How to manage detailed description and links in google? - search

A client would like to have his website implemented like the following one, on google:
https://www.google.ch/search?q=mlzd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a
With:
a list of links to the differents sections of the website.
the google function with the arrow (on rollover of the links) to get previews of the website pages.
So, here are my questions:
Do you know to implement the several links? Is it tags?
Do I then have to do something to get the google images previews, or is it automatic?
Will the google images previews work, with a Flash website? If not, the preview will be a screenshot the website with no flash enabled?
Thank you a lot for your answers!!
David

The links are called Sitelinks, they are automatic. You cant do anything to sepefically enable them.
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47334
The preview is automatic, but you do need to make sure that 1) allow google to cache the url (ie avoid "nocache" and 2) not block in anyway the Previews https://sites.google.com/site/webmasterhelpforum/en/faq-instant-previews
See link in the previous answer

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I checked the pageinsights of "http://www.briddles.com/riddle/9-bodmas?l=333"
Most of these are thirdparty. How can i sove it ?
I see 3 important groups there:
Youtube
Google Ads or analytics
Facebook
Here is what I would do:
I see the youtube player is hidden by default, I would reserve some space for the player (maybe with a lightweight placeholder) and only append the iframe when the user clicks "view answer". This lite-youtube web component is awesome and might help you out. Trust me.
Normally Google ads is not something you want to get rid of. I would just make sure to load these scripts with the async attribute at least.
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3.1. Render a placeholder with a button saying "See comments" or something like that and only fetch the scripts when the user press that button.
3.2. Use the Intersection Observer API so when comments section scroll into view, fetch de scripts and render. (You will have to reserve some space to avoid CLS).
3.3. Remove the comments section (if there is almost no usage) or use a different provider that is optimized for web vitals. I don't know which one, but it's still an option.
Extra recommendations:
The main image is too heavy for mobile users, try to use a responsive image, compress the image and choose a lighter format like webp for browsers that support it. More info about image optimization here.
Reduce the amount of fonts you use and, if possible, host it by yourself and use a CDN. Google fonts is practical but to host your fonts is better for performance.

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Thanks!
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