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Good links make good websites

By: Dominic Jones          Related: Managing inbound links to boost your site's traffic and profile

LINKS make the Internet work. Get them right and your site's in business. Get them wrong and you risk putting people off for good.

Recently, we've observed a rising number of issues with how companies format links on their corporate sites. These make it harder to identify links and, in some instances, actually confuse users.

Sites with link problems are harder to use because they make you think about navigating rather than the navigation being intuitive. Repeated surveys show that people rate ease of use as a main reason they prefer certain websites over others.

If your site's hard to use, people will use it less. This in turn limits your opportunities to use low-cost, high-impact electronic communications in your company's IR program.

 


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