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    • Mystery Meat Navigation  -  January 26, 2007

    “Mystery meat navigation”, a term coined by web designer Vincent Flanders, is used to describe a web site’s user interface in which it is very difficult to know where a particular link is actually going to. It sounds like an easy thing to avoid, but it is amazing how many website designers get so immersed in the aesthetics of their design that they completely disregard usability.

    There are many times when I’ve seen a website that looks fantastic, but when you go to move around the site you find that the navigation consists of a series of strange symbols or images. Potential customers or subscribers to your site will quickly lose interest. Also, the semantic value of this kind of navigational structure is next to nothing and search engines will struggle to index your pages in an efficient manner.

    When designing your site you should make sure the navigation structure is as clear and simple to follow as possible, ideally using short descriptive text for links that is easy to read. Combined a good clean overall design, this can greatly increase the potential of your website, gaining those few extra sales or readers.

    Rik Weber
    Web Developer

    rikweb at 5:58 pm

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