These Common Website Navigation Mistakes can Ruin User Experience & SEO Efforts

Website navigation is critical! Not only does it help users move around your site, but it actually helps them find the site in the first place (when properly built out!). Websites with user friendly and informative navigation tend to see lower bounce rates and higher conversions. Be on the lookout for these website navigation flaws. If your site has any of them, fix it fast before users bounce for good.
What is Website Navigation?
Navigation is the internal link structure of a site. It helps users move from page to page and find the information that they are looking for, ideally with ease. Navigation includes the linked page names and their URLs,as well as internal links within the content and images.
What are Common Website Navigation Mistakes?
Improper Content Hierarchy:
Studies show that the users react strongly to the order of items in a list, placing the most importance on the first item and the second most importance on the last. Make sure these two positions in your navigation are filled by integral pages on your site.
Generic Navigation Labels:
Don’t use page names like “Products” or “Services.” Instead, be specific. Use things like “Residential Roofing” and “Commercial Roofing” as these names are easier to understand both by humans and search engines.
Excessive Navigation Buttons:
By limiting your menu options, you make sure that every page is seen by users. They won’t scan the navigation and miss something that is important. It is a good practice to keep menus below seven items and ideally under five.
Location, Location, Location
- Don’t try and place your navigation somewhere other than common places. This means either across the top of the page or down the side. This of course changes to a menu button on a responsive website.\
Building websites is hard, but building websites well is even harder. At MORBiZ, we construct high quality websites for small businesses that are designed to be found, inform and convert. This starts by crafting user and search friendly navigation. If you’d like to learn more about how we can create a small business website that is as beautiful as it is functional, please give us a call at 855-266-7249 or use this contact form . We look forward to helping you build your business online and off.









