Support at Brandeis | Brandeis University

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) | Brandeis University

Community Living | Brandeis University

Precollege Programs | Brandeis University

Sites A-Z | Search | Search | Brandeis University

Brandeis University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

News/Media | Brandeis University

Page Not Found (404) | Brandeis University

Research at Brandeis | Brandeis University

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

June 2024

May 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Support at Brandeis \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/support/index.html	58
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/gsas/	48
Community Living \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/dcl/	45
Precollege Programs \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/precollege/	44
Sites A-Z \| Search \| Search \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/search/sitemap.html	39
Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/	35
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.brandeis.edu/	35
News/Media \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/information/	35
Page Not Found (404) \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	35
Research at Brandeis \| Brandeis Universitywww.brandeis.edu/research/	32

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

Brandeis University

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