Question Footer and Navigational links - On page

[Super Mike]

I remember years ago there being a bit thing about footer navigation and how it was used. If i remember correctly it was now considered to be a spammy practice ? Why is that ? Is it still a "thing" ?

 

[Mr Lucky]

From a user point of view I dislike them when they compete with the main navigation. I’d normally look there for contact, privacy policy and terms and maybe a very few main categories if it’s a large site. The main navigation should make sense without having to have another navigation to confuse matters. If in doubt make the footer links no follow maybe

 

[Daniel Dixon]

As per user point of view, any website should be dynamic, website page loading time, image optimization, content should be unique on the website page.