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From: Pratik Patel
Date: Jun 11, 2014 6:09AM

Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO Wrote:


I am told a page does not have breadcrumbs, but when I hit alt + left arrow
I get to the previous page. I thought that meant the page has a breadcrumb.
How do I know if a page has a breadcrumb?
PP: Suzie, breadcrumb refers to the visual and text based indicator on a
page that lays out the hierarchy. For instance on may pages, you'll see
something like:

About > Profiles > Jim Smith

Or:

Services > document remediation > PDF and Word


This gives users a hierarchical path to the site, provides organization, and
used to help search engines. (I'm not sure if search engines still use
breadcrumb navigation.)

Regards,

Pratik

Pratik Patel
Founder and CEO, EZFire

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