Link List Component

Link list components are beneficial for arranging and categorizing different resources. Link lists come in handy when displaying walls of otherwise daunting, seemingly unrelated links. These linked lists let you break up the content visually and thematically according to their natural groupings. For example, if organizing IT links, you might group one linked list into IT Help and the other into Security Services.

Link lists are a visually pleasing and resourceful way to organize many links according to thematic categories. The result is a clean-looking and accessible series of lists, each one grouped under a different theme. You can use linked lists for everything from links to KBs to other pages. It’s a best practice to alphabetize the items on the linked list. Use keywords in your headers and make the most of your page’s ability to attract traffic. Headers are a great place to add search engine-optimized (SEO) keywords or phrases.

If all the links in a list direct the user to separate pages and resources, a simple link list (shown above and below to the left may be the best choice. On the other hand, if all of the links in the list lead to one landing page (for example, the IT Help Desk), consider a link list with a call-to-action, “view all,” linking to the Help Desk page. You can include a few or one link list on a section of a page, depending on how many lists you want to group your links into.

Link List

Here is a basic link list. Although each link falls under “Collaborative Software,” if each service links to a separate, related resource, this link list doesn’t need a call-to-action. Notice how we alphabetized each item in the list.

Link List with call to action

On the other hand, if you want to highlight separate yet related services, all of which lead back to the IT Help Desk page, then a link list with a call-to-action is ideal. Notice how we alphabetized each item in the list.