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On which side is the sidebar located on your site?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:03 am
by sumaiyakhatun27
On mobile screens, it turns into a bottombar. Pay attention to the research conducted using eye tracking. Nielsen claims that advertising has caused users to develop blindness to all elements in the sidebar. According to VideoFruit, the CTR of any widget in the sidebar does not exceed 0.3%. If you still do not abandon the sidebar, make it as useful as possible for the audience.


Publish navigation elements in the sidebar: the main or secondary philippines customer email list menu, a list of categories, product filters. If there is no search form in the header, place it at the top of the sidebar. Also offer users content selections, social widgets. Experiment with ad units. Make sure that there are no more than 3-5 elements or widgets in the sidebar of your site.


Make sure that the sidebar does not take up too much space from the main content area. The recommended width of the sidebar is from 20 to 40% of the total page width. If you use several sidebars, their combined width should not exceed 40%. Share your experience of using the sidebar in the comments. Do your users follow links in the sidebar, click on ads? Are you ready to completely abandon the sidebar?