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Illinois State’s home page is also a good example of effective IA. The home page doesn’t have a huge mess of information, but rather the important things that prospective students would be visiting the site for: clearly labeled tabs for academic programs, visiting campus, and applying. Other information requires a little more work to find.
Examples of Bad Information Architecture
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The Craigslist home page is an example of bad IA. The lack of images and white space cause a blur effect on the page.If you're not familiar with the site, you may have to scan the entire page and read all of the links in order to find what you are looking for. There are dozens of links on just one page alone that gives a user too many options to look through all at once, and too many choices can be overwhelming.
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