Breadcrumb menu in the footer

1. Where should breadcrumbs be placed?
2. What is a breadcrumb menu?
3. What is a breadcrumb header?
4. When should you not use breadcrumbs?

Where should breadcrumbs be placed?

Because Breadcrumbs work as a secondary navigation aid, it should be placed above the content. The Nielsen Norman group conducted user tests and found that users expect breadcrumbs at the top of the page. A good placement for breadcrumbs is below the main navigation bar and above the page title.

What is a breadcrumb menu?

A breadcrumb navigation provide links back to each previous page the user navigated through, and shows the user's current location in a website.

What is a breadcrumb header?

Breadcrumbs typically appear horizontally across the top of a Web page, often below title bars or headers. They provide links back to each previous page the user navigated through to get to the current page or—in hierarchical site structures—the parent pages of the current one.

When should you not use breadcrumbs?

Breadcrumbs aren't necessary (or useful) for sites with flat hierarchies that are only 1 or 2 levels deep, or sites that are linear in structure.