What Breadcrumbs means
They help visitors move back up a level and show search engines how pages relate. Google may show them in place of the URL in results.
Marking them up with BreadcrumbList structured data makes the trail explicit.
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Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are a row of links showing where a page sits in a site's structure, such as Home › Courses › Web Development Course.
Example
Every glossary term on this site shows Home › Glossary › the term, and includes breadcrumb structured data.
Why it matters
Breadcrumbs improve navigation and help search engines understand site structure with very little effort.
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Related terms.
- Structured dataStructured data is code, usually JSON-LD using the schema.org vocabulary, that describes a page's content to search engines in a precise format.
- Internal linkingInternal linking is linking from one page of your website to another. It helps visitors navigate and tells search engines which pages matter.
- Technical SEOTechnical SEO makes sure search engines can crawl, render, understand, and index a website, covering speed, structure, and code.
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