Archive for November 4th, 2008
Building a website – minimize clicking!
In some post I wrote a few days ago, on my website regarding the many factors that must be taken into consideration when you start building a website I was talking about the compatibility between the website you are developing and the browsers used by users to read your content.
The three-click rule in web design
This post is also dedicated in a way to your visitors and it’s about the “three-click rule”, a rule I try to respect as much as I can with thiswebsite by trying to put as few clicks between my visitor and my information as possible. This rule says the more you force your visitors to click around your site the more likely they’ll abandon it. Even if they don’t leave they might get annoyed, or not view as much of your content – either of which is bad for you and your website – that is why a visitor should never have to visit more than three pages after the home page to find the information he/she wants.
Fewer levels means easier promotion
Another reason that should make you design your website by the “three-click rule ” is that usually search engine spiders are just as impatient as human visitors: they may leave a site after indexing only a few levels.
Many search engine algorithms give greater relevancy to content that’s placed higher up inside the site’s structure, so it’s better to position important pages on the second level instead of the fifth. Search engine spiders are more likely to index it and human visitors more likely to find it.
Overall, the “three-click rule” is not a Web law – or even a commandment. Instead, think of it as a useful guideline that helps you design a logical structure that’s easy to navigate.
posted via dtp-design.ro
