Comments on: Signposts: Helping Users Navigate Content

By: fran

fran — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:26:48 +0000

it is advised that always use easy terminology instead of hard so that people can understand

By: Diseñador Web Toledo

Diseñador Web Toledo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:32:50 +0000

too is a seo usefull… thx

By: Punta del Este

Punta del Este — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:06:39 +0000

im having troubles chosing the right categories for the navigation bar in my news website. i think i’ll have to add a subcategories in each categorie.

By: Rezyde Management App

Rezyde Management App — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:47:53 +0000

I think links for bots and humans are very tricky. It takes a good balance of both to satisfy SEO and for people who visit your site.

By: RandomTemplate

RandomTemplate — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:50:33 +0000

I think the key aspect should always remain, users first. Don’t worry about your linking in the form of SEO if your site is structured well and easily navigated to good content that will work itself out.

Just keep in mind that not everyone on your site will know everything, make things simple & easy. Add tooltips where possible and explain where things lead. Whether using small amounts of text or an icon. There is alot of generic trends out there we can all rely on to “assume user knowledge” but don’t forget not everyone follows those trends.

Babysteps, make it simple & easy and remove all sharp objects.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:42:18 +0000

Hey Ben. Maybe you can convince Walter to actually use real hyperlinks on the Tweets of the Week series here on this site. Bitly links with no hint as to what I’m clicking on provide no meaning at all. The link URL is irrelevant as far as needing to be displayed on the page, thus negating the need for Bitly links. Might as well just use Click Here. Not only that, don’t you think the people who run the websites you’re linking to would appreciate some Google juice?

By: Laira

Laira — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:58:24 +0000

Such useful great work .Thanks for sharing with us….

By: Hang Le

Hang Le — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:30:23 +0000

Well, if I see a link with so many words, I wonder if people would generally associate that it’s a header or something, instead of a clickable link – since a sentence like “Browse our collection of detective and crime stories.” doesn’t really suggest that it’s a click action. It of course also depends on how we design the link.
About “Link text that could be found on any website” : I’m not sure if it’s a problem or not. Since a similar navigation (like “home”, “about”, “services”) would make the user navigate the site more easily – since they’re used to it and of course know the purpose.

By: Web design Brighton

Web design Brighton — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:43:02 +0000

I think that from SEO point of view, the ways you link to other pages that you described in the first point are very controversial.
It’s hard to decide whether second or third are better for SEO, but from user perspective I do agree with you that third one is the best.

Thanks for the tip with not repeating the keyword in the link text and in the title, I’ll look more into this.

By: z0r

z0r — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:42:43 +0000

Call to action buttons and hyperlinks in the paragraph are not the same. While the 1st wants your full attention and no reading, the 2nd just tells you where you can go to check some links. No one will make a call to action button in the paragraph with phrase “LOOK AT WIKIPEDIA NOW!!!”. That’s just .. not smart.