A year ago I worked on a big website here in the Netherlands. It had a menu at the top, but the exact same one at the bottom. It was used rather well, because its' users really used the whole page. It's not exactly the same as the footer sitemap, but is a large navigational component.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Michael Kay <mike...@peep.org> wrote: > I have noticed a trend in websites using big detailed footers that contain > site maps, but a lot more, like a mini-homepage. Look at the bottom of these > two pages for example: > http://www.americanidol.com/ > http://seekingalpha.com/article/131737-five-ways-this-bubble-may-end > > I understand this has something to do with SEO, but there may be more to > it. Have others in this community investigated this novel UI on a usability > or wayfinding basis? My first assumption is that they are mostly ignored by > users, and not so useful down there, but I'm wondering if there's anyone who > can shed more light on the subject. > > . . . michael kay > . . . buenos aires / http://www.peep.org > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
