Google Drops Breadcrumbs From Mobile Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google has announced that it’s removing breadcrumbs from mobile hunt results to simplify however URLs appear.

On mobile, lone the domain volition present beryllium displayed, portion breadcrumbs volition inactive look successful desktop hunt results.

What’s Changing?

Breadcrumbs, introduced successful 2009 to amusement a site’s hierarchy successful hunt results, volition nary longer beryllium disposable connected mobile. Google says the diagnostic isn’t arsenic utile connected smaller screens since it often gets chopped off.

The disposable URL volition stay unchanged for desktop users, displaying some the domain and breadcrumb.

See the screenshot beneath for an illustration from Google’s blog post.

Screenshot from: developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/01/simplifying-breadcrumbs, January 2025.

Why It Matters

Google wants to marque mobile hunt results cleaner and easier to use. Because breadcrumbs weren’t providing overmuch worth connected mobile owed to truncation, mobile users volition present lone spot the domain.

Do You Need to Do Anything?

If your tract uses breadcrumb markup, there’s thing you request to change. Google inactive supports breadcrumbs for desktop hunt results, and tools similar the Breadcrumb Rich Result Report successful Search Console and the Rich Results Test are unaffected.

While breadcrumbs are gone from mobile, they stay a invaluable diagnostic for desktop search.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...