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Navigation
1. Use text links!
2. If you want graphical navigation do not forget the alternative text (alt attribute). Otherwise, your site is in the
closed graphics are not navigable.
3. Never use Javascript, Java, Flash or imagemaps for navigation.
4. Realize hover effects with CSS instead of Javascript + graphics.
5. Use speaking link texts , that means concrete descriptions,
or keywords related to the content of linked pages.
Bad: "next page", "back", "Home," "here", "continue"
Good: go to our 'Shop offers "
6. For navigation links: If your navigation is very long (20 or more
pages) and / or graphic elements from a lot of code, has the
consequence that the actual page content until relatively far back in
the source code arises from search engines and therefore lower rated that can be. In
this case it could be useful with the so-called "table trick" in the
navigation source code behind the page content to relocate.
7. The link on the home page should be show on the
"empty" domain and not on the index page!
Correct: <a href="/"> or <a href="./">
Wrong: <a href="index.html">
8. Link you - as shown standing next to - important additional keywords in
the text when it comes to their own pages. This kind of linkage is also
referred to as inline links.
If the word several times on a page
occurs, you should have it but only 1-2 x link, because otherwise the
readability of the text may deteriorate.
9. Check the functionality of all links with a link checker.
10. For very large, deeply nested sites may be useful to create a Sitemap
to ensure the full inclusion of the entire site in the search engine
index. The site map is an HTML page that contains links to all
sub-pages. You should be on the home page links, because in this way
for the search engine robot all sub-pages on only two links. In
addition, the Sitemap on every page links, especially if it is prepared
in such a way that they Visitor provides an orientation aid.
10. Remember that your website visitors do not always enter the homepage. Any underside is a potential entry page.
In
addition to traditional navigation there are ways to improve the
orientation:
- About a so-called Breadcrumb navigation
provides the user instantly on what hierarchy level it is and may also
all higher levels achieved with a click.
- In the Footer section of the site may contain links to the main subject areas or product categories below.
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