There are a variety of ways to set up navigation on a website. Each type has its own purposes and advantages, as well as disadvantages. Read on for an overview of what they are.

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Microblogging through services like Twitter and Plurk have really taken off in recent months. It seems everyone is on Twitter now, from big-name celebrities and multi-national corporations to regular individuals and small businesses from all over the globe. But what is microblogging and why should you use it?

Microblogging, in general terms, is short, bite-sized updates (on Twitter they're called "tweets") broadcast to a group of followers or subscribers. On most sites, these updates are restricted to 140 characters or less (including spaces and punctuation). Twitter, as mentioned before, is by far the most popular, with millions of users worldwide. If you're going to use a microblogging service (especially for business), start with Twitter unless you have an excellent reason to use one of the others.

Having a usable website should be the top priority of anyone who has a site. But there are plenty of things people do that make a website more difficult, or even impossible, to use. Read on for a few of the more common mistakes.