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.
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