网站导航与信息架构的区别

网站导航：顾名思义，网站导航是一种让访问者轻松地在网站上找到他们想要的信息并促进从一个页面移动到另一个页面而没有任何困难和挫败感的方法。

信息架构：顾名思义，信息架构是一种结构化、设计内容以及访问者用来搜索所需内容的页面布局的方法。它是网站和产品开发过程中不可或缺的一部分。

网站导航与信息架构

Website Navigation	Information Architecture
It is a process of allowing visitors to flow from one page to another.	It is a process of creating the structure of the website.
It increases the ways to make it easy for users to find a formation they want to visit and let them explore more within website.	It is a way to arrange and organize parts of website to make it clearer and understandable.
Website navigation is not hidden i.e., can be seen on screen.	Information architecture is hidden i.e., cannot be seen on screen.
It mainly focuses on increasing user experience and making it easy for them to find page they are looking for.	It mainly focuses on organizing, structuring, and also labeling content or information of a website in a more effective and efficient manner.
It is important to have a positive user experience that in turn increases sales and brand loyalty for the business.	It is important to create a useful content structure and use navigation system from a complex set of information.
Component of website navigation includes utility navigation, global navigation, filters, related links, footers, local navigation, etc.	Components of information include organization system, labeling system, navigation system, and searching system.
It is used to navigate network of information resources in WWW that is being organized as hypermedia or hypertext.	It is used in redesigning website to provide good information in a more understandable manner and organizing it according to the relation among content pieces.