WEB NAVIGATION ANALYSIS
Web Navigation refers to the process of navigating any sort of information in the web which we usually refer it to as websites.
Navigation is a basic form of interactivity between your website and your audience. It makes your journey through the site much easier using navigation links.
It serves as a better purpose to communicate with your audience in a simple and easy manner. The navigation tools you have provided in your website can also contribute to your sites significance.
Not all the sites have the same navigation techniques. Some predict it better while the others just try designing their site with them or making more creative which often leads the users to move ahead in search of other sites.
I have taken the example of CNBC, a business news channel to explain about the term “Navigation And Its Types”.
I have selected this site because I found it to be more interactive with its explicit information through the use of necessary Navigation Links.
Mainly there are 3 types of navigation:
1) Structural Navigation
2) Associative Navigation
3) Utility
Under Structural Navigation, this site has Main Navigation..
In the above image we can find the 11 nav links home, news, markets, investing etc…which is the Main Navigation.
It is found at the top of the website so that the visitors can easily move through the site without any confusion. The links in the main navigation, they lead to a new webpage on the related content. This enables them to quickly view the desired type of information they are searching for.
Main navigation links also highlight for what the website serves for.
It gives a particular design to the site. It is found on all pages of the current website.
LOCAL NAVIGATION
Local Navigation is used to access lower levels present in the Main navigation links. It always lies under the Main Navigation.
In the above image under Home lies the Edition navigation link which is also called as Local Navigation. In the similar
Navigation is a basic form of interactivity between your website and your audience. It makes your journey through the site much easier using navigation links.
It serves as a better purpose to communicate with your audience in a simple and easy manner. The navigation tools you have provided in your website can also contribute to your sites significance.
Not all the sites have the same navigation techniques. Some predict it better while the others just try designing their site with them or making more creative which often leads the users to move ahead in search of other sites.
I have taken the example of CNBC, a business news channel to explain about the term “Navigation And Its Types”.
I have selected this site because I found it to be more interactive with its explicit information through the use of necessary Navigation Links.
Mainly there are 3 types of navigation:
1) Structural Navigation
2) Associative Navigation
3) Utility
Under Structural Navigation, this site has Main Navigation..
In the above image we can find the 11 nav links home, news, markets, investing etc…which is the Main Navigation.
It is found at the top of the website so that the visitors can easily move through the site without any confusion. The links in the main navigation, they lead to a new webpage on the related content. This enables them to quickly view the desired type of information they are searching for.
Main navigation links also highlight for what the website serves for.
It gives a particular design to the site. It is found on all pages of the current website.
LOCAL NAVIGATION
Local Navigation is used to access lower levels present in the Main navigation links. It always lies under the Main Navigation.
In the above image under Home lies the Edition navigation link which is also called as Local Navigation. In the similar