Tips for Site Loading

It is the speed at which your site hits the screen (downloading time) that helps you to grab prospective visitors. Once the visitor visits your site it is the content that helps you to make him a regular visitor. So a site build with the best content in the world may be useless if visitors cannot find it. Good content and effective navigation go 'hand in glove' and without one, the other is useless. Good website designers preach - 'Content is King' then make sure it can be found!

The first and foremost aspect of navigation that keeps your visitors is clarity and consistency. Principal topic categories and important links should be on every page. It will be an advantage if they are at same location and in the same sequence. It will be highly effective if visitors locate primary links on the page without scrolling. Be sure that navigation images are integrated in the site design without any fault. Use of the back button should be a last alternative!

Good Structure

Another important aspect for effective navigation is good organization. Organize your site content in such a way that each topic and its respective sub-topic categories are clear and well defined. In case of large sites it will be more difficult to develop well-organized structure. If it is the case, consider making a flow chart. Customarily, there is also important information, which should be linked to on every page, for example, contact information, an email ID, or an order page – information that should be just at a click. In addition to links to primary topics and important information, also link to sub-topics within each topic category wherever possible.

Consider your visitor

There may be visitors who surf with the images turned off. Others must use disability software. Don’t overlook these visitors. If navigation interface of your site is composed of images, include alt tags. It will be more effective if text links are provided as an alternative of navigation.

Labels

Labels should carry great weight. Intelligent labels always create confusion. See that your labels are visible as well as meaningful. A visitor should not make a long search to find the information.