- Hierarchical Navigation
Hierarchical navigation is a style of navigation that is commonly used on many websites. YOu first start out going to the main page and then from their you select subcategories and even deeper subcategories.
Xbox.com
Xbox.com features a Hierarchical Navigation system. You start at the main page and then you select different categories such as “Xbox Live” or “Support” then from there other subcatergories are displayed. This makes it very easy to find things, but if you aren’t sure of exactly what you are looking for, or if you aren’t internet sabby, this could lead to complications.
Yahoo.com
On the yahoo website, the menu is placed on the left side with many different categories. Once a category is selected it will take you to that page and it will have many different sub options similar to other types of Hierarchical Navigation sites.
- Global Navigation
Global navigation is a style of navigation that is more of list of all the pages you can access.
Wikipedia.org
On wikipedia they organize their articles in a global nav. manner. The articles are divided into many different subsections that are selected form the menu at the top of the page. On wikipedia, you never leave the article page upon selecting a link, you are just dropped down to that part of the page.
Grossmont.edu
On the grossmont college website there is a long list of links at the bottom of the page. This the primary source of navigation for the website.
