Choosing Your Navigation Terms And Their OrderYour websites navigation will have a great effect on its usability and performance. The links in your web pages need to accommodate your visitors needs before your company's. Research shows that highlighting pages that do not interest your audience will cause them to leave your site more quickly. Servicing visitorsVisitors to your site are likely to arrive for different reasons, some will chance upon your Internet presense and others will browse to your website intentionally in order to satisfy a need.Our web and print teams are experts at satisfying your audiences requirements before they choose to either leave your site or throw away your leaflet. What do they want?Establishing what they will be looking for and where they look first is the first stage in keeping their limited attention.
What to do nextWesterners naturally look from top to bottom, left to right. Moving animation and bright images can draw the eye after they take in your overall site. Navigate your site as your most valued audience and see if your navigation leads to their needs and the resulting pages support your sites business goals. For experienced free advice on your sites navigation, please contact us on 0845 330 2550 ,or , if a CMS client, your allocated trainer, to discuss how your sites layout can be improved. |
Reaching your audience quicklyOn arriving at your site, visitors will decide where they want to go, if nowhere is of interest they will leave, irrespective of whether that information is simple hidden within your site
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