Answers.Body: <p>This has to do with Google Structured Data and how your site appears in search results. If you use these fields, your site will show a custom search box in Google Search results, like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nM698.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nM698.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Basically, the <code>Search Target</code> is a URL where you'd want any search queries to get directed to. So in the example above for Pinterest and a custom search for "Pizza", the <code>Search Target</code> might be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pinterest.com/search?q={search_term_string}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The <code>Search Query Input</code> basically just tells Google what the placeholder is that you used in the <code>Search Target</code>. So in our example it would be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>search_term_string
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'd recommend reading <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/sitelinks-searchbox" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this 
  page</a> from the Google Search docs in order to better understand what <code>Search Targets</code> and the <code>Search Query Input</code> are.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am not sure this is the right place to ask this question but I really need to know it, but I couldn't ask it on the plugin's Github as this is not an issue. I am new on Craft CMS and my client need SEOmatic installed on it. I have configured everything but I couldn't understand the need of <code>Search Targets and Search Query Input</code> in <a href="https://github.com/nystudio107/seomatic/wiki/03a.-Configuring-SEO-Site-Meta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Site Meta Section</a>. It would be very helpful if someone helps me out for this with some real-life examples.</p>
  
Tags: <plugin-seomatic>
Title: What are Search Targets and Search Query Input in seomatic?
ThreadText: # What are Search Targets and Search Query Input in seomatic?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-26)
  
  I am not sure this is the right place to ask this question but I really need to know it, but I couldn't ask it on the plugin's Github as this is not an issue. I am new on Craft CMS and my client need SEOmatic installed on it. I have configured everything but I couldn't understand the need of `Search Targets and Search Query Input` in [Site Meta Section](https://github.com/nystudio107/seomatic/wiki/03a.-Configuring-SEO-Site-Meta). It would be very helpful if someone helps me out for this with some real-life examples.
  
  **Tags:** plugin-seomatic
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-03-26. Score: 2
  
  This has to do with Google Structured Data and how your site appears in search results. If you use these fields, your site will show a custom search box in Google Search results, like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/nM698.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/nM698.png)
  
  Basically, the `Search Target` is a URL where you'd want any search queries to get directed to. So in the example above for Pinterest and a custom search for "Pizza", the `Search Target` might be:
  
  ```
  pinterest.com/search?q={search_term_string}
  
  ```
  
  The `Search Query Input` basically just tells Google what the placeholder is that you used in the `Search Target`. So in our example it would be:
  
  ```
  search_term_string
  
  ```
  
  I'd recommend reading [this
  page](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/sitelinks-searchbox) from the Google Search docs in order to better understand what `Search Targets` and the `Search Query Input` are.
  
  
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