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 8th most popular standard on the web.
It is detected on 27.3% of all websites.
It is especially popular in Spain, appearing on 42.7% of all websites in the country.
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Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 30.2%
🏆 SearchAction Awards
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Vietnam in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Curacao in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in France in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in the Netherlands in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Israel in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Malta in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Jersey in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Indonesia in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using SearchAction
We have data on 1,067,284 websites that use SearchAction. 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 |  cloudflare.com |
#10 | United States | English |
| 4 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | United States | English |
| 5 | #34 | United States | English | |
| 6 |  bitly.com |
#37 | United States | American English |
| 7 | #48 | United States | English | |
| 8 |  nytimes.com |
#56 | United States | English |
| 9 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 10 |  atlassian.com |
#77 | United States | English |
| 11 |  scribd.com |
#85 | United States | American English |
| 12 | #97 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 13 |  discord.com |
#100 | United States | English |
| 14 |  etsy.com |
#130 | United States | American English |
| 15 | #135 | English | ||
| 16 | #145 | China | English | |
| 17 | #148 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 18 | #152 | Germany | American English | |
| 19 | #157 | Netherlands | English | |
| 20 |  yelp.com |
#158 | United States | 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 21%
- United Kingdom 7.1%
- Germany 5.9%
- France 5%
- Spain 4.7%
- Italy 4.3%
- Netherlands 3.5%
- Australia 3.4%
- Japan 3.2%
- Other 41.9%
Most SearchAction users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 53.3%
- Spanish 6%
- German 5.8%
- French 5%
- Italian 3.4%
- Japanese 2.7%
- Dutch 2.7%
- Portuguese 2.6%
- Polish 1.8%
- Other 16.7%
SearchAction is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.2%
- .org 6%
- .de 3.7%
- .co.uk 2.6%
- .net 2.4%
- .it 2.4%
- .nl 2.2%
- .com.au 2.1%
- .fr 1.9%
- Other 30.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing SearchAction include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 18%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.2%
- Online Shopping 10.2%
- Blogs/Wiki 8%
- Education/Reference 5.1%
- Internet Services 4.8%
- Travel 4.1%
- Entertainment 3.7%
- Health 3.6%
- Other 31.3%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
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 millions of sites, including microsoft.com, apple.com, and cloudflare.com.
Is SearchAction used on government websites?
Overall, we found SearchAction on 387 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use SearchAction?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,564 academic websites in the United States that use SearchAction.
How does SearchAction stack up against the competition?
SearchAction is a fairly popular standard, ranking ahead of 48 other standards we track.
What are the alternatives to SearchAction?
Alternatives and possible competitors to SearchAction may include 
OpenSearch, 
CSS, and 
HTML.
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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 3,906,822 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.