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Unified Browsing Hierarchy at a glance

Site Genre: Pattern Group k

magnify imageFigure K1.1 Yahoo! brings together content, community, and commerce in its site directory, creating a unified browsing hierarchy.

Background

We have considered designing for MULTIPLE WAYS TO NAVIGATE (B1) and BROWSABLE CONTENT (B2), but what about cases in which a site offers content, commerce, and community all around the same topic or topics This pattern provides a navigable design for sites that have these features.

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PROBLEM

When Web sites have distinct community, content, and commerce sections, it’s hard for people to find related topics in each of these sections, and the community areas can grow stale.

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SOLUTION

magnify image Figure K1.2 Provide links among your content, commerce, and community Web pages, integrating them into a unified whole.

If your site offers content, community, and commerce on the same topics, integrate the three elements into one unified browsing hierarchy, either by directly linking the three elements or by integrating the elements into one page.

Other Patterns to Consider

If content, community, and commerce are not integrated on one page, give customers immediate access to the separate elements of the site through your NAVIGATION BAR (K2) or through CONSISTENT SIDEBARS OF RELATED CONTENT (I6). Provide strong feedback on the customer’s location with LOCATION BREAD CRUMBS (K6).

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