A secondary navigation that shows the page’s position within the site hierarchy.
Breadcrumbs expose hierarchical relationships between pages, enhancing usability and providing structured context to crawlers. Marked up with structured data, they can improve SERP presentation. Breadcrumbs also distribute link equity upward through categories and help users backtrack efficiently, strengthening both UX and crawl signals.
| Criteria | Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Intent Alignment | Map $breadcrumb navigation to user journeys and topics | Validate with SERP and on-site behavior |
| Consistency | Encode in components and content standards | Use CMS validations and preview QA |
| Measurement | Track internal CTR, sync signals, conversions | Set guardrails to catch regressions |
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Improves navigation and context
Enhances crawl understanding of hierarchy
Can yield rich results in SERPs
Match breadcrumbs to real site hierarchy
Use structured data for breadcrumbs
Ensure links are crawlable and descriptive
Keep labels concise and consistent
Links that connect one page of a website to another page on the same domain.
The value or authority passed from one page to another through hyperlinks.
The structure and organization of pages, content, and navigation on a website.
A metric predicting how well a specific page will rank in search engine results.
Search engines surface relevant passages from long documents for specific queries.
Pages with little unique value, depth, or originality for users.
A file that instructs search engine crawlers which URLs they can or cannot access.
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The underlying goal or purpose behind a user's search query.
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