Breadcrumbs
type: TechArticle
description: A short trail showing the page's position in the site hierarchy. Visible in the UI for users, marked up as BreadcrumbList JSON-LD for search engines.
language: en
is part of: Web Specification Studio
author: Web Specification Studio
publisher: Web Specification Studio
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date modified: 2026-05-29T09:13:20.000Z
citation: Schema.org — BreadcrumbList
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: schema.org
citation: Breadcrumb structured data
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: Google Search Central
citation: ARIA Authoring Practices — Breadcrumb
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: W3C WAI
citation: MDN — aria-current
  type: CreativeWork
  publisher: MDN

Web Specification Studio
type: WebSite

Web Specification Studio
type: Organization

breadcrumb
type: BreadcrumbList
item list element: Home
  type: ListItem
  position: 1
  item: https://webspecification.com/
item list element: Spec
  type: ListItem
  position: 2
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/
item list element: SEO
  type: ListItem
  position: 3
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/seo/
item list element: Breadcrumbs
  type: ListItem
  position: 4
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/seo/breadcrumbs/