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A sitemap on a web site can be a useful tool if it's laid out properly, but if it doesn't simplify the navigation of the site, then...well, what good is it?

Here's a fine example of a sitemap that does not qualify as a useful tool - (in my opinion).

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It appears to me that the web designer was either attempting to show off their skills or they just love making detailed pages for a site. Of course I was wrong one other time:-)

On the other hand, it's tidier than the sitemap of google - (In my opinion) 

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It should come as no surprise to those of you who visit this site that many things shared here are something I stumble upon while searching for something entirely different.

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Sites where the visitor explores are the kind of sites I personally enjoy and sites that I'd like to design, but from the perspective of a web designer I realize sites of exploration are rarely in the best interest of a client.

Ho-hum...back to the salt mines.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
- Walt Whitman

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One thing we always tell our clients is, "A well designed site will have a simple navigation structure. You don't want to lock anyone out of your site because they feel lost."

Check out this site

Pretty cool, huh?

E.F. Schumacker said, "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

pearweed moves in the opposite direction.

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