breadcrumb markup - home and current page?

Question

Are you supposed to markup the home and current page for the breadcrumb? I am using data-vocabulary only because schema.org doesn't allow titles or urls to be marked up - only a line of text without dividers unless added manually.

Here is an example of what I have now. Notice that I marked up both the home and current page - is this correct or should one or both not be marked up?

<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="home" itemprop="url" href="/"><span itemprop="title"><img alt="Home" height="30" src="/images/trans.gif" width="16"></span></a></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/services/"><span itemprop="title">Services</a></span></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/service/widget/"><span itemprop="title">Widget</a></span></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/service/widget/features.htm"><span itemprop="title">Features</span></a></li>

Your example seems fine, see [Google Webmaster Tools](http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185417). But I think it will only work with text not images. — mb21, Apr 16 '13 at 15:40
All I want to know is if you are supposed to markup your home (www.test.com) for example. Then if you are supposed to markup your current page... say I am at www.test.com/here.htm do I list that as my last link in the breadcrumb? — user756659, Apr 25 '13 at 23:44
Google's testing tool is currently giving an error if a breadcrumb item doesn't have a URL specified. Well the last breadcrumb, if it is the current page, generally won't have a URL like a link. So now it seems like Google doesn’t want the current page to actually be marked up as a breadcrumb currently. But things aren't finalized - "Note: This article describes an older format. Schema.org markup for breadcrumbs is being finalized and will be preferred when ready." (Last updated February 12, 2015) https://developers.google.com/structured-data/breadcrumbs So I guess we'll see. — Michael K, May 13 '15 at 21:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '13 at 12:01

I have tested the following that appears to work, I think you just had a couple of the ending </span></a> tags the wrong way around.

<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="home" itemprop="url" href="/"><span itemprop="title"><img alt="Home" height="30" src="/images/trans.gif" width="16"></span></a></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/services/"><span itemprop="title">Services</span></a></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/service/widget/"><span itemprop="title">Widget</span></a></li>
<li itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a itemprop="url" href="/service/widget/features.htm"><span itemprop="title">Features</span></a></li>

You have probably already read it but you can read more on Breadcrumbs here: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185417 the "Microdata" link has a good example.

Thanks, but not what I was asking at all. As my OP mentioned I need to know if you are supposed to mark up the home and/or current page you are on. This is what I need to know and nothing specifies if you do or not. — user756659, Apr 25 '13 at 23:24

breadcrumb markup - home and current page?

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