English | |
| 16 | #89 | United States | American English | |
| 17 |  etsy.com |
#93 | United States | American English |
| 18 |  sourceforge.net |
#97 | United States | English |
| 19 |  usatoday.com |
#113 | American English | |
| 20 | #114 | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use SearchAction:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using SearchAction are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 20.6%
- United Kingdom 7%
- Germany 6.2%
- France 5.2%
- Spain 4.6%
- Italy 4.2%
- Netherlands 3.6%
- Australia 3.6%
- Japan 3.3%
- Other 41.7%
Most SearchAction users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 53.5%
- Spanish 6%
- German 5.6%
- French 4.8%
- Italian 3.4%
- Japanese 2.8%
- Dutch 2.7%
- Portuguese 2.6%
- Polish 1.8%
- Other 16.8%
SearchAction semantic markup technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.9%
- .org 6.1%
- .de 3.5%
- .net 2.7%
- .co.uk 2.5%
- .it 2.4%
- .com.au 2.3%
- .nl 2.2%
- .fr 1.8%
- Other 29.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing SearchAction include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 17.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.3%
- Online Shopping 9.9%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.5%
- Education/Reference 5.1%
- Internet Services 5%
- Travel 3.9%
- Entertainment 3.8%
- Health 3.6%
- Other 31.1%
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What is the company behind SearchAction?
SearchAction is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses SearchAction the most?
The majority of SearchAction users are from the United States.
Who uses SearchAction?
According to our data, SearchAction is used on thousands of sites, including microsoft.com, apple.com, and pinterest.com.
Is SearchAction used on government websites?
Overall, we found SearchAction on 333 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use SearchAction?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,416 academic websites in the United States that use SearchAction.
How does SearchAction compare to the competition?
SearchAction is a moderately popular semantic markup technology, ranking ahead of 8 other semantic markup technologies we track.
What are the alternatives to SearchAction?
Alternatives and possible competitors to SearchAction may include 
OpenSearch, 
Open Graph, and 
Twitter Cards.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,531,690 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.