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Breadcrumbs hidden

by seoIsEverything
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Hi

In my shop im showing 3 places, where the customer is currently located:
  • Menu (.active/.current where they are. They cant see the subcategory)
  • Sidebar-menu with all the parent/child categories(.active/.current where they are)
  • Breadcrumbs


Question:
Is it bad for google SEO, if i use display: none(visibility: hidden, color: same as background, font-size:0 etc) to hide the breadcrumbs to the customer?

Reason:
If a product is located in multiple categories, e.g.: x, y and z. If the customer comes from z, then the breadcrumbs will show x and therefor be incorrect.
I have made some adjustments, so the menu and sidebar-menu will show the correct .active/.current category, where breadcrumbs shows something totally different.
#breadcrumbs #hidden
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    There's legit reasons for hidden text/links but text with the same color as the page background isn't a legit reason.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Just turn the breadcrumbs off.
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    • Profile picture of the author seoIsEverything
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      Just turn the breadcrumbs off.
      Thanks for your reply.
      Will google rank me worse/ lookt bad at me in any way, if i dont have breadcrumbs? or is that ONLY for the customer
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by seoIsEverything View Post

        Thanks for your reply.
        Will google rank me worse/ lookt bad at me in any way, if i dont have breadcrumbs? or is that ONLY for the customer
        The more links you have on a page, the weaker each link is, so in most cases breadcrumbs are just diluting your internal links and a total waste.

        Now for a really large site, they have some value, mostly to users. For SEO, I would avoid them.
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