Business Application Requirements | Business Degree | Excelsior University

Online Liberal Arts Degrees | AS, BA, and BS | Excelsior University

Excelsior University Alumni Association | Excelsior University

Online Technology Degree Programs | Excelsior University

Excelsior University - Business Training

Excelsior University - Support Resources

Online Public Service Degree Programs | Excelsior University

About Excelsior University | Not for Profit College | Excelsior

Online Health Sciences Degree Programs | Excelsior University

Tuition | Financial Aid | Tuition Estimate | FASFA | Excelsior University

Two adjacent links should not point to the same destination. You almost always want to combine the 
two links.

For example, it is quite common to link an image and text together like this:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a href="news.html">
    News
</a>
``` 

These adjacent links should be combined like so:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
    News
</a>
``` 

Links to `#` are ignored, as these are nearly always placeholders for JavaScript, e.g.:

```html
<a href="#" onclick="approve()">
    OK
</a>
<a href="#" onclick="reject()">
    Cancel
</a>
```

# Justification

Many users of assistive technology are only able to experience content sequentially - that is, they must
step through each part of the page, one part at a time. Often this is a slow process, potentially 
hampered by a physical impediment.

Stepping through redundant links is time consuming; for example users of a screen reader must 
hear each link read aloud in turn. 

This also simplifies your code. 

# Methodology

1. Find all links (`<a>` tags) on the page.
2. Ignore links pointing to `#`, as these are usually placeholders for JavaScript.
3. Flag links which are (a) separated only by whitespace and (b) which point to the 
   same absolute URL.  

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links.

duplicate-adjacent-link

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December 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Business Application Requirements \| Business Degree \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/admissions/requirements/business/	55
Online Liberal Arts Degrees \| AS, BA, and BS \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/programs/liberal-arts/	55
Excelsior University Alumni Association \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/alumni/	55
Online Technology Degree Programs \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/programs/technology/	55
Excelsior University - Business Trainingwww.excelsior.edu/career-training/business-training/	55
Excelsior University - Support Resourceswww.excelsior.edu/support-resources/	55
Online Public Service Degree Programs \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/programs/public-service/	55
About Excelsior University \| Not for Profit College \| Excelsiorwww.excelsior.edu/about/	55
Online Health Sciences Degree Programs \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/programs/health-sciences/	55
Tuition \| Financial Aid \| Tuition Estimate \| FASFA \| Excelsior Universitywww.excelsior.edu/costs-and-financing/	55

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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