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Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs provide a navigation trail for users on a website. If they’re in a particular sub-section of the website, breadcrumbs allow them to see how they got there and what previous, high-level topic pages they could view as well that link to their current page.
Having a clear breadcrumb structure for a website is important, since it relates to user experience and avoids confusing visitors to your site.
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Viewport
A Viewport is the visible area of a webpage. The viewport for a mobile device will be smaller than a desktop screen, and there is considerable variance within device types as well.
Websites need to be responsive to account for differing viewport sizes to avoid massive visual errors and user frustration, which is why responsive web design is so important.
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Site Speed
Refers to the speed at which the elements on a web page load. Site speed relates to ease of use, and is also a metric used by search engine algorithms in determining site health.
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Semantic HTML
Semantic HTML refers to numerous coding tags to indicate site structure and relative importance within a page’s content. This can be as simple as bolding or italicizing certain words, all the way to how you lay out the content to make it more easily readable by both users and search engines.
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