Easy to use · Navigation
People can't easily search your site
On sites with lots of products or articles, many people go straight to search. If it's hidden, some give up.
- Applies to
- every page
- Typical severity
- medium
- Effect on conversions
- medium
- Effort to fix
- Quick to fix
What to look for
A site with many products or articles where search is only a small icon, or missing, on desktop.
What good looks like
Search is a visible input on desktop, or the site is small enough not to need it.
How to fix it
Show an open search box at the top of your page on computers, not just a small magnifying glass icon.
Based on
- Navigation and menu research
- Product listing and filtering research
Related checks
Your wordsYour menu uses words customers wouldn't usePeople look for words that match what they want. Vague menu labels make them guess, and some give up.Easy to useYour menu has too many links to scan easilyA long menu is hard to read quickly, so people miss the pages that matter most.Easy to useYour menu doesn't link to services, prices or contactMost visitors look for what you do, what it costs and how to reach you. If they can't find them, they leave.
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