Blogger Breadcrumbs Navigation: Effectively Increase your Pageviews?


What is a Breadcrumb?

Breadcrumb can be defined as a secondary navigational aid that can provide users an alternative method of navigation that can also reveal a user's location within a Website.


Why use Breadcrumbs?

Breadcrumbs are graphical control elements that greatly increase the usability of a website by:
Allowing users to understand where they stand in the hierarchy of a website.
Eliminating additional clicks needed to navigate to a higher-level within a website.
Making it easier to navigate/backtrack to a location in a website.
Building user interest in the website content, thereby lowering the bounce rates.



How to add Breadcrumbs to Blogger Template?

Step 1: Navigate to your Blogger Template Editor.
Step 2: Find <div class="blog-posts hfeed"> using Ctrl+F.
Step 3: You may find it in 2 places. Replace those with the following code:
<div class="blog-posts hfeed">
<!--start: breadcrumbs -->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<p class='breadcrumbs' title='Posts Breadcrumbs'>
        <span class='post-labels'>
        <a target="_self" expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl' rel='tag'><data:blog.title/></a>
        <b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
            <b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
            <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
                <b:if cond='data:label.isLast == true'> &#10140;
                    <a target="_self" expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a>
                </b:if>
            </b:loop>
            <b:else/>
            &#10140; Uncategorized
            </b:if>
            &#10140; <span><data:post.title/></span>
        </b:loop>
        </span>
    </p>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;'>
<p title='Pages Breadcrumbs' class='breadcrumbs'>
  <a target="_self" expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:blog.title/></a> &#10140;<data:blog.pageName/>
</p>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;archive&quot;'>
    <p title='Archive Breadcrumbs' class='breadcrumbs'>
      <a target="_self" expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:blog.title/></a> &#10140; <data:blog.pageName/>
    </p>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.searchLabel'>
    <p title='Search Breadcrumbs' class='breadcrumbs'>
      <a target="_self" expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:blog.title/></a> &#10140; <data:blog.pageName/>
    </p>
</b:if>
<!--end: breadcrumbs -->
You are almost done.
Step 4: Save the Template and close it.

Step 5: Open your Post Editor.
Step 6: Find the Labels text field On the Sidebar.
Step 7: Enter the appropriate Label and press 'Done'.
Step 8: Update the post, Press the 'Update' button.
Step 9: View the Blog Post. Find your Breadcrumb. You are done!