Extracting the best from a corporate site Given that the whole idea of the Web is to provide information, it's curious how many sites seem set up to actively discourage you from accessing anything of the sort. It's even more curious when you consider how much money some of these companies spend on creating and promoting their pages. When it comes down to it, though, it's up to you to tune your access activities to save time and promote good results.
First impressions count.
Once you've found somewhere that looks as if it might have useful information, you'll soon work out whether it's any good. Unfortunately, bad design doesn't guarantee useless information. Some sites have a habit of hiding the really useful facilities, such as indexes and search links, at the bottom of a page that's bigger than a screen. Usability tests show that people rarely scroll down, so these features are often missed. This is a shame, because a site's own search facility is often the key to bypassing frustrating design decisions.