{"id":605563,"date":"2009-11-17T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T18:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"51472 at http:\/\/www.webpronews.com"},"modified":"2009-11-17T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T18:13:32","slug":"google-rolls-out-breadcrumb-display-in-serps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/605563","title":{"rendered":"Google Rolls Out Breadcrumb Display in SERPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update:&nbsp;<\/strong>Google announced today that it will now be rolling out the use of breadcrumbs in seach results on a global basis. They will only be used in place of some URLs - mainly the ones that don't give the added context of a link the way that the breadcrumbs do. Google <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/new-site-hierarchies-display-in-search.html\">says<\/a>:<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Some web addresses help you understand the structure of the site and how the specific page fits into the site hierarchy. For example, consider a <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=vint+cerf+biography\"><em>search<\/em><\/a><em> for the biography of Vint Cerf (Google's Internet Evangelist). The URL for one result, &quot;www.google.com\/corporate\/execs.html,&quot; shows that the page is located in a page about &quot;execs,&quot; under &quot;corporate,&quot; which is on the &quot;google.com&quot; site. This can provide valuable context when deciding whether to click on the result.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOften, however, URLs are too long, too short, or too obscure to add useful information.<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThat's where the breadcrumbs come in. Google says the feature should be available globally within the next few days.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Original Article:<\/strong>&nbsp;Google appears to be testing breadcrumbs in some search results, at least in some areas. If you are unfamiliar with the term <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breadcrumb_%28navigation%29\">breadcrumbs<\/a>, it refers to the hierarchical display commonly used in site navigation. For example: <strong>Home Page>Product Page>Product A Page<\/strong>. <br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>Do you utilize breadcrumbs on your site?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em><strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/node\/51472\/talk\">Comment here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSeveral bloggers have noticed Google displaying these types of breadcrumbs in various places in seemingly random results to some queries. For example, Rob Hammond <a href=\"http:\/\/robbiehammond.com\/google-using-breadcrumbs-in-serps\">provides<\/a> the following screen shot:<\/p>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/robbiehammond.com\/google-using-breadcrumbs-in-serps\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Breadcrumbs in Google Search Results\" title=\"Breadcrumbs in Google Search Results\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.ientrymail.com\/webpronews\/article_pics\/google-breadcrumbs1.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n<p>Leo Fogarty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leofogarty.com\/google\/google-using-breadcrumbs-in-the-serps.html\">provides<\/a> another, which shows the breadcrumbs displayed in a different position within the search result:<\/p>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leofogarty.com\/google\/google-using-breadcrumbs-in-the-serps.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Breadcrumbs in Google Search Results\" title=\"Breadcrumbs in Google Search Results\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.ientrymail.com\/webpronews\/article_pics\/google-breadcrumbs2.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n<p>Google's use of breadcrumbs appears to only be a test, and a limited one at that. Google has talked repeatedly about sites having good site architecture in the past. This allows Google to more easily and quickly crawl sites. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nBing acknowledges this too. Rick DeJarnette of Bing Webmaster Center recently said, &quot;You can have great content and a plethora of high quality inbound links from authority sites, but if your site&rsquo;s structure is flawed or broken, then it will still not achieve the optimal page rank you desire from search engines.&quot;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere are some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/topnews\/2009\/07\/02\/google-and-bing-tips-for-site-architecture-issues\">tips from both Google and Bing<\/a> regarding site architecture issues. In addition, Google recently provided <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/topnews\/2009\/08\/10\/tips-for-getting-crawled-faster-by-google\">this related information<\/a> on getting your site crawled faster. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf Google begins incorporating the breadcrumbs display as in the above tests, on a mainstream level, that will be all the more reason to clean your site architecture up, at least in the navigation area. Site architecture certainly <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website_architecture\">goes beyond this<\/a>, but it is a key part of usability anyway.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><strong>Have you seen breadcrumbs show up in Google results?&nbsp;What do you think about the idea? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/node\/51472\/talk\">Share your thoughts<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aj.600z.com\/aj\/63590\/0\/cc?z=1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/aj.600z.com\/aj\/63590\/0\/vc?z=1&dim=9392\" width=\"500\" height=\"75\" border=\"0\"><\/a><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=Jz94w1-rFAI:mOJraRtIsTc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/Jz94w1-rFAI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update:&nbsp;Google announced today that it will now be rolling out the use of breadcrumbs in seach results on a global basis. They will only be used in place of some URLs &#8211; mainly the ones that don&#8217;t give the added context of a link the way that the breadcrumbs do. 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