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About Santa Clara | City of Santa Clara

Awards | City of Santa Clara

City History | City of Santa Clara

Our City | City of Santa Clara

Utilities | City of Santa Clara

My Utilities Account | City of Santa Clara

Stay Informed | City of Santa Clara

Contact Us | City of Santa Clara

Fire Department | City of Santa Clara

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

August 2025

July 2025

City of Santa Clara

	Title / URL	Issues
	Page Not Found... \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	83
	About Santa Clara \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/about-santa-clara	65
	Awards \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/about-santa-clara/awards	65
	City History \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/about-santa-clara/city-history	65
	Our City \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city	65
	Utilities \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/services/utilities	30
	My Utilities Account \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-a-f/finance/my-utilities-account	29
	Stay Informed \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/i-want-to/stay-informed	29
	Contact Us \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/i-want-to/stay-informed/contact-us	29
	Fire Department \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-a-f/fire-department	29

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

City of Santa Clara

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