Why is labeling important?
There are few things as quietly powerful as labels. We are completely surrounded by them and for the most part their influence is invisible. But this fact does not diminish the importance of labeling. Labeling is important because it allows the web designer to break up large masses of information into digestible chunks that are easier to manage. Appropriate labeling allows users to find what they’re looking for, employing terms and formats with which they are already comfortable. Labeling in fact comes extremely natural to humans. For example Contact Us is a label found on most websites that represents a chunk of information including a contact name, address, telephone, fax, and email. It would be difficult to place all of this information on a page in a way that would not be overwhelming to impatient users. That is why labels come in so handy. A label such as Contact Us triggers the right association in the users mind without distinctly presenting all of the information. The user can
