Sitemaps & content prioritization

A quick overview on how to use sitemaps & content priority diagrams to plan and structure content for websites.

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Sitemaps & content prioritization

Content first

  • Content is a priority for websites
    people come for the content
  • Content should be considered very early
  • Organization of content is important

Page-to-page structure

Understanding a user’s flow helps structure pages

  • Where does a user want to go?
  • What task does a user want to complete?
  • How do they get from one place to another?

Sitemap diagram

A sitemap diagram helps us understand how pages are connected together—visually.

Simple sitemap for a small business.

Complex sitemap with repeating content & lots of pages.

Content prioritization

Help structure the content for importance to user

  • Organize content by importance
  • Important content is highlighted, or more highly numbered
  • Audit content for relevance & helpfulness

Darker grey is more important. You could use numbers too.

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Sitemaps & content prioritization

A quick overview on how to use sitemaps & content priority diagrams to plan and structure content for websites.