1. Topic 3
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
3.2 The Internet
3.2.2 World Wide Web
3.2.2.3 Web Page Navigation
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2. Learning Outcome
At the end of this topic, students should be able to:
• Identify different ways of navigation.
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3. Web Page Navigation
 Navigating Web pages:
• Most Web pages contain hypertext or hypermedia
links.
• A link, short for hyperlink, is a built-in connection to
another related Web page or part of a Web page.
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4. Web Page Navigation
 Navigating Web pages:
• Links allow you to obtain information in a nonlinear
way.
• Surfing the Web, refers to the activity of using links to
explore the Web.
• A link can be text or an image.
• Text links may be underlined and/or displayed in a
color different from other text on the Web page.
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5. Web Page Navigation
 Navigating Web pages:
• Tabbed browsing allows you to open and view
multiple Web pages in a single Web browser window.
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6. Web Page Navigation
 The difference between Hypertext links and
Hypermedia links:
Hypertext • Refers to links in text-based documents
or
• It is a text which contains links to other
texts
Hypermedia • Combines text-based links with
graphic, audio, and video links
or
• Contain links not only to other pieces
of text, but also to other forms of
media - sounds, images, and movies 6

7. Web Page Navigation
Hypermedia links
Hypertext links
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8. QuestionS
1. Define these terminology:
a. hyperlink
b. surfing
c. text link
d. tabbed browsing
2. Most Web pages contain hypertext and hypermedia links that allow
users to obtain information in a nonlinear way. What is the difference
between hypertext and hypermedia?
HYPERTEXT HYPERMEDIA