One of the top ten mistakes in web design is long scrolling pages. It makes up 15% of all violations on Jakob Nielsen's "Top Ten Mistakes" of Web Design. Most Web pages do not fit completely on a standard office 14-inch or 15-inch display monitor and there is always part of the page that the user cannot see. Web pages need to give the user explicit cues to the context and organization of information, because only a small portion of your site (less than a page) is visible at one time.

Research shows that "only 10% of users scroll beyond the information that is visible on the screen when a page comes up. All critical content and navigation options should be on the top part of the page (Nielsen, 1996)."

For example, the following webquest uses anchors to provide easy navigation within the webpage; minimizing scrolling--A Uniformed Decision.

However, the following webquest does not utilize anchors, therefore making the user utilize the scroll bar extensively to navigate within the webpage--A Raisin in the Sun.

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