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navigation
finding things in large or complex information spaces, such as on websites. Some ways to help people navigate include:
- showing miniatures or at least links to nearby or related areas
- providing a home page or top-level category
- showing navigation bars (“navbars”) with categories and subcategories
- providing overviews or sitemaps
- allowing people to bookmark important locations
- providing information about links (“scent”) that might indicate their relevance or importance, such as by providing a brief description or indicating how many times a document matches a keyword
- providing information about which documents are popular or have been used recently
