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From: gayatri iyer
Date: Wed, Dec 31 2014 12:58PM
Subject: Position of the link "sitemap"
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Hello listers,
Greetings for the day!
In recent discussion, many of my team members had some queries about
the placement of the link "sitemap"within a website, wherein a sitemap
would refer to link to a site map that lists all of the resources that
were present in the site.
As a predictability in most of the web pages, the sitemap used to be
within the footer.
Whereas, let me know your thoughts about the placement of the sitemap
within the header which was a design requirement.
i.e.when read with a screen reader, sitemap would be above the search field.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Regards,
Gayatri Iyer
Accessibility consultant
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Gayatri Iyer
From: Greg Gamble
Date: Wed, Dec 31 2014 1:48PM
Subject: Re: Position of the link "sitemap"
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Isn't a sitemap more for SEO then actual navigation?
Greg
From: Angela French
Date: Wed, Dec 31 2014 2:13PM
Subject: Re: Position of the link "sitemap"
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An XML sitemap would be for SEO, but I wouldn't think that would be the intention for an html one. I've been known to look for an html site "map" on sites before if I can't find what I'm looking for.
From: Judith.A.Blankman
Date: Wed, Dec 31 2014 3:49PM
Subject: Re: Position of the link "sitemap"
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Angela,
I would vote for predictability and agree that I would expect to find
something like this in the footer, that it's not prime real estate
(header) material, and depending on how many links are in the header, it
could hinder fundability for those.
This sounds like a job for guerrilla usability testing, on paper mockups.
Take it around the office, or among friends, family, strangers, whoever
you can find. While paper mockups tests like this are for sighted users,
you could also ask blind users where they would look, describing the
general page layout.
Ask where they would expect to find a sitemap, perhaps list a reason that
they would want to find one in the first place. I suppose you could mockup
2 designs, or just show an existing design with that piece missing and
with a sticky note/cutout, they can place it where they think it should go.
Best,
Judith Blankman
Accessibility Strategist
Customer Experience
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