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(Entry was posted by Kelvin Bruce-Smith on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 09/05/2013).

My Google results show site links underneath of WordPress posts, I want google to see the posts

My Google results show site links underneath of WordPress posts that I do not wish to show. I want google to see the posts, just not to show them on my search results... whats the best way to go about this. P.S. Im using Yoast. Thanks :-)
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  • Arthur Radulescu: Google usually pick up site links from the home page. Looks like your current site link have been picked up because you have emphasized with H2 on that specific part/article from your home page. You can demote any site links you don`t like at anytime but that only half-solve the problem. The main thing for you is to be able to choose another site link which you deem to be more relevant. Since you cannot just do that in Google interface, because that option is not (yet) available, you can smatly play with your home page content to influence Google on its next site links pick. In order to be able to "choose" other site links try to emphasize another snippet of text with a link to a certain section of your website you wish it amplified. Just play with headings (mark up with them) specially h1, h2 which will help you emphasize those sections you wish to be listed as site links.
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  • Andrea Pernici: Hi Kevin, I don't understand well what you mean with
    "My Google results show site links underneath of WordPress posts "

    Can you elaborate or show a screenshot?
  • Kelvin Bruce-Smith: Thanks for getting back Andrea. Please see screenshot: http://www.2welve.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Screenshot_2013-09-04-19-31-58.png

    Below my address I have site links to 'my top five websites' and 'Powys accountants'... Which I don't want there. I want Google to follow them, just not display them below as per shot.
  • Kent Lodberg: Hi Kevin,

    Google generates them automatically, to hide the sitelinks you have to go to your Google Webmaster Tool and but in URL-paths that you dó not want Google to display as a site link.

    The idea behind the sitelinks are to quickly guide visitors to the, in Googles mind, most relevant pages on your domaine.
  • Kelvin Bruce-Smith: Thanks for your help Kent, appreciate it :-) 
  • Andrea Pernici: The advice of +Kent Lodberg ;is correct.

    If you want to deindex the page cause you don't want it you can select in the advanced settings of Yoast to put a robots noindex.
  • Kelvin Bruce-Smith: I have demoted my the links now. Thanks for your help guys!

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