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Term #43

Navigation

What it is

Site navigation is the menu system that lets visitors move through your website — the links in your header, footer, sidebar, or dropdown menus. It's the map of your site made visible and clickable.

Why it matters

If visitors can't find what they're looking for in seconds, they leave. Navigation is the structural logic of your site made tangible. Bad navigation doesn't just frustrate people — it actively costs you business because it hides the things that would convert them.

The mistake most people make

Overloading the nav with every page on the site. A menu with twelve items is not more helpful — it's more paralyzing. Good navigation guides visitors to the four or five things that matter most. Everything else belongs in the footer or sitemap.

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