The importance and methods how to make your website predictable for its users.

Taking inventory of your web content, organizing it, and improve your website navigation.

Using Facebook as an example see how a site can confuse a visitor, making it hard to remember how to repeat the function later on.

Examples of menu stacking, and why it is a bad idea to do.

Poll asking if you have ever used card sorting to define your websites navigation.

You might guess by the title of this post that it is about using your mouse and navigation. It is, but really, it’s about barfing on your customer. I didn’t think barf in a title was a very good idea. I was in sales a long time, and barfing on your customer simply meant, you overloaded them with too many things to consider. The same happens all of the time on a website to the point that it can even confuse the person in charge of the site.

The entropy factor strikes again, and too many add-ons creates a confusing site to visitors. Looking at the classified site encuentra24.com I show how to avoid too many menus.

First, let me explain what a breadcrumbs are in the world of website navigation. Breadcrumbs are essentially directory links, and as you get deeper into the directory, the breadcrumb menu expands.

The navigation menu can be a tricky thing, especially when you are trying to figure out the best spot for it. Take this site for example. It has two different locations, the top header navigation menu, and the one on the left. Is this a good idea, bad idea, or does it really matter?