Blogs are pretty cool. A blog that is easy to navigate is even cooler. Readers appreciate a blogger that thinks through the navigation of his or her site and makes it easy to get around.
Smashing Magazine, a great resource for design tips, trends and techniques, says horizontal navigation is mainstream and the best way to go.
The horizontal navigation menu has become a mainstay in Web design. It is safe to say that nowadays most websites use some form of horizontal navigation to facilitate content browsing. The dominance of horizontal navigation over vertical (i.e. down a sidebar) is obviously due to the design and content limitations of the latter.
If you’re interested in more, be sure to check out the article at Smashing. There are some great ideas in there for navigation that undoubtedly apply to blog navigation.
If I can’t find what I’m looking for on a site, I’m quick to check out – and that’s definitely not what you want if you’re a blogger. Creating a simple, easy-to-use site with practical navigation menus and links makes for a happy reader.
