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Google’s mobile search results are dropping the ‘breadcrumbs’ from URLs


You’ll see what site a search result is from, and that’s it.

By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. Google says it’s making this change because “the breadcrumb element isn’t as useful to people who are searching on mobile devices, as it gets cut off on smaller screens.” But the changes Google is making also affect much larger mobile device screens that would otherwise have no issue displaying the breadcrumbs, which are useful for seeing at a glance what section of a site you’re browsing.

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