Hmm, I just opened View Source and found all that code. But it’s not in my header so I can’t edit it there. So it must be called from my Google CSE settings on their site, right? Google Custom Search - Site search and more I just looked there, but I don’t know which setting would edit that problem. (Unfortunately, Google did not answer my question or most questions in their Help Forum.)
O well, another option is just to place this in your style sheet, perhaps at the bottom:
link {display: none;}
It’s a shame to have to, though. The code is a bit of a mess. the <link> code must be added via JS or something. Google does know how to offer up some pretty messy code.
It will have to be yours, as you can’t change Goggle’s.
I’ve never seen styles for <link> elements before, as they are meant to be in the head, so I’m worried that you have them all over your page. Anyhow, you could target just the Goggle links with this in your stylesheet:
Hm. Well, I wouldn’t think it’s a problem if they are all visually hidden, then. They have no place on a web page. What other things on the page were affected by my first CSS rule? I didn’t see anything else change.
I tried putting that in the Body of my stylesheet
Not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean as part of the body {} styles? Just place the rule (the whole line I gave) on its own line in the CSS file, separate from anything else, perhaps right at the bottom.
Why is the ^ symbol in there?
That just says choose any <link> element that has an href attribute that starts withhttp://www.google.com.
It’s called an attribute selector. There are other similar markers for ‘ends with’ etc.
I just placed it before the /* @end */ of stylesheet, and it worked! Thank you very much for your help Ralph. If you ever have a question on direct response advertising or copywriting, let me know if I can help you.