Date Posted: 10/18/2012 7:53:57 PM
Posted By: sashoo Membership Level: Silver Total Points: 382
It’s not uncommon for people to shop online these days. Online shopping has just become ‘the next big thing’, and newer stores are springing up by the minute. In fact, with most people becoming more Internet-savvy, the online world has become everyone’s market, today. Websites of different designs, some complicated, are surely not uncommon. And fraudsters have not been left out in this technological up-surge. Sorry to say, but the Internet has become home to the world’s most scrupulous fraudsters. Better beware.Even so, online shopping has not been deterred at all. It, instead, has catapulted itself to terrific heights. It keeps on booming, even attracting new clients every ticking second.However, the fact that most of these online stores are not easily navigable, it commands that you master some site navigation tips. You don’t want to spend a whole day searching through some site, which, in fact, should take you just minutes, unless you are an online newbie.Having said that, make sure you know where a site’s leading tabs are. Note that they usually are located at the very top, on the sides, or at the very bottom of a site’s page. Major tabs include ‘about me’ page, ‘products and services’ page, ‘clearance’ page, ‘special promotions’ page, and the list is endless. This knowledge should go along the way to reducing time wasted looking for such tabs.Moreover, the above leading tabs usually are divided into sub-sections. Should you want to buy some product, for example, just hit the ‘products’ or ‘services’ tab. You’ll realize that this tab is subdivided into several sub-sections of, say, ‘other product categories’. That’s not all. Each product category might further be linked to other smaller categories. Which should be like a guide to you — if you are keen enough, you should not be stuck on the way.Another handy feature that will ease things for you is the site map. This is a page containing all the links to all pages for a given site. In fact, this tip should come in handy if the major tabs do not work, or if they don’t exist. Also, not forgetting, make use of the search tab. It’s just not a mere decoration. It helps give matches to your keywords as you endeavor to search for some products. In other words, it makes it easy locating whatever thing you might want to search for.With these tips, navigating a website should really not make you take a day’s off from your regular work. That’s why I hope you find the tips handy.
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