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When Hansel and Gretel walked through the woods, they relied on their breadcrumbs to show the way back. However, this plan had a flaw– animals could come by and gobble the whole trail up! Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about that on Google. In fact, you can see the whole bread crumb trail your entire time on any website that has them enabled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what are breadcrumbs on the web?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Breadcrumbs show you how deep you are in a website. Here’s an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the red underlined text with the carrot are the breadcrumbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three types of breadcrumbs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Hierarchy-based (shows you where you are in a website’s hierarchy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Attribute-based (based on an attribute of the page or filters. Most common with ecommerce)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. History-based (shows you how you got to the page you’re on)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Why should I use breadcrumbs on my site?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    There are several reasons. First of all, it improves the usability of the site. Breadcrumbs help users to not feel lost, and are especially beneficial for websites that have unreliable back arrows. Secondly, it helps SEO. Breadcrumbs help improve Google’s understanding of your site hierarchy and shows how you are prioritizing user experience. Finally, it helps reduce bounce rates because it gives the user a better chance of finding what they need instead of returning to the SERPs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How do I implement breadcrumbs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Yoast or WordPress both have features to implement breadcrumbs. If neither of those work for you, you can code it in manually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you decide to implement breadcrumbs, please remember…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n