How annoyed did you get the last time you visited a site with a long list of links.  You probably had to actually read the links to figure out what you wanted.  Consider the following two columns of links.  Which one is easier for a visitor to find something of interest to them.   

While it takes additional time for the website owner to think about how people will want to use their site, if you want people to actually use the site and not be frustrated, then spend some time designing good links.  The main page links just have to give people an idea of what the site is about and where they want to go.  You can have drop down menus for all the extra information.

Tags: website assessments, website links

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