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For main screens on devices, see Home screen. For other uses, see Home page (disambiguation). "Start page" redirects here. For the Windows GUI element, see Start menu. For the Dutch search engine, see Startpage. The home page of the English Wikipedia (in 2023) is displayed in a web browser. The small house-shaped button in the upper left is for the browser's start page. A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website.[1] Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain. For example, if the domain is example.com, the home page is likely located at the URL www.example.com/. The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens.[2] Function A home page is the main web page that a visitor will view when they navigate to a website via a search engine, and it may also function as a landing page to attract visitors.[3] In some cases, the home page is a site directory, particularly when a website has multiple home pages. Good home page design is usually a high priority for a website;[4] for example, a news website may curate headlines and first paragraphs of top stories, with links to full articles.[5][6] According to Homepage Usability, the home page is the "most important page on any website" and receives the most views of any page.[7] A poorly designed home page can overwhelm and deter visitors from the site.[6] One important use of home pages is communicating the identity and value of a company.[8] Browser start page When a web browser is launched, it will automatically open at least one web page. This is the browser's start page, which is also called its home page.[2][9] Start pages can be a website or a special browser page, such as thumbnails of frequently visited websites. Moreover, there is a niche market of websites intended to be used solely as start pages.[9] See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Home pages. Contact page Site map References ↑ "What is a Home Page?". Techopedia. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 2022-08-10. 1 2 "Start page". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-12-18. ↑ Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 7. ↑ Nielsen, Jakob (12 May 2002b). "Top 10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability". NN/G. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2014. ↑ Kalbach 2007, p. 106. 1 2 Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 3. ↑ Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 1. ↑ Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 2. 1 2 Schofield, Jack (7 November 2013). "iGoogle: what are the best alternatives?". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2014. Bibliography Campbell, Jennifer (2014). Web Design: Introductory. Cengage Learning. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-305-17627-0. Kalbach, James (2007). Designing Web Navigation. O'Reilly Media. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-596-55378-4. Nielsen, Jakob; Tahir, Marie (2002a). Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed. [Indianapolis, IN]: New Riders. ISBN 0-7357-1102-X. OCLC 48657258. Portal: Internet Authority control databases International GND National ホームページ</span>"}]]}'>Japan domovské stránky</span>"}]]}'>Czech Republic Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_page&oldid=1325884774" Category: Web design Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Wikipedia semi-protected pages Commons category link is on Wikidata This page was last edited on 5 December 2025, at 19:38(UTC). Page was rendered with Parsoid. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. 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