Breadcrumbs structure

[Jon-C]

Adding breadcrumbs to create a hierarchy on what is otherwise a flat site.

Got the following pages which are, our main pages that rank -

Metal gates

Metal driveway gates

Metal garden gates

Metal side access gates

The Metal gates pages link off to the other pages mentioned but also contain a lot of other info

The driveway gates, garden gates and side access gate page all contain our range of gates, the three pages mentioned then have links off to their individual gates contained within each section

Breadcrumb wise, should I aim for

Home - Metal gates - Driveway gates - individual driveway gate
Home - Metal gates - Side access gates- individual side access gate
Home - Metal gates - Garden gates- individual garden gate

Is that the best way to go or if I want the driveway gate page (etc) to continueto rank should I go like this

Home - Metal driveway gates

Home - Metal side access gates

etc

[TakeshiYoung]

The breadcrumbs should reflect the structure of your site. It sounds like from your examples, Home - Metal gates - Driveway gates - individual driveway gate would be the way to go.

[jamesjackson]

Will this not de-prioritise the page that Jon wants to rank though, as it is 3 clicks off the root in the breadcrumb rather than directly off the root?

Thanks

James