Google have just introduced an overlay feature which gives a graphical indication of the links followed from specific links on the pages of our site.
This is the first time I have seen anything like this and it is both shocking and encouraging at the same time. The number of unused links is the shocking thing but more gratifying is the observation of the effect of some of the design changes we have made.
As yet it is not quite clear to me how the JavaScripted links are handled in this feature - some of the indicators are detached from their buttons so we have a little more detective work to do there.
Of course some of the links we provide are largely there for optimisation purposes so we don't need to worry about them too much.
This should be a really valuable tool in page text and layout work - good stuff.
This is the first time I have seen anything like this and it is both shocking and encouraging at the same time. The number of unused links is the shocking thing but more gratifying is the observation of the effect of some of the design changes we have made.
As yet it is not quite clear to me how the JavaScripted links are handled in this feature - some of the indicators are detached from their buttons so we have a little more detective work to do there.
Of course some of the links we provide are largely there for optimisation purposes so we don't need to worry about them too much.
This should be a really valuable tool in page text and layout work - good stuff.