Does a google search option on your site help anything?

Hi,

I've noticed that some sites have google search boxes that let you also search the site that they are on. I also noticed that on uptime bot (uptimebot.com) it says "google mirror site" and tells whether yours is or not. I assume that google mirror site means that you have the google search box, but if not, what does it mean then? Does being a google mirror site help ranking at all?

Thanks

 

do you have a screenshot of what you're talking about?

I'm a little confused to what you mean...

 

yes it helps my users well they search the site and it makes a little bit of adsense as well

 

me too.
what is this about?

 

Being considered by google to be a mirror site will be detrimental to your SERPs in google. And no a small code like the site search shouldn't get you considered a mirror by google. A whole article let's say with about 100 characters will. FOr those of you confused here's the definition from uptime:

"Google Mirror Site field can display just two variants - "yes" or "no". Yes means that Google considers your site to be a mirror of some other site. If you see "yes" in this field - click it and you will be forwarded to SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages), where site(s), which you, in Google's opinion mirror, will be displayed."

Thank You

 

Of course, google search option on site helps. Whenever you want search suddenly, it will help. You no need to open other tab or window. So it will help to save time during work.